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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Charity can’t fund education-for-all: Apex court
July 20th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday said that public-private partnership for achieving the goal of universalisation of education up to Class 8 has to be based on ... Read more...
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Court questions Delhi government on education of disabled
July 10th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has questioned the Delhi government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and a group of schools over a petition seeking facilities ... Read more...
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Fake school certificates scam busted, four arrested
June 15th, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Four people were arrested for supplying forged Class 10 and 12 pass certificates to students here, police said Tuesday."The kingpin, Mange Ram Acharya, 46, and ... Read more...
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New fee structure for Tamil Nadu private schools released
June 13th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 13 (IANS) A committee headed by retired Justice K. Raviraja Pandian Monday released the new fee structure for around 6,400 private schools in Tamil Nadu.The new fee ... Read more...
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A school for ‘floating’ kids
June 2nd, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, June 2 (IANS) A school in a Shanghai suburb evokes an unusual charm among children as its special classrooms are built inside ship containers.These children of migrant workers, ... Read more...
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Delhi schools join battle against tobacco
May 27th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Private schools in Delhi Friday joined hands with a non-profit organisation to declare their campus "tobacco-free" before the World No-Tobacco Day to be observed May ... Read more...
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CBSE results: Girls outshine boys, Chennai tops (Second lead)
May 23rd, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Girls, with 86.93 pass percentage, outshone boys at 77,83 percent in the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) Class 12 exams, results of which were ... Read more...
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CBSE helpline flooded with calls as results are declared
May 23rd, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Calls poured in on the Central Board of Secondary Examination's (CBSE) helpline as the results of Class 12 examination were announced Monday."Calls have flooded the ... Read more...
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CBSE results: Delhi central schools outshine private schools
May 23rd, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) and Kendriya Vidyalayas (central schools) in Delhi have fared better than private schools in this year's Central Board of Secondary Education ... Read more...
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CBSE results: Girls outshine boys, Chennai tops performance (Lead)
May 23rd, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Girls have continued to outshine boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) Class 12 exams, results of which were declared here for seven ... Read more...
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Parents to protest against unfair school fee hikes
April 29th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Parents across the country would Saturday participate in protest rallies to press their demand for a central law to regulate fee hikes in private ... Read more...
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Haryana to create database of private schools
April 29th, 2011 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) The Haryana government has decided to create a database of all privately-managed educational institutions in the state to quickly resolve various issues pertaining to these institutions, ... Read more...
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Parents to protest arbitrary fee hike in private schools
April 22nd, 2011 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Parents across the country will participate in a national protest against arbitrary fee hike in private schools April 30.Organised under the banner of All India ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabi Indian schools to have 20,000 seats by 2013
April 22nd, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Abu Dhabi, Apr 22 (ANI): The Abu Dhabi Education Council plans to provide more than 20,000 seats in Indian schools, while introducing another three new Indian schools by the 2012-13 academic year, ... Read more...
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Court summons audit official over report on schools
March 29th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official to appear before it to explain certain findings in his report indicting ... Read more...
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Nearly 12,000 Right to Education violations in Delhi
March 27th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Since its implementation almost a year ago, nearly 12,000 cases of violation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act have been registered in the capital ... Read more...
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Thousands in Goa demand English as medium of instruction
March 21st, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 21 (IANS) Thousands of people, mostly parents of school-going children and nearly all of Goa's Catholic legislators, converged here Monday demanding that grants must be given to primary ... Read more...
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