-The Times of India In the space of a decade, between 2001 and 2011, the student population in India exploded from about 229 million to 315 million. That's a jump of nearly 38%. The overall population growth in the same period was 18%. But Census data released on Friday underscores a much bigger shift within these gross figures. Students in the age group 15 to 19 years increased by a dramatic 73%...
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More children in school, but very few enter college -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Over 400 million people, or over a third of the population in 2011, had never attended any school or educational institution, new numbers from the census show. According to the new data, while enrolment in school is now over 80 per cent for school-age children, higher education enrolment remains low. Enrolment in educational institutions rose between 2001 and 2011 at every level, most of all in the primary and secondary school-going...
More »Mid-Day Meal: Centre Not to Reimburse States for LPG Cylinders
-Outlook The Centre has decided it would not reimburse the states for unsubsidised LPG cylinders used for Mid-Day Meal scheme and that the cooking gas would now be available only at market price, triggering protests and fears that it will "adversely" impact the flagship programme. Concerned over the additional financial burden the move would have on their coffers, some states are planning to send representation to the HRD Ministry. According to a recent...
More »Delhi govt launches poster campaign to educate kids about sexual abuse -Neelam Pandey
-Hindustan Times The Delhi government has launched a series of three Hindi posters on child sexual abuse to spread awareness among school children at a time when such assaults are on the rise in the national Capital. The women and child development department put up around 5,000 copies of the posters — which highlight ‘good and bad touch’, ways to protect themselves against inappropriate behaviour and whom to contact in such a...
More »Understanding Issues Involved in Toilet Access for Women -Aarushie Sharma, Asmita Aasaavari, and Srishty Anand
-Economic and Political Weekly While insufficient sanitation facilities often get represented in statistics and are reported in the literature on urban infrastructure planning and contested urban spaces, what is often left out is the everyday practice and experience of going to dysfunctional toilets, particularly by women. By analysing the practices and problems associated with toilet use from a phenomenological perspective, this article aims to situate the issue in the everyday lives...
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