To utmost contentment for Dev Nath and his parents, the teenager had passed his class 10th exams with flying colours. He was on cloud nine because he had scored 84 marks in Science while his teachers told him that he cannot pass and that he was a bad student. The[Read More…]
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50% school syllabus to be reduced by 2019, know why?
In a bid to promote the sports in India, Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, on Monday August 6, announced to make sports period compulsory in schools after reducing the syllabus by fifty per cent by 2019. Rathore said the ministry is planning several things to make sports more relevant.[Read More…]
595 principal posts in Delhi government school go vacant, AAP blames Centre
New Delhi: Nearly 600 of Delhi’s government schools are running headless some of them for the past six years according to an RTI reply, and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) blames the central government neglectful attitude for this serious issue. According to the information sought under the Right to Information[Read More…]
Fund crunch stalls 60 projects of the Punjab government
Chandigarh: Around 60 development projects of the various government departments are stuck up due to fund shortage of upto 400 crore. The work on these projects, which was initiated by the previous SAD-BJP regime, is pending since April last year. The PWD is executing most of these projects, which includes[Read More…]
Send kids to school or will be in jail: UP minister warns parents
Uttar Pradesh minister, Om Prakash Rajbhar threatened that parents who would not send their children to schools will be imprisoned in police stations without food and water. Addressing a party gathering, the ‘Divyangjan’ empowerment minister can be heard saying in a viral video, “I am going to enact a law[Read More…]
Himachal Pradesh issues dress code for teachers
To secure discipline amongst the teaching staff, the government higher education department has issued directions to all the schools to ensure that educators dress up formally at the workplace. As per the notification, the school management is strictly directed to implement the dress code for teachers. On failing to maintain[Read More…]
Supreme Court rejects petition to make yoga compulsory in schools
In a significant decision, Supreme Court on Tuesday has rejected petition to make yoga compulsory in schools from class 1 to 8 across the country. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi led NDA government is putting all effort to promote yoga all over the world. Dismissing the plea, SC said that the[Read More…]
Pakistani school textbooks blame Hindus for partition bloodshed
Pakistani textbooks are blaming Hindus for the bloodshed that took place at the time of partition. History books in Pakistan are claiming that “traitorous” Hindus are to blame for the bloodshed that took place after British India was divided into two nations 70 years ago. This biased narrative of such[Read More…]
Singing of Vande Mataram compulsory in TN schools, offices, says Madras HC
The Madras High Court on Tuesday made the singing of Vande Mataram in schools, government offices, private entities and industries compulsory in Tamil Nadu. Justice M V Muralidharan stated that schools must sing it at least once a week either on Monday or Friday, and offices should sing it at[Read More…]
Chandigarh schools to teach kids how to file complaints of sexual offences
At a time when crimes against women have more than doubled over the past ten years, schools in Chandigarh to give education to students on how to legally file a sexual harassment case. This comes in response to a petition seeking the security of students in the city schools, district[Read More…]
Maharashtra: No junk food in school canteens
In an attempt to keep children away from junk and unhealthy food, the Maharashtra government on Monday imposed a ban on the sale of `High in Fat, Salt and Sugar’ (HFSS) food at school canteens across the state. According to a Government Resolution (GR), 12 categories of food items will not be[Read More…]
UP CM Adityanath wants images of teachers on school walls
In order to improve the standards of education quality in state-run schools and ensure regular attendance, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath wants pictures of faculty members posted on school walls. This step will be taken to check and cross-check from students if those teachers’ whose images are on the wall[Read More…]
Kerala CM accuses RSS of imparting kids the training to kill
Nightmare for UP schools: Government scraps 15 public holidays
In a significant move, the Uttar Pradesh government has cancelled 15 public holidays marking the birth or death anniversary of eminent personalities in schools and colleges. Now, the students would be taught about them on those days. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath.[Read More…]
No liquor shops allowed near religious places, schools in UP: Government
The Uttar Pradesh government declared on Friday that no liquor shops will be permissible around religious places, schools or populated areas. “The Supreme Court has ordered removal of liquor shops from national highways and the government will ensure that the shops removed from there are not relocated to the vicinity[Read More…]
School bus accident kills four in Punjab
Haryana: 192 cases of cheating in Board exams
On Wednesday, the Board School Education Haryana (BSEH) has registered 192 cases of cheating in board exams. It also canceled geography exam for Class XII students in Ladan of Jhajjar district due to increasing rate of students cheating to pass the exam. Also, it has canceled Class XII geography exam[Read More…]
Students in Kashmir take exam despite unrest
More than one lakh students are taking secondary exams in Kashmir on Monday despite not being able to attend school for nearly four months. “Over 45,000 students are appearing for class 12th exams beginning at 11am at 484 centers today while over 55,000 students are appearing for class 10th exam[Read More…]
Kashmir: Taliban ‘inspired’ destruction of schools pose another challenge to normalcy
If curfew and shut down were not enough, the valley faces another problem- burning of schools. A total of 19 schools have been burned till now and over the past three-and-a-half months, at least one school in each of Kashmir Valley’s 10 districts have either been burnt or suffered damages[Read More…]
Indian diplomats to withdraw their kids from Pakistan schools
As hostility grows between the two nations over the recent developments in Kashmir, India has asked its diplomats to withdraw their kids from schools in Islamabad. According to government sources, Indian officials have been asked to either send their kids back to India or to return themselves. “What it means[Read More…]
‘Bhagavad Gita’ to be a part of school syllabus in Haryana
The Haryana government is all set to introduce lessons from the Gita and other spiritual texts in the school curriculum as part of the state’s moral education syllabus that will be started from July 1. The lessons will be delivered in classes 6-12. State Council of Educational Research and Training[Read More…]