-The Indian Express There is a strange gap in India - a gap for young people between the ages of 14 and 18. The Right to Education (RTE) Act guarantees free and compulsory education up to the age of 14. The Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 for the care and protection of children (Section 26) prohibits the employment of children below the age of 18. Rough calculations suggest that today, the 14-18 population...
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P Sainath, rural reporter, interviewed by Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
-Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies World-renowned journalist P. Sainath has returned to Princeton to teach two courses, beginning this week, in the Program for South Asian Studies. The former rural affairs editor of The Hindu and award-winning "reporter" - he prefers the term to journalist - has devoted his career to telling the stories of India, uncovering the truth of social problems, rural affairs, poverty and the aftermath of...
More »27% govt school students fail Class IX exam, teachers blame RTE -Ifrah Mufti
-The Indian Express Chandigarh: Of the total 13,894 government school students who had appeared for class IX exam this year, 3,796 of them have failed in the final exams held in March. As these students could not qualify the 25% criteria to get promotion to the next class, they have been asked to re-appear in another exam, likely to be held soon. In case they flunk even this exam, they will...
More »One in 10 Indians depressed, don’t ignore subtle symptoms -Malathy Iyer
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Extreme weepiness and severe melancholy are not the only calling cards of depression, a serious mental disorder that roughly affects 10% of the population. Doctors say the symptoms could be subtler or of a lower degree - a sudden habit of rash driving, making mean observations or even showing perpetual irritability. As it emerges that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who reportedly crashed a plane into the French...
More »International schools to be brought under national, state board -Rohinee Singh
-DNA If the HRD ministry has its way, it will become mandatory for all global and international schools operating in India to teach Indian spiritual values, nationalism and Indian political sciences in their curriculum. Currently, the ministry has no control over these schools. Till a few months back, it even had no information on their operating system. These schools, to operate in India, will now have to procure affiliation from a national...
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