-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre plans to track every student enrolled in every private or government school in the country by their Aadhaar numbers to keep tabs on dropout rates. Those among the 26 crore students who do not have Aadhaar cards will be given a unique 18-digit number by which they will be tracked till they get their Aadhaar numbers. The idea behind the ID-based tracking system is to log the...
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CBSE asks schools to share details of amenities, fees -Tanu Kulkarni
-The Hindu Even safety measures and educational qualification of their teaching Staff will have to be disclosed Bengaluru: Schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will now have to disclose key details including fees, infrastructure, safety measures and educational qualification of their teaching Staff. This information has to be uploaded on both, the school as well as the CBSE board’s websites. In a circular issued by the Deputy Secretary Affiliation,...
More »Facilities to fees, CBSE tells schools to make all info public -Manash Pratim Gohain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Having largely failed to nudge schools towards greater transparency by publicly disclosing their fee — for people to judge if it was commensurate with the facilities provided — the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is acting tough. It has now made it mandatory for all schools across the country to make public information about their functioning under 130 heads. School managements are protesting against what...
More »Report on environmental clearance for real estate projects 'not traceable' says ministry -Jayashree Nandi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The environment ministry has said that a report reviewing the requirement of environment clearance for real estate projects and buildings is now "not traceable." This reply was given on an RTI enquiry filed in July that had asked for a copy of a committee report headed by K Kasturirangan, member, Planning Commission in 2013. The RTI had also asked for a report submitted by an expert...
More »Hunger and hard facts -TK Rajalakshmi
-Frontline.in In the latest Global Hunger Index, India is bracketed in the category of countries where hunger levels are “serious”. But the policy responses on hunger and malnutrition in the country have been inadequate and faulty. In the second week of October, a few media reports in India highlighted significant data pertaining to global hunger. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) had released its Global Hunger Index (GHI), rating 118...
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