-The New Indian Express The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, recommends that a person should consume at least 300 grams of vegetables a day. NEW DELHI: Quashing a popular belief, a report has revealed that students attending government schools in the national capital have better access to nutritious food than their counterparts in private schools. The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), which compiled the report titled Survey...
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Meet this iron lady who helps create 'happy learning spaces' for Ladakh's kids -Rohit E David
-The Times of India GURUGRAM: Many years back, Sujata Sahu was hiking the heights of Ladakh when she came upon local teachers heading back to Leh to get midday-meal supplies and uniforms for their students, a journey that usually takes a minimum of four days. Seeing such commitment inspired this resident of Sohna Road to start an initiative to improve education for kids in the remotest of villages. "Since then, I have...
More »It's real: Researchers develop Fake-O-Meter to tackle fake news -KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line The solution, developed at IIIT-H, is based on Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence Hyderabad: Not every message in your WhatsApp groups or on your Twitter and Facebook timelines is true. Far from the truth, the news reports, images and videos may well be a figment of someone’s imagination, and have the ability to trigger tensions. With the fake news menace virtually going out of control, researchers at the International Institute...
More »Three schools from Delhi have made it to the nationwide list of top 12 government schools -Janane Venkatraman
-The Hindu One student is making a drone, another a dancing robot. Scenes from two government schools in Delhi The walls of the entryway of the school are covered with bright charts that talk about everything from sustainable development and ‘Swachh Bharat’ to ‘happiness goals’ and exam schedules. The cream-coloured floor gleams and the sun peeps out from the clouds behind the rows of students — dupattas pinned, shirts tucked in, not...
More »Failing Its Purpose -Anil Swarup
-The Indian Express RTE Act has not ensured delivery of quality education We have a belief that enacting a legislation is a panacea for all ills. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (popularly known as RTE Act) was born out of this mindset. This approach raises a few questions. Why should the executive arm of the government require a law to do something which it is authorised...
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