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 …
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government wants to set up schools at around 2000 remote villages which lack presence of education institutions.
The lagging performance of American schoolchildren, particularly among poor and minority students, has had a negative economic impact on the country that exceeds that of the current recession, according to a report released on Wednesday. The study, conducted by the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, pointed to bleak disparities …
Pakistan should focus on a range of critical development issues, including health, education, skill building and social mobilisation, as well as important infrastructure to underpin the future growth, said a statement issued by the World Bank here on Tuesday. Pointing to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) conference, the statement …
Congress candidate from East Delhi constituency Sandeep Diskhit on Tuesday said the Congress is committed to ensure food security as it has promised to enact a Right to Food law. Interacting with citizens in Vishwas Nagar area in his constituency, he said the Congress has pledged that every family living …
No remarkable improvement of power situation is seen in the ongoing summer season that causes huge suffering for the HSC examinees and Boro farmers. Residents and boro farmers yesterday experienced ten to sixteen hours electricity cut, according to sources. There was 1,800MW of load shedding yesterday against the demand of …
Federal Minister for Education Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani has said that free education policy of the government has helped raised 30 percent increase in literacy rate in the country. Addressing a ceremony held at Junior Model school, Dhrokal village near here on Saturday night, he said that as a result …
This compilation from the manifestos shows the positions of the seven national parties recognised by the Election Commission of India on major policy issues. Instead of a manifesto, the Bahujan Samaj Party issued an Appeal to voters. There are similarities, but enough variations in the policy positions to suggest that …
NITYA KOUSHIK Mumbai, APRIL 17 NOW you can take a short-term post graduation course in wildlife management, if you want to serve a forest department or a zoo as a wildlife veterinarian. The Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, a state university based in Nagpur, will bring together the forest …
Topics of importance of environment, fallouts of pollution and other environmental hazards should be included in syllabi from primary education till higher and professional education. This was stated by Shahida Altaf, Multan Public Girls
Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi Friday pledged to include environment as a subject in the curriculum to create awareness among the younger generation of the pressing environmental concerns and to motivate them to be part of the efforts for addressing the environmental issues.
Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi Friday pledged to include environment as a subject in the curriculum to create awareness among the younger generation of the pressing environmental concerns and to motivate them to be part of the efforts for addressing the environmental issues.
79 percent young labour force in Pakistan living below poverty line, and majority of them has no access to education beyond Primary Level, veteran general secretary Pakistan Workers' Federation Khurshid Ahmad said here on Friday. He was addressing a national conference, organised by "Pakistan Workers' Federation" here on the eve …
A survey of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan schools in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand reveals that the SSA, despite its emphasis on decentralisation and inbuilt flexibilities, is not making much headway in a socially and economically differentiated setting. This reflects a perception of poor quality of the SSA and also a lack …
Nearly half of the nation's 140 million adult citizens are proficient enough to read street flyers or calculate the amount of money spent in cellphone conversations, revealed a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) study yesterday. Titled 'Literacy Assessment Survey (LAS) 2008', the study was released at a seminar held at …
Bangladesh is the 7th largest country in the world in population where 150 million people are virtually elbowing each other in a land that is 134,000 sq km in area with a population density of more than 1100 people per sq km. Overpopulated! Well, there are only a few city-like …
