Topic: Government schools
Under Arvind Kejriwal govt, enrolment & pass percentage have fallen in Delhi govt schools
A report by NGO Praja Foundation highlights falling enrolment, poor retention and a massive drop in pass percentage in Delhi government schools.
UP officials’ kids don’t go to govt schools, so chief secretary gets SC contempt notice
Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice against UP chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey for failing to implement the 2015 Allahabad High Court order.
Twice-bitten Punjab govt still has no clue on what its history textbooks should say
New books commissioned by Captain Amarinder Singh’s Punjab govt have also been withdrawn, after SAD accused them of insulting Sikh Gurus & many discrepancies.
Farm visits, gardening, drama: How govt is hoping to overhaul school curriculum
HRD roadmap calls for focus on experiential learning and reduced burden on syllabus and textbooks.
In elementary govt schools, a third of teachers don’t have the required teaching degree
The worst performer is Bihar, where 72 per cent of the teachers are untrained, followed by Assam (64%) and Madhya Pradesh (57%).
Rahul Gandhi must decide if Congress is a European NGO or a party in nationalist India
Safe to say national security plank will always favour the BJP, unless Rahul Gandhi replaces his national security advisers.
Is AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal also guilty of treating Muslims as an unthinking votebank?
Days after Delhi voted in the Lok Sabha elections, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the Muslim vote “shifted” to the Congress at the last minute.
Defence
Pakistan sends a ‘message’ to Modi, test-fires nuclear missile on day of his poll sweep
Pakistan tested ballistic missile Shaheen-II, which has a range of 1,500 km. Indian security experts say timing of the test clear signal to new govt.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.