-The Indian Express Study indicates that gender disparities and lack of skills to match aspirations could upset India’s demographic dividend The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), released on Tuesday, is significant for several reasons. In looking at the age group of 14-18, the survey — to begin with — offers insights into the performance of the Right to Education Act, eight years after it made elementary education a fundamental right....
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36% rural youth can?t name India's capital, finds survey -Vikas Pathak
-The Hindu Pratham’s 2017 study focuses on Teenagers; flags falling enrolment with age Fourteen per cent of rural youth in the age group of 14-18 failed to identify the map of India, says the 2017 Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), brought out by Pratham. Significantly, 36% of those surveyed did not know that Delhi is the capital of India. The report underlines, that 79% answered the questions ‘Which State do you live in?’...
More »Youths prefer Army, police jobs over agriculture: ASER report 2017
-The Indian Express The survey also reveals that almost 40 per cent youth have no role model for the occupation they aspire to pursue. Only a few of them wish to be part of the same profession as their parents. New Delhi: Medicine remains a preferred profession for those in the 14-18 age bracket with 18.1 per cent wanting to be either a doctor or a nurse. It seems the craze for...
More »Govt is working on simplifying labour laws: Santosh Gangwar
-PTI NEW DELHI: The government is committed to labour reforms and simplification in the related laws to safeguard workers' interest, Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said on Sunday. Listing a slew of steps to protect workers' interest, the minister said provisions have been made in the Employees' Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2017 to increase the penalty for its contravention from Rs 5,000 to Rs 50,000, which is extendable to Rs 1...
More »Flood continues to wreak havoc, crores of people affected
-The Times of India LUCKNOW/ GUWAHATI/ PATNA: There is no let up in the flood fury across eastern part of the country, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as raging waters of the rivers originating from Nepal continue to cause havoc in vast areas. The death toll from drowning, collapsed houses and landslides triggered by monsoon rains climbed to over 600 on Saturday. Neighbouring Nepal and Bangladesh are also suffering due to...
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