UP wants even toddlers to imbibe spirit of sports
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh is taking the saying ‘catch ’em young’ even further. Now, knowledge of sports is to be imparted to toddlers and small children up to class five. According to…
Education
Dell Aarambh partners with CENTA to empower teachers
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Dell India on Thursday expanded the reach of Dell Aarambh, its personal computer (PC) for education initiative with a partnership with non-profit Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA). The partnership is…
Bengal has no trend of rejecting centre’s directives: state minister
Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) Claiming there is no controversy over the celebration of Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s birth anniversary in West Bengal, state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Wednesday said the Trinamool Congress government has “no…
DTU students develop click-with-a-blink software
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) A student team of the Delhi Technological University (DTU) has built software which will enable people with certain disabilities to operate computers with blinks of their eyes and movement of…
IIT-Bhubaneswar to get world class centre of excellence
Bhubaneswar, Nov 1 (IANS) The Odisha government on Wednesday decided to provide all support to set up a world-class state-of-the-art centre of excellence in the Research and Entrepreneurship Park of IIT -Bhubaneswar to boost startups…
CBI is Compromised Bureau of Investigation: Congress
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Terming the CBI ‘Compromised Bureau of Investigation’ following its clean chit to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the Vyapam scam, the Congress on Wednesday said it will…
Goa, Kerala top Gender Vulnerability; Bihar, UP at bottom
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are at the bottom in a new Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) prepared by Plan India, while Goa, Kerala and Mizoram occupy the top three positions. Delhi…
App developer launches talent search contest
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Khan Academy, an educational mobile app developer, on Wednesday invited entries for the second edition of its India Talent Search, which will be conducted in five languages, the firm said….
Delhi to bring out-of-school children back to schools
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Delhi government will appoint Education Beat Officers to find out-of-school children across the city and admit them in schools, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said here on Wednesday. Sisodia…
Delhi to train teachers on dealing with less-affluent students
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Delhi government will train the principals and teachers of primary section of city’s private schools on how to treat students from poor sections of society, Deputy Chief Minister Manish…
Cabinet approves amendment in Teacher Education Act
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposed law to recognise universities that have been training teachers without permission from a statutory body, making their alumni eligible for government jobs….
Khattar government on backfoot over religious duties for teachers
Chandigarh, Nov 1 (IANS) The BJP government in Haryana headed by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is on the defensive following its order asking teachers to carry out religious duties. The order was issued by…
Several schools in Tamil Nadu closed due to rains
Chennai, Nov 1 (IANS) Schools in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts were closed for second consecutive day on Wednesday owing to rains, the district administrations said. Schools in these districts were closed on Tuesday owing…
Government signs agreement with UrbanClap for job generation
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Tuesday roped in private online service aggregator UrbanClap to generate jobs with minimum assured monthly wages for the urban poor skilled under a…
Ability to feel others’ pain key to a united nation: Minister
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Minister of State for Human Resource Development Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday said the true unity of the nation will be sensed only when an injury to a person in Kashmir…
Applications invited from students for community award
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The 2018 “Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards (SOCA)” were announced open for entries on Tuesday for school children studying in Class 6 to 12, its organiser DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance…
Vyapam scam: CBI charge sheet names 490, MP CM gets clean chit
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against 490 persons in the multi-crore Vyapam examination scam that broke out in Madhya Pradesh in 2013, while giving a clean chit…
91% of 15-year-olds going to school: Report
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Around 91 per cent of 15-year-olds were enrolled in secondary schools in 2016, up from 78 per cent in 2009, a report revealed on Tuesday. The findings of the research,…
Two Class 2 students go missing from outside school
Kolkata, Oct 31 (IANS) Two Class 2 students went missing from outside their private school in West Bengal on Tuesday, police and school authorities said. According to authorities of Sunrise English Medium school in Howrah…
Reservation for OBCs in NTSE exams approved
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The government on Tuesday approved reservation for OBC students in National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Stage II, an exam to award scholarships, conducted by the NCERT. The announcement by Human…