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 …
Focusing on education, infrastructure and tourism, Sikkim is all set to become a model state for India Blessed with biodiversity and natural beauty, Sikkim, which has the magnificent Mt Kanchenjunga looking over it, is today passing through an era of "democratic profit". The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government led by …
The present issue of the publication viz. Statistical Pocket Book, India 2008, which is the 46th edition in the series gives data on various socio economic trends prevailing in the country on an All India basis. The publication contains data for the latest 3 years besides the data for the …
Participants visit demonstration farm site to observe encouraging changes brought on by the application of suggested remedies. The Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group has been running 12 such farmer schools-Amit Dwivedi Farmer Field Schools (FFS) is a unique way to educate farmers and is an effective platform for sharing of experiences …
Sanat K Chakraborty | Shillong The ruling Meghalaya Progressive Government (MPA) has decided to create a dedicated cadre service to streamline, run and manage the State's burgeoning education administration. This was one of the key features of the draft education policy approved by the Cabinet on Monday. "We have decided …
Sustainable agriculture literacy can alleviate the problem of agriculture in India. We need to educate the farmers. Farmer schools can be a good measure of sustainable agriculture literacy - report of Amit Dwivedi Agriculture is facing several problems in India. On the one hand natural calamities adversely affect agriculture production, …
Pioneer News Service | Lucknow The two-day national seminar on 'Challenges and issues before NREGA in Uttar Pradesh' was inaugurated by Agricultural Production Commissioner (APC) Anis Ansari. The seminar was organised by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Lucknow University, in collaboration with the department of Rural Development. In his …
NEW DELHI: The country's progress report on education finally makes for happy reading. The Annual Status of Education Report on rural India released by NGO Pratham shows that only 2.7% children in the age group of 7-10 and 6.3% in the 11-14 years group are out of school squarely proving …
New Delhi: Indicating a sharp rise in school enrolments in rural India, the Annual Status of Education Report released by NGO Pratham shows that only 2.7% children aged between seven and 10 years, and 6.3% in the 11-14 years group, weren
New Delhi: Want quota for children in schools set up on acquired land, Authority to consider demand If you think admission to a reputed public school is a problem for parents living in metropolitan cities like Delhi alone, think again. Seeking a quota in public schools for their children is …
With varying statistics on the number of kids in child labour (between six to 100 million), the ministry of panchayati raj believes the government needs to follow the Kerala model and use panchayats to track down the status of every child drop-out. Mr A.N.P Sinha, secretary of the ministry of …
SHILLONG: Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's no-show may have taken some sheen off the Children's Science Congress and disappointed thousands of children here, but the 'Missile Man of India' on Monday did ask, albeit a written message, them to aim, dream and think big for success in life. Though …
The Centre on Friday gave the go-ahead to the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan scheme, aimed at universalisation of access to and improvement of quality of education at secondary stage. The Union Cabinet on Friday allocated Rs 20,120 crores for the scheme in the 11th Five-Year Plan. Science and technology minister …
