In 2004, a boy was crushed to death by a vehicle when he was crossing the road in front of a school to fetch water. The school, in the heart of the nation’s capital, did not have drinking water facilities. Seven years later, courtesy the NGO Environmental and Consumer Protection Foundation and the Supreme Court, all Indian states (the last two being Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir) have given...
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Teachers go back to class to get lessons in RTE Act by Shreya Bhandary
Two years after the Right to Education Act (RTE) was passed, things are finally falling into place. As Schools go about implementing the Act, the state education department is doing its bit to help out: On Wednesday, its Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan conducted training sessions for teachers at 10 Schools in six wards. "The idea is to equip our teachers with teaching aides which will help them understand Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation and...
More »Centre adds 3 districts for anti-rebel aid by Nishit Dholabhai
Pushing the anti-Naxalite development agenda, the Union cabinet this week brought 18 more districts, including three in Jharkhand, into the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) fold with additional funds of Rs 540 crore on cards. The new entrants from Jharkhand will be Khunti, Ranchi (rural) and Giridih. Earlier, 14 districts were included in the IAP. Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, during his recent visit to the state, had spoken about the...
More »Meal fiasco makes Munda see red by ASRP Mukesh
-The Telegraph An encounter with hungry children at a government-run school left chief minister Arjun Munda apoplectic with rage on the second day of his road trip through Palamau. Munda’s interaction today with students of Classes I and III of Rajkiya Utkrisht Mahavidyalaya at Chhattarpur, about 35km from the Daltonganj circuit house, began with a question from him: “Kaisa lag raha hai, khana theek milta hai (How are you liking it, are...
More »National consultation of experts on Dec 21 to take stock of RTE implementation
IndiaEducationDiary.in With a number of States facing constraints in implementing the historic Right to Education (RTE) Act, various stakeholders, including academics, policy makers and education experts, will share a podium here on December 21 to deliberate on innovative policy ideas aimed at universalizing quality education for all children. The experts, coming together at a national conference, will also discuss in detail the critical issues plaguing the Indian education sector, especially for children...
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