-The Hindu Lack of education at primary and Secondary levels is seen as one of the main reasons The percentage of Muslim students in leading State and Central universities of West Bengal is abysmally low, revealed the sixth All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) for the year 2015-16. The report, prepared by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, was released on Monday. Among the elite institutions that could not enrol any Muslim...
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It's time to give priority to women's work participation
MG Road is seldom considered as a safe place for working women who travel for work to either Gurgaon or Delhi. Almost everyday untoward incidents related to molestation, sexual harassment, kidnapping or rape that occur here are reported in various NCR-based newspapers. Clearly, safety of women office-goers and female workers is one of the major determinants of their (low) labour force participation, even in urban locations like Gurgaon or Delhi....
More »Haryana govt bows to girl power -Ashok Kumar
-The Hindu School in Gothra Tappa Dahina village in Rewari to be upgraded to senior Secondary level GURUGRAM: The Haryana government on Wednesday acceded to the demand of girl students in Gothra Tappa Dahina village, Rewari, to upgrade their school to the senior Secondary level. Many of the girls had been on a hunger strike for the last eight days. The students had alleged that on their way to the larger school in...
More »Breaking the M-word taboo in Kerala -Aabha Raveendran
-The Hindu Several youth collectives in the State are campaigning to make menstruation a hygienic and normal experience for women Her eyes welled over with pain. A victim in her own body, She crawled into a corner, bleeding. ‘Don’t talk about it’, she was told. Haiku #40 by Saurav Harigovind, MES Medical College Don’t. Don’t is the first lesson that a girl newly inducted to womanhood learns. Do not let anyone know that you bleed, especially men....
More »Panel frowns on static scholarship amount -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has voiced shock that a scholarship for underprivileged meritorious students had not been revised since the scheme was launched in 2008, leaving it at less than half of what households now spend on average on a higher secondary student. According to a survey on social consumption, households spend Rs 12,619 a year on a plus-2 student's schooling, while the yearly amount under the National Means-cum-Merit...
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