-Outlook New Delhi: The supply of midday meal to a North Delhi Municipal Corporation primary School was today stopped after the principal and three others complained of stomach ache after having the food. The incident was reported from primary School in Rohini sector 21, where the four tasted the midday meal comprising halwa-chana before serving it to the children. The food, prepared by Maitri Research and Development Foundation, was first tasted by the...
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Scanner on School no-detention policy -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Easy promotions may lead to poor performance in School, a government committee has found. Class X board results have worsened across the states in the three years since the Right To Education Act stipulated compulsory promotions till Class VIII, a member of the panel told The Telegraph. The act mandates Schools to conduct "continuous and comprehensive evaluation" (CCE), which means pupils' scholastic and co-scholastic skills should be assessed round...
More »CSIR to Conduct Tests on Midday Meals
-Outlook In the wake of the mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar, Centre has engaged the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to randomly test samples of food served as part of the scheme for quality and their protein and calorie content. In fact, the measure has already been implemented in Delhi and Andhra Pradesh and results are awaited of the first samples collected in the two states. Scientists from CSIR would be...
More »The dishonesty in counting the poor-Utsa Patnaik
-The Hindu The Planning Commission's spurious method shows a decline in poverty because it has continuously lowered the measuring standard The Planning Commission has once again embarrassed us with its claims of decline in poverty by 2011-12 to grossly unrealistic levels of 13.7 per cent of population in urban areas and 25.7 per cent in rural areas, using monthly poverty lines of Rs. 1000 and Rs. 816 respectively, or Rs. 33.3 and...
More »CBSE tells Schools to disclose students’ fees, teachers' salaries -Shikha Sharma
-The Indian Express New Delhi: It's been over two years since the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) asked all its affiliated Schools to "develop their own websites containing comprehensive information about the School and its management". But not many have complied so far. In its latest circular, sent on June 17, the CBSE has warned that the defaulting Schools "will not be able to register their candidates for board examinations". The...
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