-The Economic Times The monsoon session that ends on Friday will enter the hall of shame as the second least productive session of the 15th Parliament with legislators having worked for only a quarter of the scheduled time. Only four bills were passed in the month-long session leaving a backlog of more than 100 pending legislations, some as old as 25 years old. According to data analysed by PRS Legislative Research, Lok Sabha...
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ABVP activists assault girl student
-The Hindu In an incident that has assumed a communal tinge, a group of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad supporters allegedly assaulted a girl at her college in Bellare, Sullia taluk, on Tuesday afternoon. The FIR, however, was registered by the Sullia police only on Wednesday evening, with a counter complaint coming immediately from the accused. The Students had allegedly roughed up the final year B.A. student for not participating in the ‘Bharat...
More »Six-month rural stint may soon be mandatory for MBBS degree -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India Rural positing for six months will soon become compulsory for undergraduate medical Students before they get their MBBS degree with the Medical Council of India (MCI) recently presenting the proposal to the health ministry. At present, an MBBS course of 5.5 years includes one year of internship. However, most of these medical Students end up practising in urban settings, refusing to serve the country's rural population. The MCI has...
More »Pvt schools battle RTE Act’s social challenges -Charu Sudan Kasturi
-The Hindustan Times Lawyer and education activist Ashok Aggarwal has spent over a decade challenging private schools that violate laws, cheat parents and deny Students – especially the poor -- an opportunity to study. But two years after the Right to Education Act came into effect requiring private schools to set aside 25% free seats for Students from economically weaker sections (EWS), Aggarwal isn’t worrying about the law’s implementation. “Most top schools...
More »Schools devise ‘innovative’ ways to ill-treat RTE Students -Nandini Chandrashekar
-Deccan Herald Complaints of discriminatory practices flood the task force The recently formed Right to Education (RTE) task force has received a barrage of complaints related to discriminatory practices by schools in the State. The task force was formed by the Karnataka Child Rights Observatory (KCRO) to redress grievances of parents and children admitted under RTE Act. The letters and calls received from parents and Students so far have been an eye-opener for the task...
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