The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
The annual Child Census undertaken by the Department of Public Instruction began here on Tuesday. While the census which began on Wednesday will be conducted in rural areas till Friday, it will be conducted in Kolar city and the taluk headquarters up to Saturday, according to department officials. Changes have …
Over 4 Months After Parliament Cleared It, Historic Act Yet To Be Notified New Delhi: The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act was billed to be a giant leap towards universalization of education in India. However, it has acquired the dubious distinction of being the only fundamental right that …
Effective implementation of Right to Education Act is possible only with an integrated child survey that could create a data base with comprehensive details, said legislator K P Bache Gowda. Zilla Panchayat president Vinuta Srinivas inaugurating district-level child census in Kuppahalli village of Chikkaballapur taluk on Tuesday. Legislator K P …
Flagship Programmes Such As Rajiv Awas Yojna, Right To Education, Railways Projects Face Hurdles Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI THE iconic projects and flagship programmes of the Manmohan Singh government are suffering from implementation blues. The delivery monitoring unit in the Prime Minister
India is considered a developing country and has been striving hard to come in the category of developed countries. With the globalization of economy, breaking of economic barriers, opening of Indian markets for foreign investors, preponderance of consumer culture and growing inequalities, there is need to reassess the development process …
Education systems in many of the world's poorest countries are now experiencing the aftershock of the global economic downturn. The 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, argues that the crisis could create a lost generation of children whose life chances will have been irreparably damaged by a failure to …
This is the first-ever city-level human development report that analyses in-depth various issues such as population, education, slums, gender, and health, among others, that will aid the city
DHENKANAL: Massive irregularities and rampant corruption dog the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme in the district. Sources said due to lack of monitoring, Rs 1 crore is siphoned off by unscrupulous elements under the scheme every year. Despite repeated allegations, district administration is yet bring in transparency in the scheme and …
Amongst the myriad tribal communities in the State, the Mising community has fared badly as far as literacy is concerned, the tribe having a sixth place in the literacy ladder with its literacy rate at 60.1 per cent. What is more disappointing to the community is that its female literacy …
The Draft Master Development Plan for Jaipur Region prepared for the horizon year 2025 is approved in the Jaipur Development Authority 57th Authority Meeting Dated 14/10/2009. It is notified for objections and suggestions under section 23(1) of Jaipur Development Authority Act 1982 vide notification JDA/STPMP/2009/09/D312 dated 06/11/2009. http://121.242.213.11/Jaipurjda/DMDP4download.aspx
This latest UN report reveals alarming statistics on how indigenous peoples are faring in areas like health, education, poverty, environment and human rights. Shows that they suffer disproportionately compared to non-indigenous and face systematic discrimination and exclusion. This report on the state of the world's indigenous peoples reveals alarming statistics …
Right to Water and Sanitation falls under the economic and social Rights discourse. Broadly coming under a liberal interpretation of Article 21, Right to Life, the first such struggle was the 1981 Bombay Street Dwellers struggle against evictions, through the now famous Public Interest Litigation route. The crisis of safe …
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure Project at the Delhi Pavilion in the ongoing India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan here on Thursday. The geo-portal with geo-spatial data of the Capital has been developed by the Information Technology Department of the Delhi …
Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to mark all the differently-abled children in the state and bring them into educational main stream. Reviewing the
