Education News in India

Chennai: 11 marine engineering students held for attacking their juniors 13/Nov/2011
The Tiruvallur police on Saturday arrested 11 marine engineering college students on charges of attacking their juniors at the International Maritime Academy in Puduchataram on the Chennai -Tirupathi highway. Eight students were injured in the group clash, police said. A brawl started over food in the ..
Kids today know a bit of everything 14/Nov/2011
Once, the human digestive system was just a black-and-white drawing in the biology text. Today, there is a video on what happens to food after we swallow it. The animated movie was a fall-out of a student asking if the food changed colour when the digestive juices in the alimentary canal mixed with it. ..
Indian childrens EQ declining fast 14/Nov/2011
Indian parents often goad their babies to not grow up fast. If childhood is about magic, it is vanishing even before it is lived. In fact children are indeed growing up fast, speeding past the springtime of their lives, say psychiatrists who connect that to the falling levels of emotional quotient. The warm hugs, the ..
Joining hands to save the environment 14/Nov/2011
The conversation over lunch may have varied from the inhabitants of Mogappair West to the meal's spice levels, but it returned repeatedly to common themes such as climate change and the environment and more importantly, how to make projects targeted at these themes effectively. On a rainy Thursday afternoon at the ..
Students put up an impressive show with their science models 14/Nov/2011
The science week at Nalanda Vidya Niketan proved beyond doubt that the internet is a very useful tool for children. They made science models to basic questions--- like why an egg does not float in water, how does a door bell function -- to metal detectors, wind mill, non stop trains, gold flake, floating head, bio ..
Historic school building giving in to rain 14/Nov/2011
The history of the 162-year-old Government Madrasa-i-Azam Higher Secondary School on Anna Salai, near the Spencer's junction, seems to be slowly fading with the recent rains playing havoc on the structure. The heavy showers brought down the roof of the rear side of the building, which once housed the ..
A bad teacher, no midday meal cost this school dear 14/Nov/2011
The Government Primary School of Chikkaguntanur, which was started before Independence, is the pride and joy of the village. It does not seem to lack in basic infrastructure — be it teaching material, classrooms or clean toilets. Yet, it has no more than four students, including a lone girl. ..
Going to school is an uphill task 14/Nov/2011
Nikhil D'Souza and his brother Nitin; Trupti and her cousin Sahana, primary students all, trudge the one km stretch between home to school through dense forests and over hills. They are the only students at the Zilla Panchayat Lower Primary School at Jarpadav Mukadappu in Kadandale village. Parents labourers<br ..
A village is no village without a school 14/Nov/2011
The Government Lower Primary School with only six children at Chattanahalli, about 35 km from Channarayapatna, will be one among the first schools in the State to be closed, ironically, on Children's Day. Contrary to the popularly-held belief, the dwindling numbers in this school has nothing to do with a ..
What does the future hold for Anjum? 14/Nov/2011
When schools opened in May, Ibrahim Syed of Saibanakoppa village decided to send his five-year-old daughter Anjum to an Urdu-medium school at Uppina Betageri, 2.5 km from his village. However, within a week, he realised how difficult it would be for his daughter to commute between Saibanakoppa and Uppina ..

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