-NDTV Our journey takes us to five villages in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, to meet families that do not have a toilet at home. Nearly 65 per cent of households in rural areas of the state are without toilets. Prema and Tanu belong to a Scheduled Caste family of daily wagers in Ahlada Kheda. Students of Class 9 and 10, they are exposed to children from different socioeconomic backgrounds at...
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Postal Dept to Open 1 Cr Savings A/Cs for Girl Child by March 31
-Outlook New Delhi: The postal department will be looking at opening 1 crore small savings accounts for the girl child by March 31 as part of the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today. "The postal department has decided to open 1 crore 'Sukanya Samridhi Account' by March 31," Prasad said here. 'Sukanya Samridhi Account' can be opened at any time from the birth of a...
More »The love for sons and appropriate attire -Megan N Reed & Devesh Kapur
-The Hindu Although urban Indians are slowly showing more openness in their attitudes towards women's attire, this is not the case when it comes to the issue of son preference As one of the world's most socially heterogeneous societies, building solidarity across social groups has been a singular challenge in India. Social bias in India is pervasive across a range of key cleavages - whether caste or class, region or religion. In this...
More »Save girl child, educate her, pleads Modi -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-The Hindu Panipat (Haryana): Launching the ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' scheme in Haryana, he said we must fight female foeticide and celebrate the birth of a girl child. The ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' scheme, which seeks to address gender imbalance and discrimination against the girl child, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Panipat in Haryana on Thursday. This is the fourth major scheme of his government after Jan Dhan Yojana, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan...
More »We need a real learning grid for India's elementary schools -Krishna Kumar
-The Hindustan Times Around this time every year, news about the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) survey creates a short-lived stir in the media over the dismal performance of children studying in State-run elementary schools. Pratham - the NGO which produces the ASER reports - carries out this nationwide evaluation of children's competence in reading and arithmetic, and presents the results of children's grade-wise scores. The sample consists of nearly...
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