BANGALORE: There are no takers as yet for over 16,000 seats reserved for the underprivileged in city schools. For instance, for 16,656 seats available in schools falling under the 25% quota in Bangalore South, only 2,384 applications have been filed. Similarly, for over 4,000 seats available in schools in Bangalore North, only 1,868 valid applications have been received by the BEOs. According to RTE rules notified by the Karnataka government on April...
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Foreign farms in Africa bring investment and controversy
-AFP JOHANNESBURG: Foreign farms are spreading across Africa to grow food and biofuels for global markets, bringing much-needed investments but also new troubles for a continent struggling to feed itself. China, Malaysia, Singapore and Bangladesh are just some of the countries spending billions of dollars in what critics have dubbed a new "scramble for Africa", a reference to Europe's 19th century colonisation drive. But Africa holds an estimated 60 percent of the world's...
More »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 »Maharashtra govt appoints committee to push for RTE implementation in schools-Sandeep Ashar
-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...
More »Autism aid in draft bill-Ananya Sengupta
Autistic people stand to benefit in terms of schooling, jobs and welfare projects if a new disability act that is being drafted is enacted into law. The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, does not include autism but the government plans to cover the condition in the revised act, accepting a longstanding demand from social activists. Autism is now covered under the National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy,...
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