-The Hindu The economic vulnerabilities that confront households in the current sluggish recovery from the global meltdown are aggravating the fight against child labour, says the International Labour Organisation. Its latest report emphasises the need for universal coverage of at least a minimum level of social security to help some 215 million working children. Half that number is trapped in the worst forms of child labour - work akin to...
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Private Schools fall under RTI: Court -Abhinav Garg
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a major boost to transparency in School admissions, the Delhi high court has ruled that private unaided Schools in the capital will be covered under the RTI Act. Justice Rajiv Shakdher on Thursday dismissed the challenge by a federation of Schools to Central Information Commission (CIC) order asking them to ensure that information regarding admission is made public. HC upheld the order asking Schools...
More »CBSE to conduct assessments of class IX, XI students- Prashant K Nanda
-Live Mint CBSE ties up with Pearson Education India, the local arm of British education company Pearson Plc, to conduct assessments New Delhi: Schools that follow the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) system are moving to better assess students' ability to grasp what they are taught in class and their readiness to move to the next level, at least partly out of concern over reports questioning the quality of India's...
More »From Rags to Penury-Ranjit Devraj
-IPS News India's planners worry about ‘jobless growth', but perhaps nothing illustrates this phenomenon better than a policy of handing over the collection and disposal of the capital's refuse to large private corporations, leaving close to 50,000 ragpickers unemployed. For decades ragpickers provided a service to this city, scavenging waste for recyclable plastic, aluminium, glass and other materials, and earning a livelihood by selling their pickings to contractors with equipment to process...
More »Gujarat Schools struggle to match RTE needs
-DNA Ahmedabad: Of three government Schools of classes I to V surveyed in Kheda district, none maintained the pupil-room ratio according to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education. Similarly, 100% of the 12 Schools surveyed in Kutch did not maintain the ratio. According to the RTE Act, 2009, every proposed classroom should have a carpet area of 8 sq feet for every student, in addition to a 60...
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