Bihar withholds pay of 300 teachers for fake admissions
January 14th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 14 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to withhold the salary of 300 teachers in Patna district suspected to be involved in a fake admissions racket, officials said ... Read more...
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Bangladesh to recruit 15,000 teachers
September 26th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 26 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has approved the appointment of 15,000 new teachers for state-run primary schools in a bid to address an acute shortage of educators across ... 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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Haryana to review mid-day meal scheme as kids fall sick
July 18th, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 18 (IANS) The Haryana government has ordered a review of the mid-day meal scheme in government-run schools after 100 students in Kurukshetra district last week ended up ... Read more...
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Goa teachers agree not to fail students till Class 8
June 4th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 3 (IANS) The stalemate between the Goa education ministry and schools over the implementation of the "no detention" policy up to Class 8, was resolved Friday after the ... Read more...
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Goa schools oppose ‘no fail’ policy this academic year
May 17th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 16 (IANS) The Goa government's decision to implement the "no-fail" policy from classes 1 to 8 as advocated in the Right to Education (RTE) law this academic year ... Read more...
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Voices against Goa’s ‘no fail’ policy till Class 8
May 14th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 14 (IANS) Headmasters of schools in Goa have opposed a state government directive, as per the Right to Education (RTE) Act, that no student between Class 1 and ... Read more...
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Malaysia to help ethnic Indians get official documents
January 24th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 24 (IANS) About 30,000 ethnic Indians are expected to be registered next month in the Malaysian government's exercise to help them obtain official documents such as birth certificates and ... Read more...
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Pushy parents may damage kid if their love is conditional
September 29th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 29 (IANS) Pushy parents risk damaging their children's health if they link love to sporting success.They face a 'delicate balance' between supporting playing field ambitions and pushing their children too ... Read more...
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Pushy parents ‘risk damaging kids’ health’
September 29th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 29 (ANI): Pushy parents risk damaging their children's health if their love is conditional on achieving success, it has been claimed.Rod Jaques of the English Institute of Sport said that ... Read more...
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Modern kitchens for Haryana schools
June 14th, 2010 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Jhajjar (Haryana) June 13 (IANS) Modern kitchens will be constructed in all state-run schools in Haryana to boost the mid-day meal scheme, an official said Sunday.
"All the necessary paraphernalia would be provided ... Read more...
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Price rise eating into midday meals at Bengal schools
January 30th, 2010 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
By Pradipta Tapadar
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) Midday meals - a surefire way of ensuring attendance in West Bengal's state-run schools - are taking a hit due to the escalating prices of rice ... Read more...
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RM 500,000 more for Tamil schools in Malaysia
January 3rd, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Johor Baru, Jan 3 (ANI): Malaysian state government has approved an additional sum of RM 500,000 to build new infrastructure and upgrade facilities in Tamil schools.Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman said ... Read more...
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Hong Kong police probe Facebook group planning ‘mass suicide’
November 26th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Nov 26 (DPA) Police in Hong Kong were Thursday trying to trace the founder of a Chinese-language Facebook group whose members claim to be planning a mass suicide on ... Read more...
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Four headmasters suspended for corruption in Bihar
May 25th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 25 (IANS) The headmasters of four primary schools in Bihar's Darbhanga district were suspended for irregularities in the mid-day meal scheme for schoolchildren, officials said Monday.
The headmasters were suspended Saturday ... Read more...
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Tamil schools in Malaysia to get RM 130 million
April 2nd, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Putrajaya (Malaysia), Apr.2 (ANI): The Malaysian Education Ministry has said that it will allocate RM 130 million for Tamil schools through the Public Works Department (PWD) as it is the most effective ... Read more...
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Being Lok Sabha Speaker was a “great opportunity”: Chatterjee
February 26th, 2009 - 7:33 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, February 26 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday described his five-year tenure in office as a "great opportunity" and revealed that he had never expected to receive the ... Read more...
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One in every four Madhya Pradesh schools has only one teacher
February 9th, 2009 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 9 (IANS) Single teacher-run primary and middle schools, no headmasters in most schools and, more shocking, senior secondary schools till Class 12 managed by a single teacher - welcome to ... Read more...
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Kerala to punish 4,000 schools for ‘untimely’ exam
September 2nd, 2008 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 2 (IANS) Action would be taken against nearly 4,000 schools in Kerala for violating the guidelines for conducting Onam examinations, the state Education Department said Tuesday."The new rules are very ... Read more...
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Haryana to provide 100,000 technical education seats
July 4th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday announced to double the technical education seats in the state and open an education city "modelled on Oxford". "From 33,000 ... Read more...
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‘Broken families, celebs and gangs’ robbing kids of their innocence
November 14th, 2007 - 2:05 am ICT by admin
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