Education News in India

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 ..
Teachers in my village are bad models 14/Nov/2011
Established 75 years ago, the Kannada, Urdu and Hindi Medium School for Boys and Girls in Rangrez Galli in the old city, is seeing a steady decline in enrolment. The government institution is among the oldest schools in the district. In 1990, there were 40 teachers and over 700 children. Now the school ..
60 HP students to visit NASA 13/Nov/2011
Sixty students of a public school in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district have been selected to visit NASA's Houston and Kennedy Space Centers. "The selected students from classes VI-X will leave for the US on December 9 to participate in a camp organised by NASA," Dalhousie Public School ..
Govt model schools to handle emotional, behavioural issues 14/Nov/2011
The proposed 2500 model schools which the govt intends to set up under PPP mode across the country will not only meet contemporary requirements but will also have teachers handling emotional and behavioural problem of students. "The schools will be unique in the context that they would have ..
Kalam inaugurates digital library of ancient scriptures 12/Nov/2011
Former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam inaugurated a first-of-its-kind digital library of ancient scriptures at the L D Indology Institute here. Kalam said he was very impressed by the initiative of the institute, which has digitised prints of 2,200 manuscripts of ancient scriptures.<br ..
Helping out a friend in need 'is good for you too 12/Nov/2011
Helping out a friend in need is good for you too, say researchers. A new study, carried out by the University of California and published in the 'Psychosomatic Medicine' journal, has found that selfless acts of kindness actually trigger brain's reward mechanism. For their study, ..

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