-Sify News A single bamboo stick holds the thatched roof together, the discoloured floor serves as both bench and chair, the kids sit in neat rows and a man sits on a printed mattress. It is from humble rooms like this that a quiet education revolution is unravelling in this eastern Uttar Pradesh district that was associated in public memory not long ago for alleged involvement of some of its youth...
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Over 70 civic schools flouting sanitation norms, finds RTI plea by Swati Shinde Gole
Seventy-seven schools run by the Pune Municipal Corporation do not have sanitation facilities in tune with the norms set by the Union ministry of rural development's department of drinking water supply, a Right to Information Act (RTI) application by P M Shah Foundation has found. Lack of proper sanitation facilities was one of the reasons girls dropped out of school. The information was sought from the civic education board. The...
More »AASU waves letter on dam
-The Telegraph The All Assam students’ Union today said it possessed a letter written by the Arunachal Pradesh government to the NHPC in 2005 asking the power company to suspend work at Lower Subansiri hydel project in the greater interest of that state. The Planning Commission has blamed a “communication gap” between state governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, NHPC and the protesters over the ongoing stand-off and said that it could...
More »Explain RTE violation, rights panel tells school
-The Times of India State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) members on Friday sought an explanation from the principal of Carmel Convent School, BHEL for an alleged violation of Right to Education (RTE). The action comes a day after parents of standard V students complained that a teacher subjected them to mental torture. The SCPCR directed the school principal to "create awareness" among primary class teachers. On Thursday due to...
More »A remote stint would sensitise law grads by Colin Gonsalves
Salman Khurshid’s proposal to send law school graduates to remote districts for a year should also benefit those who need free legal aid THE UNION law ministry’s proposal to send students to practice for a year in far-flung districts of the country after finishing studies is an excellent idea — and long overdue. But it can be a progressive move only if it is thought through properly. Ways have to be...
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