In keeping with the need for the successful implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009 in Nagaland, enhancing the level of awareness, further discussion and to get well versed about the rules as enshrined in the Act has been strongly felt at a seminar held today with NGOs, organized by SCERT, Nagaland at DUDA Guest House. Nagaland will also join the rest of the country in implementing RTE Act...
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Open defecation blot on India's image: Jairam Ramesh
-The Hindustan Times With India accounting for 58% of all open defecations in the world, the government on Sunday sought active involvement of all parties concerned including women panchayat representatives to sensitise the people in creating awareness about public hygiene. "On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, I would like to mention one such case which is a shame on all of us. No other country in the world where about 60% women...
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-The Times of India Different associations of private schools on Monday gave a call to all the private schools to observe one-day token strike on September 28 in protest against the state government's directive to them for compulsory registration latest by September 30 to ensure implementation of the provisions of Right To Education Act. The Bihar Public School and Children Welfare Association, Private Schools and Children Welfare Association and other associations...
More »Developing SEZ in backward areas to fetch you incentives like wider tax concessions and lowering minimum area ceiling by Amiti Sen
The government is mulling a raft of incentives for special economic zone developers to encourage them to move away from urban centres and focus on economically backward regions. A senior official in the commerce ministry said SEZ developers might get wider tax concessions if they build economic hubs in underdeveloped areas. The government may also lower the minimum area ceiling to ease land acquisition by them, the official said. These incentives...
More »State frames regulations for implementation of RTE Act by Swati Shinde Gole
The state government has defined regulations for the implementation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, in all schools in the state. After a cabinet decision earlier this month, the state government had decided to extend primary education up to std VIII, to allow 25 per cent students from economically backward class in to private schools, etc. Minister of school education, Rajendra Darda, said, "The rules have...
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