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 new government has before it a list of education agenda items that it must consider early in its tenure to make a substantial difference. Many of these were on the agenda in the last term too but they remained unfinished or unattended because there was no will to drive …
A 10-member parliamentary committee on a tour of various states in India believes that a lot needs to be done till the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) succeeds in its mission. The central scheme is essentially aimed at universalising elementary education in the country.
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday started the process of recasting the National Literacy Mission as the National Mission for Female Literacy so as to focus on women
This article argues that even an allocation of 6% of the gross domestic product to the education budget would not be sufficient to fund universal school education until the very distant future if the government school system is used as the only instrument. The only way to meet the Right …
Inspired by the success of sahiya system in the healthcare sector, the administration is planning to replicate the model to spread awareness about sanitation and safe drinking water in villages of Jharkhand. The state drinking water and sanitation department, which is on a
The Sikkim Government has set a target of 85.90 per cent literacy rate in the State by 2012. The SDF-led government has meanwhile reconstituted the State Planning Commission to execute a number of developmental plans in Sikkim. The eight-member committee headed by Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, has former CM Sanchaman …
Talking Cash * Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar: Self-employment through a mix of subsidy and bank credit. * NREGS: Wages deposited in bank/post office according to employment days. Indira Awas: Rs 35,000 given in cash instalments to build a house. * Janani Swasth: Cash to mother on discharge from hospital post-delivery. * …
Centre blocks Rs 1.44 cr for incomplete civil works While approval was given for the sanction of Rs 10.82 crore to implement Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme in Kodagu district for the academic year 2009-10, the Centre has blocked the release of Rs 1.44 crore since civil works related to …
The cut off percentage for admissions into agricultural universities in the State has fallen from 82 per cent in the 1990s to 37 per cent in 2007. The number of applicants for 600 seats at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, has plummeted from 4,000 in 1996 to a …
National Institute of Technology-Karnataka Department of Mining engineering in association with Centre for Continuing Education will hold certificate course in mine surveying (CCMS) between June 19 and July 18. According to a press release, the aim of the course is to train candidates to appear for Mine Surveyor
Ramya Kannan and Priscilla Jebaraj CHENNAI: According to a government order, a school has no business to turn any student away. But whether integration into the mainstream, especially of disabled students, is smooth and beneficial for the student is still a matter of debate. Educationists and special teachers point to …
Manmohan Singh By the time you read this, some of the jostling for the key positions in the Cabinet will be over. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will be ready to begin its second innings. And everyone will be keenly watching if Manmohan Singh unveils any big bang steps to
New Delhi: Industry chambers Ficci and the CII both announced their respective 100-day agendas for the new government. Expressing satisfaction with the new government, Ficci
In a bid to learn from the Chinese agricultural practices, the Karnataka Government has decided to send a team of farmers to China, who will study the main cropping patterns there. The Government has also allocated a budget of Rs 7 crore that would be spent on sending farmers
The second batch of farmers from the state will leave for China on June 10 for studying farming methods, cultivation of crops, marketing of produce among others in the land of the orient. The first edition of the China trip last November had come under criticism from various quarters after …
As New York City officials prepared to reopen 20 public schools shut down because of the swine flu, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg warned on Monday that further closings would not slow the march of the virus. After weeks in which many parents, teachers, union leaders and elected officials have demanded …
