-Hindustan Times The report, which was released in Delhi on Wednesday, called for policy interventions to improve the situation. Nearly three-fourths of five-year-old children and one-fourths of kids aged between 5 and 19 with disabilities in India are out of school, according to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) report. The UNESCO had commissioned and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences prepared the report titled State of the Education Report for...
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27% of children with disabilities have never been to school: UNESCO
-The Hindu There are fewer girls with disabilities in school than boys, says report More than one in four children with disabilities between ages 5 and 19 in India have never attended any educational institution, while three-fourths of five-year-olds with disabilities are not in school. A report by UNESCO and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences released on Wednesday recommends structural, funding and attitudinal changes to ensure that no child is left out...
More »Healthcare's primary problem -Soham D Bhaduri
-The Hindu It is imperative to promote community-based care rather than relying only on hospital services The deaths of 154 children in Bihar due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) has laid bare the precarious capacity of the State’s healthcare apparatus to handle outbreaks. AES has been linked to two factors: litchi consumption by starving children and a long, ongoing heat wave. As promises of bolstering the health infrastructure are being made, it...
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-Newsclick.in The draft National Education Policy reinforces outdated ideas about the goals of a foundational literacy programme Many children in elementary classrooms across India cannot read and write proficiently, as demonstrated on an annual basis by the Annual Status of Education Reports (ASER). This affects other school-based learning, as well as functioning in societies and economies that prize literacy. Capabilities of young children It was heartening, therefore, to see a chapter devoted to “Foundational...
More »Thousands of School Teachers in Bihar Upset Over Non-Payment of Salaries for 3 Months -Mohd. Imran Khan
-Newsclick.in Continuing delays in payment of salaries have led various teachers’ association to question the state government’s commitment to the education sector in the state. Unhappy over the Nitish Kumar government’s apathy towards the non-payment of salaries since March this year, hundreds of school teachers’ associations in Bihar are questioning the state government’s commitment towards the education sector. Bihar Madhyamik Sikshak Sangh (BMSS) president Kedarnath Pandey said it is a matter of...
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