-The Hindu Cabinet considered the opinion of medical experts in this regard Jaipur: The Schools in Rajasthan will reopen from August 2 following a decline in the number of infection cases. The Cabinet agreed for reopening of Schools, colleges and universities at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot here on Thursday. Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra said after the meeting while the Schools would reopen from August 2, the date...
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Population populism: UP draft population bill will impact the vulnerable, especially women -Poonam Muttreja
-Down to Earth The focus must be on safeguarding women and girls’ reproductive health. Smaller families can be achieved by ensuring gender equality, empowering women The law proposed by the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission on July 7, 2021 on two-child policy compels couples to limit their families through a series of incentives and disincentives. There is no evidence, however, that coercive policies can truly reduce fertility. Two-child policies are known to disproportionately impact...
More »Expert committee wants lower primary classes to reopen first in Karnataka -Tanu Kulkarni
-The Hindu However, government is keen on starting with high School and PU classes Bengaluru: The expert committee established by the Department of Primary and Secondary Education to look into the reopening of Schools wants all pre-primary and lower primary classes opened from August 2. Committee members have suggested that all classes on campus should resume at the earliest. However, a source in the committee said that if the government is keen...
More »As the pandemic makes digital teaching the norm, these initiatives are bringing School to rural children -Mala Kumar
-The Hindu As children in rural India, with little access to gadgets and networks, are pushed into deeper marginalisation, a look at some initiatives that try to change this Eleven-year-old Chaithanya has not been to School in over a year. On a Sunday morning, she is glued to the television in her house in rural Ravugodlu, Karnataka, watching an English lesson. With Schools closed, many children like Chaithanya are making use of...
More »Rumana Sultana tops HS exams in Bengal, scores 499 out of 500
-IANS/ Siasat.com Rumana had ranked fifth in the 2019 Madhyamik exams by securing 687 marks out of 700 Kolkata: Though the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) — the board responsible for conducting Higher Secondary exams in the state — did not release any merit list because no formal exams were held this year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the marks scored by the students on the basis...
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