Despite the government's massive investment in primary education, teaching and learning in rural India is far from perfect. A recent study conducted by the ASER Centre in collaboration with Unicef and Unesco, points out the critical challenges in rural Indian school education.
The study brings forth six ..
Human life is evolving and so is technology . Healthcare, which is one of the major concerns in the 21Century , is entering a phase where technology is becoming an enabler. In the near future, say technologists and doctors, robots will help us a great deal in bringing down the northbound costs of healthcare and ..
Patna University's wish for a Central university status sounds somewhat like a popular adage widely quoted in north Bihar "man karaiye puwa pakaiton; tel rahait ta gur paincha lainto; ata nadarad" (wishing for baking a sweet dish a person aspires to borrow sugar from someone else, he may have oil, but he does ..
Inmates of the Daulat Ram College hostel stayed out in open all night on Saturday to protest against the diktats of their administration that has barred the students from keeping mobile phones or laptops in rooms. They are allegedly also subjected to random frisking and checks in the room as the doors there do not have ..
Most students crack IITJEE by learning techniques at coaching centres to solve a pattern of questions, but those do not help them in the long run. A recent survey conducted by IIT Kharagpur suggests this practice does not help in understanding the subject and at least 10% of the freshers at the institute can't even ..
With the nursery admission process in city schools all set to begin from December 15, the School Action Committee (SAC) -- a forum of six private school organizations -- has prepared a set of admission guidelines for schools to follow.
The SAC guidelines are based on the provisions of the Right to Free ..
If police heeds a Bangalore University request, answer scripts will get the same security given to ballot boxes.
Soon after a students' sting operation busted an exam malpractice racket in Bangalore University, vice-chancellor N Prabhu Dev swung into action and sought police protection for answer scripts. ..
For the many poor girls who drop out of school in Maharashtra's rural hinterland, there are those who decide to stay. And then there are those who stage a comeback.
It's what Lata Batku did, after being forced to drop out of school to take care of her baby sister. Her village in the Naxal-dominated ..
Class X public examination candidates would be spared the hassles of procuring community, income and residential proof certificates henceforth, with the district administration's move to issue these documents through schools.
At a consultative meet held here on Saturday, heads of schools were given ..
Flaying the TUK College in Thanjavur district for flouting the order for reinstatement of two terminated teachers issued by the Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education, the Association of University Teachers, University Co-ordination Council (AUT-UCC), Tiruchi-Thanjavur Zones, has urged the State government to ..