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Arjun Singh to inaugurate National Childrens Assembly and Integration Camp

November 12th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 12 (ANI): Union Minister of Human Resource Development Arjun Singh will inaugurate National Childrens Assembly and Integration Camp here on November 14. M.A.A. Fatmi, Minister of State for School ...

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Huge dropout rate affecting education in West Bengal

August 11th, 2008 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) Only 60 million out of 200 million children in the age-group 6 to 14 years go to school in West Bengal. The state is also short of 5,000 ...

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Delhi government to go tough on kite flying

July 31st, 2008 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Delhi Government has decided to take help of Delhi Police to tackle the "menace" of kite flying that has been held responsible for incidents of tripping electricity ...

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IAS officer grilled in Himachal Pradesh

July 23rd, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, July 23 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh vigilance bureau has once again grilled Subhash Ahluwalia, a high-profile Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and former private secretary to ex-chief minister Virbhadra Singh, in ...

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Teachers, students unhappy with mobile phone ban in schools

July 18th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, July 18 (IANS) Teachers and students alike are unhappy with the Madhya Pradesh government ban on mobile phones in schools. Most students said that banning mobile phones in schools was uncalled ...

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No time for toilet-training, Aussie kids trotting off to school in nappies! (Re-issue)

July 6th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, July 6 (ANI): More and more kids in Australia are being sent to school in nappies, as parents are not willing to toilet-train them. With the introduction of the prep year, ...

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Education scheme to benefit 181,000 kids launched

July 2nd, 2008 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, July 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched an education scheme that is expected to benefit 181,000 children who are presently not going to school. Chouhan launched ...

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Coming up: 2,500 model schools on lines of Kendriya Vidyalayas

July 2nd, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) India will set up 2,500 new model schools designed after the existing state-run Kendriya Vidyalayas to provide quality education to students in "every block ...

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India’s poor pay Rs.9 bn in bribes for basic facilities

June 28th, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) India's poor paid nearly Rs.9 billion in bribes over only three months to avail basic public utility services, a new study said Saturday. NGO Transparency International India ...

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English replaces Telugu as teaching medium in Andhra state schools (Lead)

June 12th, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) With IT and knowledge-based industries spreading their base in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided that English will replace Telugu as the medium of instruction in ...

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English replaces Telugu as teaching medium in Andhra state schools (Lead)

June 12th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) With IT and knowledge-based industries spreading their base in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided that English will replace Telugu as the medium of instruction in ...

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English to be teaching medium in Andhra schools

June 11th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) English will replace Telugu as the medium of teaching and the state syllabus will be replaced with the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) syllabus in 6,500 government-run ...

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Chhattisgarh girl topped board exams through forgery: probe report

June 7th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, June 7 (IANS) A probe panel set up by the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) has confirmed that a girl who topped the class 12 exam this year had been ...

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Novel scheme for lighter school bags gathers dust

June 1st, 2008 - 11:02 am ICT by admin -
By Sanjay Singh New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Making school a bag-free experience is a tempting thought. Two years ago the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government initiated a policy for lighter school bags. ...

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SMOT B-school collaborates with Canadian Association

May 28th, 2008 - 11:41 pm ICT by admin -
Hyderabad, May 28 (IANS) SMOT business school Wednesday announced collaboration with the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CAMC) to offer post-graduation management consulting degrees in finance, marketing, IT and human resources (HR). ...

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Rajasthan unveils long-term relief for terror victims

May 21st, 2008 - 6:24 pm ICT by admin -
Jaipur, May 21 (IANS) In an effort to rehabilitate the victims of the terror attacks in Jaipur and Ajmer, the Rajasthan government Wednesday announced a series of long-term compensation packages for orphaned ...

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Punjab to recruit 14,000 more schoolteachers

April 15th, 2008 - 8:56 pm ICT by admin -
Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) The Punjab government Tuesday announced that 14,000 new teachers would be recruited for schools in the state for the coming academic session 2008-09. Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur said ...

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Himachal Pradesh ex-minister held in fake certificate case

March 31st, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by admin -
Shimla, March 31 (IANS) A former Congress minister and a retired official of the Himachal Pradesh government were arrested Monday for procuring a fake school leaving certificate. Former horticulture minister Singhi Ram ...

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`Mechanism to monitor quality education under consideration’

March 12th, 2008 - 8:42 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The government may monitor the quality of school education in light of the recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), parliament was informed Wednesday. Minister of State ...

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Former minister, daughter booked for fraud in Himachal

March 12th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by admin -
Shimla, March 12 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh vigilance and anti-corruption bureau has booked a case of fraud against a former minister and his college-going daughter for allegedly procuring a false school certificate, ...

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Labourers’ kids being educated at brick kiln sites in Haryana

February 25th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin -
Jhajjar (Haryana), Feb.25 (ANI): Brick kiln labourers in Haryana can now provide school education to their kids without bothering to send them to distant places for the same, for the State Government ...

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Kerala to recast engineering, medical entrance tests

February 22nd, 2008 - 12:44 am ICT by admin -
Kozhikode (Kerala), Feb 21 (IANS) The Kerala government has decided to recast the common entrance tests for the engineering and medical courses, education minister M.A. Baby said here Thursday. "A committee is ...

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Education sector in the hit list of militants in Manipur

January 12th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by admin -
By Sanjay Kumar Imphal, Jan 12 (ANI): Militancy continues to affect the normal activities in Manipur and one of the worst hit sectors is school education. The States prestigious Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya was recently ...

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Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen to address seminar on The Right to Education: Actions Now

December 19th, 2007 - 2:15 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi , Dec.19 (ANI): Nobel Laureate and noted economist Amartya Sen will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural session of seminar on "The Right to Education: Actions Now" here today. ...

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Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen to preside over Right to Education seminar

December 18th, 2007 - 12:53 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Dec.18 (ANI): Nobel Laureate and noted economist Amartya Sen will preside over a day-long seminar titled "The Right to Education: Actions Now" in the Kamal Mahal hall of the Maurya ...

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Arjun Singh to attend Unesco General Conference

November 14th, 2007 - 2:17 am ICT by admin -

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