-The Telegraph She demanded that nutritional food be provided to kids below three years who don’t come to school under the Integrated Child Development Scheme New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday requested the Narendra Modi government to immediately resume the midday meal scheme, arguing that children had been the worst affected by the pandemic both in terms of education and food. Raising the matter during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha,...
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TN Budget allots Rs 1000 per month to govt school girls to pursue higher education -Azeefa Fathima
-TheNewsMinute.com Finance Minister PTR announced that nearly six lakh girls in government Schools are expected to benefit from the scheme. In a scheme that would benefit the higher education of girls studying in government Schools in Tamil Nadu, Rs 1,000 will be provided as a monthly financial assistance to them till the completion of their undergraduate degree, the Tamil Nadu government announced in its budget presented on Friday, March 18. The amount...
More »Parents anguished by loss of basic skills & deep socio-emotional stress amongst children, reveals new NCEE report
-Press statement by the National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) dated March 17, 2022 The NCEE conducted a rapid households survey of parents in Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu about their children's education during the pandemic and the main finding of this study is that poor parents are desperate about the education future of their children and fully conscious of the devastating toll that prolonged school closure has taken on...
More »Not worthy of discussion: Arunachal MLAs on menstrual leave
-The Hindu Women on period not allowed to have meals with men, legislators say citing custom Guwahati: A proposed Bill on granting a day’s leave to school and college-going girls and women in jobs was not found worthy of discussion in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly. Congress MLA Ninong Ering had on March 11 brought a private member’s resolution seeking the introduction of a bill granting menstrual leave “as it is very disturbing for...
More »Computers in 80% of TN govt Schools but internet in only 18%: Report -Binita Jaiswal
-The New Indian Express Officials dispute findings of UDISE+ report; Kerala and Puducherry fare much better CHENNAI: Only 18% of government Schools in Tamil Nadu have internet facility, according to the Unified district Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report 2020-21.The latest UDISE+ report, which was released recently by the Union Ministry of Education, reveals that 32.03 per cent of Schools (government, government-aided, private, and others) in the State have internet facility...
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