-IndiaToday.in Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has approved Rs 500 crore for the repair and maintenance of school buildings. The chief secretary has been given instructions to carry out the implementation of the same. The instructions state: "To ensure smooth education in all the schools, the work of repairing the schools should be started immediately as soon as the rainy season ends." COMPLAINTS ABOUT STATE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS The chief minister had received information...
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Two-thirds of Delhi govt schools not teaching science in classes 11-12: RTI
-PTI/ ThePrint.in New Delhi: Only one-third of schools under the Delhi government are teaching science subjects to students in classes 11 and 12, a reply to an RTI query has revealed. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that had in its 2015 Delhi Assembly election manifesto promised to build 500 new schools in the city has opened just 63 new schools between February 2015 and May 2022, according to the RTI. The Education Department...
More »Learning machines -Sukanta Chaudhuri
-The Telegraph Edutech is the white flour and refined sugar of learning The economic downturn caused by Covid-19 was the making of one class of business: the edutech industry. The closedown of schools created a need to teach students remotely. The electronic mode was the only possible means. But the way it was adopted prompts deep misgivings. I am actively involved with computer applications in teaching and research. The promise held out by...
More »UP: No Govt Funds for Mid-day Meals for over 3 Months, Headmasters Forced to Raise Money -Abdul Alim Jafri
-Newsclick.in The Education Department has attributed the delay in payment to the non-release of the funds by the state Finance Department. Lucknow: Government schools in Uttar Pradesh have reportedly not received any money for mid-day meals for the last three months, preventing some schools from serving food to children under the scheme. In a few schools, teachers and gram pradhan (village head) have been spending from their own pockets or buying rations...
More »Progress in health and education can help in population stabilisation
With the release of a UNDESA report on the World Population Day this year i.e., July 11, once again the debate on who's responsible for the population growth in India has resurfaced. Titled World Population Prospects 2022, the report states that the global population is expected to touch 8 billion on November 15, 2022, and India is projected to exceed China as the world’s most populous country in 2023. As soon as...
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