Tezpur: Over 16 million children are not attending schools in the country and the government has taken all possible steps to make them literate within this decade, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said. "Globalisation has led to much improvement in the field of education and the country is ready to compete with the rest of the world, but we cannot ignore the many children who are...
08:56 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed has submitted his resignation to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Sayeed was accused of using "unfair means" to help his son pass the matriculation examination. Sayeed's son also scored a distinction in his Class XII exam, something which protestors and the Opposition said, was highly suspicious and demanded his resignation. "I have resigned from the council of ministers. I have forwarded my...
07:28 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the fate of Education Minister Peerzada Mohammed Sayeed, whose foster son's Class 10 exam was allegedly fudged, would be decided in the next 24 hours. Talking to reporters here, Omar said the findings of the Jammu and Kashmir Police's Crime Branch have been discussed with his alliance partner Congress. "We will decide action in 24-36 hours. The minister...
02:02 AM, Feb 10, 2012
A 15-year-old Chennai school boy allegedly stabbed his teacher to death inside the classroom. ...
09:30 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: There are growing voices of protest in Jammu and Kashmir against Education Minister Peerzada Sayeed after it was alleged that board officials helped his son pass his class 10 exam in 2009. The opposition is aggressively demanding Sayeed's removal. Independent MLA Engineer Rashid said, "I think the CM shouldnt waste another second in asking for the resignation from Sayeed. It is not the question of what he has...
11:33 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Azamgarh: Amid the mushrooming convent schools, mosques still continue to be popular centres of learning at least up to the primary class level in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district. The trend is more common in cities and towns where Islamic primary schools are rare. There are more than 100 mosques in Azamgarh city and around 40 per cent offer primary education. A majority of students in mosques come from the Muslim...
11:57 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Bangalore: As school admission fees are becoming a burden on the parents, the Karnataka government has fixed a 30 per cent profit margin for private schools. This after parents protested against the alarming rise in the admission costs. The ever rising cost of a school education is a biting reality for parents and Ashok Kumar Adiga President of the Parents' Association last year decided to fight against it. "What is...
06:23 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Barabanki: Wooing voters ahead of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday promised free education, medicines for the poor and waiver of farmer's loan by Rs 50,000 if voted to power. Addressing an election rally, Yadav said the party will also send poor people to foreign countries for treatment on government expenditure. Yadav also promised a ministerial berth to the local MLA in the...
03:27 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the teaching fraternity should be more tech-savvy to bring qualitative changes in education. "A teacher's role would be crucial in bringing qualitative changes in the education sector through the usage of technology," Modi, inaugurating the annual conference of Gujarat Rajya Acharya Sangh in Ambaji town of North Gujarat, said. "Considering the scale and scope of Gujarat's development, the use of technology...
12:59 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Chennai: Students who have other languages as their mother tongue should learn Tamil till Class 6 in all schools across the state, Tamil Nadu government on Friday made it clear in the assembly. "Students in Tamil Nadu have to learn Tamil as a language. There is no change in that," chief minister Jayalalithaa said, responding to a query by Congress member Gopinath who said students from other states were finding...
09:38 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: The protests over Kashmir's examgate scandal hit another high on Friday after the state Education Minister's son scored a distinction in his Class XII exam. Peerzada Sayeed's son, Imam Sauban, had allegedly passed his Class X exam two years ago with help from Board of School Education officials. Imam has passed the exams with flying colours, something which protestors say, is highly suspected. The demand for an independent...
09:23 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Srinagar: Tainted Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Sayeed's son has passed his class 10 board exam with distinction. The Board of School Education officials had allegedly helped him write the exam and then hushed up the matter. Protests had erupted with the Opposition calling for Sayeed's resignation and blaming Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for failing to act. The Crime Branch which took over the probe, raided the Board's offices...
01:20 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Srinagar: Trouble continues for Jammu and Kashmir senior Congress leader and Education Minister Peerzada Sayeed. Crime Branch raids at the State Board of School Education have revealed more documents indicating that board officials helped his son to pass class 10 exam. A newspaper in Srinagar on Monday carried the facsimile of an answer sheet in two handwritings - alleging that part of it had been written by an official to...
06:54 AM, Feb 02, 2012
The Delhi Education Minister has taken note of the CNN-IBN expose showing schools flouting norms in nursery admissions. ...
02:26 PM, Feb 01, 2012
HYDERABAD: The state government has announced that DSC-2012 examination will be conducted to fill as many as 21,343 teacher posts. The written test will be held from May 2 to 4. Speaking to reporters Monday, minister for seconda r y educ a t ion K Parthasarathy said vacancies of 21,343 teacher posts had been notified and would be filled up though DSC-2012. The notified vacancies include 11,602 Secondary Grade Teachers,...
09:02 AM, Jan 31, 2012
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