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Reaping the demographic dividend -Uday Balakrishnan

-The Hindu India needs to invest in quality School and higher education as well as healthcare The UN report, World Population Prospects 2022, forecasts that the world’s population will touch eight billion this year and rise to 9.8 billion in 2050. What is of immediate interest to India is that its population will surpass China’s by 2023 and continue to surge. A long-time critic of China’s population policy and author of Big Country...

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What does 5 yrs of School give? 1960s-born Indian women learnt more than 1990s kids, says study -Nikhil Rampal

-ThePrint.in Women born in 1960s with 5 years of Schooling almost 100% literate, while figure was around 40% for 90s-born women, says working paper by US-based Center for Global Development. New Delhi: There’s no doubt that India has made immense progress in its literacy rate, which rose from about 14 per cent at the time of Independence to 74 per cent in the 2011 census. But, has the quality of School education...

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UP: No Govt Funds for Mid-day Meals for over 3 Months, Headmasters Forced to Raise Money -Abdul Alim Jafri

-Newsclick.in The Education Department has attributed the delay in payment to the non-release of the funds by the state Finance Department. Lucknow: Government Schools in Uttar Pradesh have reportedly not received any money for mid-day meals for the last three months, preventing some Schools from serving food to children under the scheme. In a few Schools, teachers and gram pradhan (village head) have been spending from their own pockets or buying rations...

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Explainer: How Teacher Recruitment Scam in West Bengal Unfolded -Sandip Chakraborty

-Newsclick.in Many candidates alleged they gave ‘cut money’ (commission) which was channelised to then state education minister Partha Chatterjee (who is now under arrest) and were recruited. Kolkata: The School Selection Commission (SSC) scam in West Bengal came to national limelight after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) unearthed Rs 21 crore 90 lakh in hard cash from Arpita Mukherjee’s residence. Arpita Mukherjee is believed to be a close confidante of Partha Chatterjee,a trusted...

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More cash, gold recovered from home of arrested Bengal Minister’s aide -Shiv Sahay Singh

-The Hindu The cash was recovered from one of the apartments of Arpita Mukherjee at Belghoria in northern fringes of Kolkata More cash and gold were recovered on Wednesday evening from one of the properties of Arpita Mukherjee, an aide of arrested West Bengal Industries and Commerce Minister Partha Chatterjee. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) held raids at several properties of the Minister’s aide and the cash was recovered from one of the apartments...

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