In an unprecedented United Nations-supported initiative, people who cannot see and those who have other forms of visual disability will have access to published works through publisher intermediaries who will create accessible formats of publications and share them with specialized libraries. The new arrangement was announced today at the of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) meeting in the Indian capital, New Delhi. It is estimated that only five percent of...
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Five eggs a week for students under meal scheme
Karunanidhi makes announcement at inauguration of Anna Centenary Library Five boiled eggs a week will hereafter be given to students covered under the nutritious meal programme, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi announced on Wednesday. At present, three eggs are given to the students — on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays — every week. Henceforth, eggs would be given on five working days of schools a week, the Chief Minister said, declaring open the Anna...
More »RTE Act: some rights and wrongs by Pushpa M Bhargava
As it stands, the Right to Education Act has several flaws that will prevent its efficacious implementation. Several amendments are called for. Something that cannot work, will not work. This is a tautology applicable to the Right to Education (RTE) Act, which cannot meet the objectives for which it was enacted. There are several reasons for this. First, the Act does not rule out educational institutions set up for profit (Section 2.n.(iv))....
More »India's first RTI library named after Prakash Kardaley
Pune has become the first municipal corporation in India to have a Right to Information (RTI) library. Magsaysay award winner Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the library that is named after Prakash Kardaley, a journalist from the city, who had a major role in the drafting of the Right to Information Act. Calling Kardaley a guiding force in the RTI movement, Mr. Kejriwal said that it was only apt that the Pune Municipal...
More »Central schools fail in own quality test by Charu Sudan Kasturi
India’s largest public school chain has accepted that it has failed to improve standards of education in its primary classes two years after it launched a revamp plan, following concerns over learning levels of children. In a letter to all its 981 schools spread across the country, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has said an internal survey to assess the revamp has found “shortcomings” on all parameters. The revamp plan...
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