Diabetes screening in schools, says Azad
May 16th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Concerned over the increase in diabetes among children and adolescents, the union health ministry has initiated a school-based screening programme for diabetes on pilot basis ... Read more...
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Explain delay in giving free school books to poor: Court (Lead)
April 13th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Expressing anguish over the government's failure to print and distribute free books to over 18 lakh poor students in state-run schools, the Delhi High Court ... Read more...
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Private tuitions by government teachers an offence: Tripura government
January 3rd, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 3 (IANS) The Tripura government, in a strongly worded circular here Tuesday, said it will not allow its teachers to take private tuitions for students."If any government school ... Read more...
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Salient features of food bill
December 22nd, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The National Food Security Bill, 2011 introduced in the Lok Sabha Thursday has ambitious provisions to ensure access to adequate quantity of food to India's ... Read more...
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Mizoram government teachers not getting salaries
December 20th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Dec 20 (IANS) Over 4,835 government teachers from 541 schools in Mizoram have not been paid their salaries since October due to lack of funds, state Education Minister ... Read more...
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Government teachers in Mumbai get salaries online
December 1st, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) For the first time, teachers and non-teaching staff of all government-aided schools in the city received their salary Thursday online through a nationalised bank, an official ... Read more...
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Delhi to recruit 13,000 teachers
November 11th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Delhi government will recruit 13,000 teachers and open more schools under the right to education act, Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said Friday."About 13,000 ... Read more...
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Now, online, on-time salaries for Mumbai teachers
October 5th, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) Come Nov 1 and Mumbai's 30,500 teaching and non-teaching staff of government-aided schools would get salaries directly credited to their accounts.
As a Dussehra gift, the Maharashtra ... Read more...
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Maharashtra probing 140,000 fake school students scam
September 15th, 2011 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) The Maharashtra education department will carry out a survey of all government-aided schools in the state to verify genuine and bogus students, after a project revealed ... Read more...
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Students, teachers, NGOs join anti-graft crusade
August 16th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) Angry protests over the arrest of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his team members continued unabated Tuesday with institutions and organizations joining in different parts of ... Read more...
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Visually challenged teachers learn computers
August 4th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 4 (IANS) For the first time, 238 visually challenged teachers of Kerala have been enabled to operate computers under the state run IT@School Project, which provides information technology ... Read more...
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One year on, Kerala’s Student Police Cadet already a success
August 1st, 2011 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1 (IANS) Initiated a year back in government schools to instil responsibility and social commitment in young minds, the Student Police Cadet (SPC) programme is fast catching the ... Read more...
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Din of school-bells to ‘wake up’ Maharashtra government
July 19th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) Next Monday, the bells of government-aided schools all over Maharashtra will ring in unison for a full minute to "wake up" the authorities towards their demands, ... Read more...
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Punjab restores pension for school teachers
July 3rd, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 3 (IANS) Reversing the decision of the previous Congress regime, the Punjab government Sunday restored the pension of school teachers in government-aided schools in the state."The Punjab government ... Read more...
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Quicker pensions for retiring Bengal teachers: Mamata
June 3rd, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) After getting their salary on the first day of the month, there is now more good news for the teaching community in West Bengal. Soon, ... Read more...
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Bengal teachers’ payday on month’s first day from July
May 24th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Come July, all teachers in government and government-aided schools of West Bengal will get their salary on the first day of the month -- instead ... Read more...
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Tripura bars government teachers from taking tuitions
April 16th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 16 (IANS) Government school teachers in Tripura will not be allowed to take private tuitions for students, a strongly worded government circular has said."If any teacher is found ... Read more...
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Orissa school girls to get free cycles
January 5th, 2011 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4 (IANS) Orissa Tuesday decided to distribute free bicycles to Class 10 girl students with an aim to improve the state's female literacy rate which has remained considerably low compared ... Read more...
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Now, schools in Tripura to charge only exam fee
October 31st, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 31 (IANS) The Tripura government has asked all school authorities in the northeastern state not to charge students any payment except the examination fee, officials said here Sunday."No government, ... Read more...
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UNICEF brings MGML course for Chhattisgarh school children
October 19th, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by ANI
By Shiv Sankar SarathiRaipur, Oct.19 (ANI): The Chhattisgarh government along with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) introduced a Multi Grade-Multi Level (MGML) course for school students in the state.The course aims ... Read more...
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Doctor by day, teacher for slum children by noon (Feature)
August 7th, 2010 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 7 (IANS) Medical check-ups, vaccination and medicines are not the only things on offer at a paediatric clinic here. For, it doubles up as a classroom ... Read more...
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Government school told to admit Class 9 student
July 24th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Delhi High court has directed the government to admit in its school a Class 9 student whose application was rejected on the ground that the last ... Read more...
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Minority institutions can’t be forced to implement teachers’ quota: Court
July 16th, 2010 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The state cannot compel minority institutions to reserve teaching posts for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Supreme Court has said.
The court said that ... Read more...
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Class 9 student moves court after denial of admission
July 1st, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday sought the response of the Delhi government, a state-run school and the Delhi University's Central Institute of Education on a petition filed ... Read more...
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Skipping census duty will land Goa teachers in jail
March 24th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 24 (IANS) The Goa administration has threatened government primary teachers with jail if they avoid the census survey. The education department is unhappy with the order.
The directive was sent to ... Read more...
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450,000 students to give CBSE board exams in Delhi
February 27th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Nearly 450,000 students studying in classes 10 and 12 here will appear for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board exams beginning next week.
According to the ... Read more...
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Delhi schools close due to cold (Second Lead)
January 11th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) To protect children from a biting cold, all schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi government as well as government-aided schools in the ... Read more...
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Delhi government closes schools due to cold (Lead)
January 11th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) In view of the biting cold in the capital, all government and government-aided schools in the city were Monday ordered to be shut until Jan 16. The ... Read more...
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Delhi government closes schools due to cold
January 11th, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) In view of the biting cold in the capital, all government and government-aided schools in the city were ordered shut until Jan 16. They will reopen Jan ... Read more...
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Computer education now in 108,000 government schools
January 9th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Computer education at the secondary and senior secondary levels has got a quantum boost with the government Saturday approving its introduction in 108,000 government and government-aided ... Read more...
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Law on child employment in beedi trade questioned
November 16th, 2009 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday sought the government's response to a lawsuit seeking annulment of a law that makes allowance for employment of children as beedi workers under ... Read more...
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Drought looming large, minister looks to rain god for help
June 23rd, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 23 (IANS) Worried about the delay in the monsoon and the prospect of drought, Chhattisgarh's Agriculture Minister Chandrasekhar Sahu performed a 'Varun Yagna', a fire ritual to appease the ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh schools extend summer vacation as heat wave continues
June 17th, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 17 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Wednesday announced extension of summer vacations in schools following the unabated heat wave across the state and an acute drinking water crisis.
The education ... Read more...
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No tall promises, give us basic amenities: Chandni Chowk’s voters
May 2nd, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) In Chandni Chowk, one of the oldest areas in the Indian capital with its cheek-by-jowl houses and crowded markets, women voters are a vocal ... Read more...
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Give Delhi school kids an early summer break: NGO
April 30th, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) An NGO here Thursday asked the Education Department of the Delhi government to direct the schools to declare an early summer break as the mercury level in ... Read more...
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