State’s merger order for govt schools aims to foster equality & respect, improve gender balance and resource use, but experts fear girls dropping out. Commissioner to oversee implementation.
Punjab CM was in Tamil Nadu to attend an event to announce the expansion of M.K. Stalin government’s breakfast scheme to all aided primary schools in the state.
To understand how National Education Policy is being implemented across different settings, ThePrint visited a model private school in Delhi and 2 govt schools in neighbouring Haryana.
Congress MLA Arif Masood slammed the Ujjain collector's order, saying the move to declare holidays and run schools on Sundays was to appease Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.
YSRCP accused TDP-led govt of serving inferior insect-infested food to students in contrast to the upgraded mid-day meal scheme implemented by their leader Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Luxury-style government school in Rajasthan's Shishoda Kalan offers world-class facilities to its 300 students. Its former student Meghraj Jain heads Mangal Group.
‘There is no such thing as free education. Money paid to teachers comes ultimately from people, as taxes if not as tuition fees,' wrote Professor Om Prakash Kahol on 1 January 1959.
PGI-D report evaluates 788 districts based on six parameters. States, UTs were categorized into different performance grades, ranging from Level 1 (Utkarsh) to Level 10 (Akanshi-3).
Centre expressed ‘deep concern’ over drop in govt school enrolments. It has sought detailed report from states/UTs by end of June on reasons behind continued slide in enrolments.
The US has turned to the Kurds whenever it has needed allies on ground— in Iraq, in Syria, & now perhaps in Iran. Rarely has it worked out well, either for them or the region.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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