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 …
Mohali: The future of young impressionable minds in government schools in Mohali district seems to be bleak in the view of the dire straits of elementary education. Boasting of several institutes of national repute, this adjoining district of Chandigarh still has several schools which lack drinking water, toilets, teachers and …
A new government is at our doorstep. Here's a list of things it needs to do in the first 100 days of power. Action 100: Social Sector 1. Set up ministry for skill development 2. Tackle malnutrition 3. Launch national mission for female literacy 4. Beef up NREGA, launch plan …
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a "green new deal" on climate change on Thursday and urged for a final push in negotiations ahead of a key summit to be held in Copenhagen in December. "We absolutely must reach an agreement to reduce greenhouse gases and help millions of families …
K S Manjunath / New Delhi May 22, 2009, 0:59 IST Broadening the scope of ongoing education schemes is likely to be the focus of the second UPA government. In this year
The foremost task before the new HRD minister is getting the Right to Education Bill, ensuring free and compulsory education to children in the 6-14 age group, passed. All set to be introduced in the last session of Parliament, dithering and last minute pressure by the strong private lobby had …
The number of public schools in New York City reporting children with flulike symptoms continued to rise Friday, as three more schools in Queens and Brooklyn were closed, bringing the total to six this week, and parents and city officials wrestled with how to handle the growing spread of the …
The real battle, over health care, is just beginning The first hundred days were busy, Barack Obama noted, but the pace would be just as hectic in the second hundred: they would be spent building
Chandigarh Keeping in view that students of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) are unable to continue their academics beyond Class VIII, the Education department is all set to help them study till Class X under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Yojana. Earlier, under the SSA scheme, students were provided with elementary education but …
The special education cum vocational training institutions of Gujranwala district will be getting 16 new buses with rupees 20 million altogether. Commissioner Gujranwala, Khalid Masood Chaudhry made the decision while chairing a meeting here on Monday, which was also attended by DCO Gujranwala, district officer special education and other officials …
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) of the Planning Commission on Monday cleared 11 development projects, costing Rs 41.6 billion. The meeting was presided over by Planning Commission deputy chairman Aseff Ahmed Ali. The CDWP conceptually cleared the big project of "Construction and planning of Rural Access Roads" in the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Education Minister M A Baby inaugurated the education portal, higherstudiesonline.com, the new venture by a group based in Pathanamthitta, at a function held in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. The site provides information on various courses and entrance examiations conducted by Indian and foreign universities. Delivering the inaugural address, the Education …
The Census of 2002 to identify the poor in rural areas of India was the third in a quinquennial series. However, it has been appropriately criticised. This paper elaborates on the criticisms, and proposes an alternative set of criteria and methodology for conducting the next (now overdue) census of the …
Water Aid here at the Ministry Thursday. The Minister said that Ministry of Environment has target to cover the students of 360 Government Schools of Islamabad to make them aware on environmental issues and develop their habits for environmental conservation. He said that top 20 schools would be selected through …
General Electric is shifting the strategy in its $17 billion-a-year health equipment and technology business, seeking to broaden its reach with more lower-cost products. The move is part of a wide-ranging marketing and business initiative announced on Thursday, called
