-Outlook The PM would do well to incorporate the Lok Nayak's convictions and what he stood for and not ape alien models to make India's villages as mere markets and show-pieces Narendra Modi was different from other Prime Ministers while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on 15 August 2014. He spoke of governing India through sahmati (consensus) not bahumati (majority) and sought the cooperation of people and...
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75% of schools lack decent science labs: Survey -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India More than three quarters of schools in the country do not have fully equipped science laboratories for students in class 11 and 12, a survey of 2.4 lakh secondary and senior secondary schools has found. For classes 9 and 10, where an integrated science module is taught to students, over 58% schools don't have the requisite lab. "This is an atrocious state of affairs," says a sad Professor...
More »Tussle between two ministries hits toilet plans for government schools -Neetu Chandra Sharma
-India Today At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is spearheading a drive to build separate toilets for boys and girls in schools across the country within a year, the issue has been hit by a tussle between the Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry and the Human Resource Development Ministry over who will fund the construction in state-run schools. Modi's dream project "Swachh Bharat", which aims to make India free of...
More »In a class of their own -Bageshree S
-The Hindu More and more parents in big cities are choosing schools that offer an alternative system of education over conventional institutions in the hope that children will grow into well-rounded personalities away from the rat race and uninhibited by the pressure to be in the top percentile For parents of today, finding a "good school" for their children is a quest that requires a lot of thought and effort. But in...
More »Young and jobless in India -Charan Singh
-The Hindu India must devise a demographic policy to separately meet the requirements of the young, middle-aged and elderly The Census data released recently show that unemployment in the country, especially among the youth, is very high, averaging nearly 20 per cent for the age group of 15-24 years. In some States like Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, the unemployment rate is above 25 per...
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