CBSE starts counselling for board exams
January 31st, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) In an attempt to address anxieties of students and parents, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will start from Wednesday the first phase of ... Read more...
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Schools seek government aid for educating disabled
January 30th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Private unaided schools here have sought government aid and two years for putting in place infrastructure for teaching disabled children -- as desired by the ... Read more...
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Good news from Kashmir: Education back on rail
January 29th, 2012 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Jammu, Jan 29 (IANS) Ramshackle and damaged buildings are being repaired, teacher-student ratios are improving, enrolment is rising and so is the literacy rate. After over two decades of militant ... Read more...
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Court allows nursery admissions at 3-plus (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday gave the go-ahead to the existing nursery admission process in the capital's private unaided schools, allowing them to admit children ... Read more...
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Delhi court allows nursery admissions at 3-plus
January 27th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday gave a go-ahead to schools to admit children aged three-plus years to nursery classes.The court refused to interfere with age ... Read more...
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A key Bihar lesson - don’t forget the private tuition!
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) Shakuntla Sinha knows where to cut corners to keep the house running with her husband's Rs.15,000 salary. The couple maintain a strict, austere lifestyle and rarely ... Read more...
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Nursery admissions on course as court reserves order (Lead)
January 18th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the admission process for pre-school (nursery) classes in city schools which are scheduled to put up ... Read more...
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Nursery admissions on course as court reserves order
January 18th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the admission process for pre-school (nursery) classes in city schools which are scheduled to put ... Read more...
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MCD schools see rise in nursery students
January 14th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The number of nursery students enrolled in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) schools has seen a jump of over 4,000 compared to last year, an ... Read more...
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Cold wave: Haryana shuts all schools, Punjab alters timings
January 5th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 5 (IANS) The Haryana government Thursday ordered all schools in the state to remain closed till Jan 16 in view of the intense cold wave and foggy conditions ... Read more...
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11 kids killed in Haryana accident (Second Lead)
January 2nd, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ambala (Haryana), Jan 2 (IANS) Eleven students, all of them under eight years of age, were killed along with the driver of their school van Monday when it collided with ... Read more...
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Haryana changes school timings due to cold wave
December 28th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 28 (IANS) The Haryana education department Wednesday announced a change in the timings for government and private schools in the state due to the prevailing cold wave conditions."In ... Read more...
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Panel on school fee hike to start work from Dec 26
December 23rd, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Delhi government Friday told the Delhi High Court that the Justice Anil Dev Singh committee, set up to examine the accounts of private schools ... Read more...
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Unaided private schools seek amendments in RTE
December 22nd, 2011 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22, (IANS) Representatives of 'budget private schools' -- unaided private institutions which often cater to weaker sections of society -- from eight states Thursday formed an alliance ... Read more...
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Court refuses to stay toddlers’ admission in Delhi schools (Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to suspend the admission process for pre-school class in city schools, scheduled to start Jan 2 next year.Hearing a ... Read more...
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Court refuses to stay toddlers’ admission in Delhi schools
December 21st, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to suspend the admission process for pre-school class in city schools scheduled to start Jan 2 next year.Hearing a ... Read more...
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NGO challenges government’s order on nursery admissions
December 19th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Delhi government order allowing unaided private schools to go ahead with the admission of toddlers aged three years and above in pre-school (nursery) class ... Read more...
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All Patna schools closed due to cold wave
December 17th, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 17 (IANS) With an intense cold wave sweeping Bihar, all public and private schools in the state capital have been ordered closed till Dec 25, officials said."The Patna ... Read more...
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Cold shuts schools in Kashmir, Leh freezes at minus 11
December 5th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 5 (IANS) Winter continued its relentless onslaught in Jammu and Kashmir with authorities closing down schools in the Kashmir Valley till Class 8 and the Ladakh region shivering ... Read more...
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Mixed response to retailers’ strike in Bihar
December 1st, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 1 (IANS) The 12-hour strike called by traders and retailers in Bihar Thursday to protest the government's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail evoked ... Read more...
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No dearth of funds for education: Dikshit
November 18th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday said there will be no paucity of funds for education as it was her government's top priority."There would be ... Read more...
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Corruption sparks protest in Srinagar
November 15th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 15 (IANS) Nearly 400 men and women held a noisy but peaceful protest here Tuesday against rampant corruption in Jammu and Kashmir."If previous surveys placed Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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English forcing Kannada schools to shut shop
November 9th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) Karnataka, an attractive destination for engineering and medical education, is caught in a piquant situation -- dwindling student strength in Kannada-medium schools.Kannada is the mother ... Read more...
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Court notice to Delhi government on pre-school admissions
November 2nd, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government on an NGO's plea for direction to prohibit private schools in the national capital ... Read more...
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School bells ring again in Telangana, coal production resumes
October 18th, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (IANS) After more than a month, coal production resumed in the state-run Singareni coal mines Tuesday while schools and colleges that were shut in support of ... Read more...
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Protest against fee hike in private schools
October 9th, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) A group of people protested at Rajghat Sunday against private schools in the national capital hiking their fees, calling it arbitrary.The rally was organised ... Read more...
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Maharashtra starts eliminating fake school students
October 3rd, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) To weed out bogus pupils, the Maharashtra government Monday initiated a drive to verify the number of students on the rolls of aided private and ... Read more...
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Bihar’s private schools observe strike
September 28th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 28 (IANS) Thousands of private schools in Bihar observed a strike Wednesday to protest against a government order seeking their mandatory registration, saying it violates their autonomy.The schools ... Read more...
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Radio show for Gurgaon school kids
September 27th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 27 (IANS) A radio show that promises to combine radio broadcasts with classroom learning material and making learning fun was launched Tuesday for school children in Gurgaon."Galli Galli ... Read more...
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Dengue toll in Pakistani province rises to 62
September 23rd, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 22 (IANS) The dengue toll in Pakistan's Punjab province rose to 62 Thursday, authorities said.People are avoiding parks and picnic spots in Lahore, the provincial capital, fearing they ... Read more...
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‘Schools admitting poor students unsure of being reimbursed’
September 15th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Private schools are admitting 25 percent children from disadvantaged sections of the society under the Right to Education (RTE) Act but are apprehensive about receiving ... Read more...
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Rain-battered Mumbai gets into festive mood
August 30th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Rain-battered Mumbai returned to normalcy Tuesday and people got into the festive mood ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr Wednesday and the 10-day Ganeshotsav starting Thursday.
Though the mood was ... Read more...
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Supreme Court reserves verdict on right to education (Lead)
August 3rd, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions by private schools challenging the right to education law that mandates them to ... Read more...
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Noida officials, farmers agree to 90-day truce
July 30th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, July 30 (IANS) The Noida Authority Saturday assured farmers that all their demands regarding land acquisition will be worked out within three months, officials said.At a meeting held ... Read more...
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Teachers expose Lucknow schools racket
July 26th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh teachers association has alleged a nexus between at least 200 authorised and illegal private schools in Lucknow that could push thousands of students ... Read more...
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