Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8 (IANS) Sports will be a part of the curriculum for Classes 1-12 in all Kerala schools, officials said Sunday. In a joint press conference, state Education Minister M.A. Baby and ...

By Madhusree Chatterjee Salanchal (Rajasthan), Nov 8 (IANS) On the edge of the Sariska Tiger Reserve, 14 children cram chemical formulae under a tree in the compound of a village school. Seven of ...

Thiruvananthapuram, July 23 (IANS) The entire Kerala opposition walked out of the assembly Thursday, protesting that the class 7 social studies textbook contains more about Communist-led agitations than the Independence struggle. Raising the ...

New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Discussing sex and sexuality, HIV/AIDS and responsible sexual behaviour with adolescents is a topic that makes most teachers and parents squeamish and also has community elders ...

New Delhi June25 (ANI): The Union Human Resource Ministry is considering to scrap the board examination for class 10 students. Disclosing this the HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said, the present examination system is ...

New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Owing to the growing number of human rights abuses, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is planning to introduce human rights as an optional ...

New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Following yet another shocking incident of a teacher severely beating up students in Delhi, an official of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) said ...

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Concerned about the mental well being of children as they grow into adults, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is conducting a nationwide survey ...

Hyderabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) will roll out its online learning platform 'ThinkQuest' in 500 schools in Andhra Pradesh.OEF and the Institute for Electronic Governance (IEG), a non-profit organisation ...

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) Special books having large-sized letters, free spectacles and magnifying glasses will be provided to partially blind students by the Chandigarh education department, an official said. "We have got ...

By Azera Rahman New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Plunging cut-off marks, vacant seats...Waking up to warning signals that students may be losing interest in science courses, Delhi University (DU) is planning to update ...

Lucknow, July 28 (IANS) Students of madrassas will now be included in the upcoming pilot project of the Uttar Pradesh government that aims to hone spoken English skills of government-run primary school ...

New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Monday set up a 'mini hub' for dissemination of information via Edusat (education satellite) at the National Council of Educational Research ...

Lucknow, July 1 (IANS) Armed with specially designed interactive books, the Uttar Pradesh government is all set to introduce English as a subject from Class 1. "Come July 7 and over 40 ...

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Talent development and training corporation NIIT Ltd has entered into an alliance with Infospectrum India Pvt Ltd to integrate the latter's Educational Research and Planning (ERP) solution ...

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Talent development and training corporation NIIT Ltd has entered into an alliance with Infospectrum India Pvt Ltd to integrate the latter's Educational Research and Planning (ERP) solution ...

By Asit Srivastava Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) An acute shortage of teachers in government-run schools across Uttar Pradesh may stymie the state government's plan to introduce English as a subject from Class 1. ...

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) In order to arrest the increasing dropout rate from schools after class 8, the government Friday decided to allocate Rs.30.04 billion as scholarship to poor students. Finance ...

Dubai, March 20 (IANS) A nine-year-old Indian schoolboy in Bahrain has scored the highest marks worldwide in two subjects in an international examination. Alexandre Mariano D'Souza, a grade five student of the ...

Patna, Jan 22 (ANI): The success story of a teenage girl, living in a nondescript village of Bihar, getting educated by her own efforts while rearing honey bees for a livelihood, has ...