-IANS NEW DELHI: Less than 1 per cent of the disabled children in India are enrolled in the schools, parliament was informed on Monday. "The report of the National Right to Education (RTE) Forum Delhi and Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) India shows that enrollment of disabled children in schools is less than 1 percent," Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. Irani...
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Over 600,000 primary teachers' posts lying vacant
-IANS NEW DELHI: Over 600,000 posts of teachers at primary level are lying vacant under the state sector and the national literacy mission, parliament was informed on Monday. "The total teachers post lying vacant at the primary level both under the state sector and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan are 6, 06, 191," human resource development Minister Smriti Irani told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. "The states recruits teachers based on their...
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-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of HRD As per the District Information System for Education (DISE), the average annual drop-out rate among girl students at upper primary level has decreased to 4.01% in 2013-14 from 6.08% in 2011-12. The Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme provides for a multi-pronged approach to check drop out amongst girls through inter-alia, enhancing access to primary & upper primary schools by opening schools within one kilometer and three...
More »Smriti Irani okays national database of school, university certificates -Akshaya Mukul
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: HRD minister Smriti Irani has given the go-ahead to National Academic Depository (NAD) scheme. Conceived during UPA-2, the scheme seeks to create an online national database of board and university certificates and is being implemented by Central Board of Secondary Education on a pilot basis. Last week, Irani was briefed in detail about the NAD project. She said it was a useful scheme and should...
More »Still holding onto the hope of a better future-Smriti Kak Ramachandran
-The Hindu It's been a year since the Indian Government announced the long-term visa facility for refugees, but many like Zaw Zaw's family, hailing from Myanmar, are yet to benefit. Three metal trunks and a few peeling leather bags are all it takes to hold together Zaw Zaw's 25 years. A hand-spun, bright, red and yellow peacock flag, discoloured sheets of papers and a few mementos from friends are all squeezed in...
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