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 high dropout rates in schools are often cited as the cause of educational deprivation among children at the elementary school level. The analysis here points out that it is not the dropout rate, but rather the high rate of nonenrolment which is the real reason for education deprivation. If …
The World Bank said on Tuesday it will buy 500,000 tons of carbon credits from a forest project replanting about 4,120 hectares destroyed by deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Replanting forests, which have been cut or burned, is central to the reduction in global greenhouse case emissions because …
Village panchayats are set to play a key role in the soon-to-be launched National Mission for Female Literacy. With the view that a panchayat is best positioned to identify illiterates among women, register them as learners and also assign them educators, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has also set …
Under The Law, Children In 6-14 Age Group Have To Be In School TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: India on Tuesday joined a select global club with the passage of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, setting in motion an ambitious, if much-delayed, scheme of providing education to …
Parliament Passes Right To Education Bill For Children Between 6 & 14 PARLIAMENT on Tuesday gave its stamp of approval to a historic legislation providing for free and compulsory education for all children between 6 and 14. The bill will become law as soon as President Pratibha Patil gives her …
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: An allocation of Rs.53.25 lakh has been made under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to help 4,570 poor children in Madurai district through various intervention programmes this academic year. In the first phase, assisting devices costing Rs.5.19 lakh had been distributed to 668 differently-abled children at …
The Right to Education Bill, likely to be passed by Lok Sabha on Monday, is at the centre of a new row with disability activists alleging that it deliberately excludes disabled children from its ambit, in effect denying some 30 million children their right to education. These activists, who are …
Years after he prepared the draft of Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal today introduced it in the Lok Sabha, setting the stage for education becoming the fundamental right of children aged 6 to 14 years. Once the Lok Sabha passes the …
Using panel data from 14 Indian states between 1990 and 2002, this paper empirically examines how the share of government spending on public goods such as health, education and basic infrastructure affects per capita gross domestic product growth and poverty reduction at the state level. Consistent with similar studies based …
This report focuses especially on the structure of the state, emphasizing the importance of inclusion as a trigger for the improvement in other dimensions aswell. As this Report argues, representation can become a catalyst for creating a society that offers greater equality and justice to all in a number of …
This report traces the causes of poverty in Sri Lanka and provides policy recommendations, especially for areas of conflict. It argues that agriculture suffers from low productivity and competitiveness. This report traces the causes of poverty in Sri Lanka and provides policy recommendations, especially for areas of conflict. It argues …
LUCKNOW: Entrepreneurship education is meant to provide knowledge and develop expertise to start and manage own independent enterprise. Students opting for PG Diploma in Management Business Entrepreneurship (PGDM-BE) course are guided to work on detailed project report and emerge with bankable business plan after completion of classroom training. These views …
A sum of Rs 10.82 crore has been released for academic activities in the district for 2009-10 under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme. A meeting of the SSA district implementation committee chaired by Zilla Panchayat President S N Rajarao here on Monday approved an action plan in this regard. …
Says Expansion Needed But Quota Policy Has To Be Followed Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI HUMAN resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that there was a need to expand the education sector. Replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on demand for grants for …
