-The Indian Express What can government schools do? Make democracy work. If you are reading this piece, it is likely your child goes to an English-medium private school. Did the possibility of a government school occur to you? Did you consider it before deciding on the private school? When I pose this question to my friends, this is the usual refrain: “But they are of such poor quality, insufficient classrooms, inadequate teachers....
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Government launches programme to train teachers
-The Hindu World’s largest teacher training programme, says HRD Ministry New Delhi: More than 42 lakh teachers and principals of primary and elementary-age government schools across the country will undergo a five-day training programme over the next few months to learn innovative teaching methods, the use of art and technology in the classroom and basic counselling techniques. On Wednesday, the Human Resource Development Ministry kicked off the National Initiative for School Heads' and...
More »Thousands of School Teachers in Bihar Upset Over Non-Payment of Salaries for 3 Months -Mohd. Imran Khan
-Newsclick.in Continuing delays in payment of salaries have led various teachers’ association to question the state government’s commitment to the education sector in the state. Unhappy over the Nitish Kumar government’s apathy towards the non-payment of salaries since March this year, hundreds of school teachers’ associations in Bihar are questioning the state government’s commitment towards the education sector. Bihar Madhyamik Sikshak Sangh (BMSS) president Kedarnath Pandey said it is a matter of...
More »PIL in SC: CCTVs in class may spur stalking, voyeurism
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi government's decision to install CCTV cameras in classrooms of state-run schools and provide a live feed to parents has been challenged by a law student on the grounds that this violates the right to privacy of adolescent girls and female teachers. The Supreme Court on Friday sought the AAP government's response to the PIL that seeks scrapping of the decision. The Delhi government had...
More »Report card: RPVVs score over Kendriya Vidyalayas -Shradha Chettri
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Among government schools in Delhi, the performance of the state-run Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas (RPVVs) is better even than that of the Kendriya Vidyalayas run by the central government. On Friday, Delhi government presented a detailed analysis of the results, showing how the pass percentage of RPVVs increased to 99.9% from 99.79% last year. In comparison, the pass percentage of Kendriya Vidyalayas this year was 99.4%....
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