Student barred from exam dies
September 3rd, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) A Class 10 student barred from taking an examination by his school in Jammu and Kashmir succumbed to his injuries, more than a week after he ... Read more...
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18,000 free textbooks seized in Bangladesh
November 15th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 15 (IANS) Police in Bangladesh have seized 18,000 textbooks meant to be distributed free of cost and arrested three people for trying to sell them.The books of the ... Read more...
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Court upholds CBSE abolition of Class 10 exams
September 1st, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a petition challenging the decision of the Central Board of Secondary Education to abolish formal exams in ... Read more...
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Britain to fund school that teaches Indian meditation
August 29th, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 29 (IANS) A school in Britain that teaches Indian-style meditation to students will now be funded by the government.The Maharishi School in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, is run according to ... Read more...
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Marriages killing joy of kissing
August 3rd, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) If you think the passion to kiss your partner is missing in your life, it could be due to your marriage.A survey in Britian has ... Read more...
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IGNOU launches diploma programme for primary teachers
May 18th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a two-year diploma programme in elementary education for primary teachers, an official said Wednesday.The course, commencing ... Read more...
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Museum of performing arts to come up in Delhi
March 8th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Delhi Development Authority has been asked to allot five acres of land in Dwarka area of west Delhi for a building to house a ... Read more...
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Kerala’s ICT textbook to teach audio, video technology
February 21st, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 21 (IANS) The text book on information and communication technology (ICT) for Kerala's class-nine school students will help them learn audio recording and video editing, an official said Monday. ... Read more...
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Brit Muslim kids learning to cut off hands of thieves
February 10th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.10 (ANI): British Muslim children are being taught how to chop off thieves' hands and being told that Jews are plotting to take over the world at a network of Islamic ... Read more...
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Muslim kids learning to cut off hands of thieves
February 10th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.10 (ANI): Muslim children are being taught how to chop off thieves' hands and being told that Jews are plotting to take over the world at a network of Islamic schools.According ... Read more...
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UK’s 2nd Hindu school to admit non-Hindus also
December 30th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Dec 30 (ANI): Proposed Krishna-Avanti Primary School (KAPS) in Evington (Leicester, East Midlands, UK), when it opens in September, will be based on "Hindu ethos" but will admit pupils of ... Read more...
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Indian printers of Bangladesh textbooks accused of graft
December 22nd, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 22 (IANS) With just over a week left for the school academic session to begin in Bangladesh, Indian printers have supplied less than half of the primary school textbooks assigned ... Read more...
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POGO launches M.A.D. Creations Art books
December 21st, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Taking inspiration from its popular arts and crafts show "M.A.D", children's entertainment channel POGO has launched M.A.D. Creations Art curriculum books.The books cater to students from kindergarten ... Read more...
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UK’s 2nd Hindu school to open next September
November 27th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Nov 27 (ANI): United Kingdom's second Hindu state school will open next September in Evington (Leicester, East Midlands), according to reports.To be named Krishna-Avanti Primary School (Leicester), this "Free School" ... Read more...
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6-18yr Brit Muslim pupils being taught Sharia law lessons to chop off thieves’ hands
November 22nd, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22 (ANI): British Muslim pupils, as young as six, are being taught how to chop off thieves' hands or feet as a dreaded punishment under the Sharia law, according to ... Read more...
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British kids learn how to hack off thieves’ hands
November 22nd, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 22 (IANS) Children as young as six in Britain are being taught brutal Sharia law punishments, including how to hack off a criminal's hand or foot, a media report said ... Read more...
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Board to regulate madrassa education planned
August 9th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is all set to create its independent education board to institutionalize and modernize madrassa education in the country.
Lucknow's Naib ... Read more...
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Make Yoga part of school education: Plea in Delhi High Court
August 4th, 2010 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) and the NCERT seeking reply on a public interest litigation (PIL) which ... Read more...
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UK teachers too embarrassed to talk about sex
July 23rd, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 23 (ANI): Sex education has been one of the most important, yet underrated subject in schools - now, a watchdog report has revealed that teachers might be at fault.According to ... Read more...
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Sibal launches courses on Mass Media Studies, Geospatial Practices
July 19th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 19 (ANI): Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday launched courses on Mass Media Studies (Academic/Vocational) and Geospatial Practices (Vocational) to be offered by the ... Read more...
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Pak clerics forcing UK parents to make kids skip ‘UnIslamic’ music lessons
July 2nd, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 2 (ANI): Pakistani 'Imams' visiting the country are forcing some British Muslim parents to withdraw their children from 'music lessons,' as they claim that it is unIslamic."A number of ... Read more...
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Gullit interested in coaching Australia
May 31st, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 31 (IANS) Former Dutch star and Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit is considering taking up the role as Australia coach when Pim Verbeek steps down after the football World Cup ... Read more...
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‘Education act should have come 50 years back’
April 1st, 2010 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Terming the landmark Right to Education (RTE) Act which came into force Thursday as "marvellous and great", India's leading educationist and an advisor to the central ... Read more...
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Jamie Oliver’s healthy school dinners help kids achieve better results
March 30th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 30 (ANI): A study on English chef Jamie Oliver's healthy school dinners has found that the diet has brought about a marked improvement in national curriculum test results.The study by ... Read more...
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Boys read much as girls, but prefer less challenging books
March 1st, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 01 (ANI): A new study has found than boys read as much as girls, but prefer far less challenging books.The reading habits coinciding with national curriculum test results of 100,000 ... Read more...
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Chandigarh proposes Rs.45.14 cr for secondary education
January 7th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) The union territory (UT) of Chandigarh has proposed Rs.45.14 crore for universal access to secondary education during 2010-11 under the centrally-sponsored scheme Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).
"We will ... Read more...
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Education a headline hogger in 2009 (Flashback 2009)
December 16th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) It was a year of reform in the field of education. From the laudable Right to Education Act to controversial faculty quota ... Read more...
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Australian Deputy PM’s broad Aussie accent baffles US kids!
October 9th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, October 09 (ANI): US school children found it difficult to understand Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard's accent, who is on a visit to the country to discuss green jobs and ... Read more...
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Vice President highlights the need of education reform
September 5th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep. 5 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said that education reform is the need of the hour, as the teachers in the country are facing professional ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha passes ‘historic’ right to education bill (Lead)
August 4th, 2009 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Tuesday passed what Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal termed "historic" legislation providing for free and compulsory education for all children in the ... Read more...
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CBSE has plans to make Class 10 exams optional
July 13th, 2009 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Much before Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal aired his views, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had plans to make Class 10 board exams optional, ... Read more...
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Foreign universities welcome in India: Sibal
July 11th, 2009 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal says foreign universities like Harvard were welcome in India. He also clarified that the ministry wished to abolish the Class 10 ... Read more...
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Schoolkids should be taught to critically analyse popular culture, say experts
May 25th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 25 (ANI): Schoolkids as young as five should be taught to critically analyse advertising, media and popular culture "messages", suggests a New South Wales academic.Karen Brooks, a Southern Cross University ... Read more...
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UK kids think Auschwitz is a type of beer, a festival or bread
March 9th, 2009 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): If you thought that the Nazi extermination camp, Auschwitz, was one of the biggest scar on world history, then youll be surprised to know that many schoolchildren ... Read more...
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Government-published books have little on corruption, terrorism
January 29th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) There are no school or college textbooks, at least those published by the government institutions, that explicitly sensitise children on two of India's burning issues - terrorism ... Read more...
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