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 …
A regional centre of UNESCO for training and education in biotechnology will be set up in Faridabad to act as the focal point for cooperation in biotechnology among the member countries of UNESCO in the Asian region. A meeting of the union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, today …
Rajahmundry, Nov. 14: The education authorities under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan programme plan to start mini residential bridge centres (RBC) from January 2009 in West Godavari, in an attempt to rescue child labourers as well as school dropouts and provide them formal education. These will have a capacity to accommodate …
Liz Gross finds out the tough life in the river islands of Assam For a moment that afternoon, Dodhia seemed the most beautiful place imaginable. From their stilts, buildings made of wood poked out from languidly rolling expanses of neon-bright grass. But the water-weathered buildings betrayed the ephemera. Despite four …
Priscilla Jebaraj CHENNAI: The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has tracked 8 lakh children in the State, who entered its programme in Class 1 in 2003. This May, 93.94 per cent successfully passed out of Class 5, having benefited from the improved infrastructure, additional teachers and activity-based learning brought about by the …
TO GET ahead in India's increasingly competitive auto market, Toyota Motor Corp. is building a new plant and freshening its lineup. It has also made an unusual investment: It opened a school. Built on a rugged hillside in southern India that is populated by wildcats and monkeys, Toyota's sprawling technical …
The present study is an attempt to study the environmental attitude of Indian and Iranian higher primary school teachers in various components. The article tries to answer whether Indian and Iranian teachers differ in their attitude towards environment. A total of 1000 teachers (500 Indian and 500 Iranian) teaching in …
Overcoming the crisis in sanitation and water is one of the greatest human development challenges of the 21st century. Success in addressing the challenge through a concerted national and international response would act as a catalyst for public health, education, poverty reduction and impetus for economic growth. It would give …
BHUBANESWAR: Yesterday's pledge by hundreds of students on Global Hand-washing Day (GHD) at Janla Nodal UP School might be just another event for many. But the school certainly has become a role model to spread the message of total sanitation. The school has taken the sanitation drive as part of …
Delhi A Close Second, Followed By Tamil Nadu Chennai: Kerala is ranked No. 1 among the 21 major states (large in geographical area) in the latest composite Education Development Index(EDI) prepared for the primary and upper primary levels of schooling for 2006-07. Delhi comes second, followed by Tamil Nadu, Himachal …
Societies have always searched for an ideology and an institutional framework to balance collective and private interests. In the last century, this struggle played out as a confrontation between two clearly defined ideologies
Societies have always searched for an ideology and an institutional framework to balance collective and private interests. In the last century, this struggle played out as a confrontation between two clearly defined ideologies
BJP replicates Knowledge Commission in Karnataka The Sam Pirtoda-headed National Knowledge Commission (nkc) may have had many run-ins with different arms of the upa government but the good work done by it has finally earned it cross-party recognition. The Bjp-led government in Karnataka recently launched a state panel modelled on …
The finalists of the Tata Steel Rolling Trophy with the panel of judges after the results of the semi-final were declared on Sunday. Telegraph picture Jamshedpur, Sept. 28: Four chapters of Association of British Scholars (ABS) will fight to the finish for the Tata Steel Rolling Trophy tomorrow. At the …
