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Price hike: Bengal schools face tough time to serve midday meals

-PTI/ The Telegraph We want children from class one to eight be given musur dal regularly conforming to their health requirements, says Headmaster of upper primary school in Purba Medinipur Kolkata: Primary and Upper Primary Schools in West Bengal are finding it difficult to serve midday meal to students due to hike in prices of essential commodities, according to authorities of different schools in districts. The Bengal Primary Teachers' Association has drawn the...

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Reach of development amenities poorer in Adivasi villages as compared to the non-Adivasi villages of same geography: Report

-NDTV.com The State of Adivasi Livelihoods Report 2021, released by a Delhi-based non-profit, revealed that tribal villages are deprived of public services that are available to non-Adivasi villages in the same region. Details here. The reach of 'development' amenities and facilities such as all-weather roads, telephones, educational institutions, health infrastructure, etc. are poorer in Adivasi villages as compared to the non-Adivasi villages of the same geography, noted the State of Adivasi Livelihoods...

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Why are minority-run elementary schools in Bihar on verge of extinction? -Sami Ahmad

-TwoCircles.net Out of the total 108 minority-run schools in Bihar, 91 have been reportedly shut, while others are without required teachers. BIHAR — Elementary schools in Bihar, managed by religious and linguistic minorities and philanthropic organizations, are on the verge of extinction as only 17 of the total 108 such schools are functional with 91 reported to be shut due to lack of teachers, the information sought from a right to information...

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Reality is stranger than the fad for online education -- most schools lack IT-infrastructure

Online teaching was perhaps the most preferred mode (of the policymakers) for imparting education to school children in the last two years when schools faced closures thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was promoted by both the Central and State Governments when mobility almost came to a standstill (or got restricted in comparison to normal times) during the last two years. However, various studies (a list of those studies is...

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Haryana: Midday meal workers in wage cry, Centre blames state -Basant Kumar Mohanty

-The Telegraph According to a proposal approved by the cabinet, the central government’s share of the honorarium will remain unchanged till 2025 For 50-year-old Saroj, supporting her four-member family with a paltry honorarium of Rs 3,500 a month she gets for cooking food at a government primary school in Haryana is a daily struggle. “I have two daughters and a son. All of them are studying in government schools. Neither can I provide...

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