-The Times of India MUMBAI: Pushing for the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act in the state, the government has appointed a committee to look into various issues concerning schools. The committee, to be headed by chairperson of the Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Sarjerao Jadhav, has been asked to consider issues related to permission to be granted for new schools, permissions for increase in the number of...
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CBSE schools head meet to get clear RTE doubts-Abhishek Choudhari
-The Times of India NAGPUR: In an urgent meeting convened on Saturday, city CBSE schools decided to send admission related details to the state education department by June 18 and reopen admissions for Std I two days after that. TOI had reported on Friday that almost all CBSE schools will start distributing admission forms from June 20 to meet provisions as mandated under the Right To Education (RTE). City principals were briefed...
More »Broadband Brings Home The Blackboard-Arindam Mukherjee
-Outlook Anyone with internet access can get an education—from the best in their fields The Supreme Court last week allowed online counselling for admission to undergraduate courses in medical colleges. Under the scheme, students applying for all-India seats in medical colleges would be able to receive counselling in choosing their colleges online. While this is but a small development, for just a section of seats in medical colleges across India, coming...
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-The Shillong Times KLEW: A serious irregularity has been unearthed over the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme in the Unitarian Lower Primary School in Upper Klew village in Ri-Bhoi district. Students of the school are not getting their mid-day meal even though official records claim that mid-day meals are being provided to the students on a regular basis. The matter came to light after students of the school confirmed that they were...
More »Restoring the balance-Vanita Srivastava
-The Hindustan Times In the world of education, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) is a globally recognised Indian brand and so it is hardly surprising that there is so much rush to join them. I went to IIT, so did my husband and father. To keep that 'tradition' alive, I wanted my son to join IIT. And like many other parents, I moved to Kota, considered the 'Mecca' of IIT...
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