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 …
function table() { var popurl="image/20051015/43-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=520,height=220,scrollbars=yes") } A booming economy with dismal human development indices (hdi): that's the summary of India's score-sheet in the recently released un Human Development Report (hdr), 2005. India stood 127
www.polarhusky.com ADVENTURE LEARNING The paradox of much education all over the world has long been its inability to directly involve the world outside classrooms."What I did in school was stare out of the window,' recalls Will Steger. The famous Polar explorer and environmentalist has continued to be drawn out of …
Launched in September 2004, Edusat is perhaps the world's only satellite fully dedicated to distance education. Edusat moves in a geo-synchronous orbit. Its 12 transponders (six in k u band and six in extended c band) provide five spot beams (see Glossary), each covering a specific region, and seven national …
Main features of the draft: • Envisages a US $5 billion Indian biotech industry that offers 1 million jobs by 2010 • About 30 per cent of Rs 200 crore DBT research funds for public-private partnership research • Better curricula and accreditation for biotech education • Single regulator for all …
This article is based on the findings of a recent survey of the midday meal programme in Madhya Pradesh. Comparison of the new ‘suruchi bhojan’ with the old ‘daliya’ programme in the government primary schools in the survey area and observations on programme implementation in Karnataka, suggest a pressing need …
The discussions on the Union budget 2005-2006 reflect the media's middle-class obsession. The finance minister's proposal for a fringe tax - on perquisites and other benefits of the salariat - was all that was found worth discussing. Nothing else mattered. But it should. The budget is about expenditure for development …
amid predictions of severe natural calamities in future, the Tripura government recently constituted disaster management teams at the village panchayat level and introduced disaster management as a subject in schools. Although the Union government's directive for the initiation of a panchayat level disaster preparedness programme dates back to 2002, it …
The Mineral Foundation of Goa aims to: address environmental and social issues concerning the communities in the mining belt of Goa through formulation and implementation of developmental programmes; contribute to economic and social development of the local communities by training and capacity building; to facilitate tripartite partnership amongst industry, government …
Muk Badhir Vidyalaya in Jawhar taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra is quite an unconventional school: the 55 tribal students on its rolls are all hearing-impaired. But ingenious use of alternate energy is what really sets this institution apart from other such schools; biogas plants, that run on seeds of locally available …
Fourteen students sit clustered together in a room in Bangalore engrossed in animated conversation. They come from streams as diverse as history, biology and zoology, and chemical engineering. But now they are pursuing a common interest: wildlife. Their discussion is peppered with wildlife anecdotes, info-bites and interesting details about the …
