-The Hindustan Times The Delhi High Court has sought the Delhi government’s reply on a PIL accusing it of not taking action against private schools not reserving seats for students of economically weaker sections. The schools have been accused of violating the Right to Education (RTE) Act. A bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued a notice to the Delhi government and its Directorate of...
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Youth in Asia Pacific face serious employment issues by Meena Menon
Mismatch between potential and experience confounds many a job-seeker, say managers Mun Ching Yap had gone as a journalist to an airline company to interview its executive official, but her excitement, passion and ability to learn earned her a job as the head of the company's strategic planning department. Ms. Mun, now a columnist and entrepreneur from Malaysia, was 28 years old then. “In Malaysia, the median age of the population is 27,...
More »All government welfare schemes to undergo Supreme Court’s anti-corruption test by Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Friday ordered an investigation into whether the benefits of government's welfare programmes like NREGA were reaching the intended beneficiaries and to fix accountability for ensuring that they do, in what is going to be a gigantic exercise. A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya appointed senior advocate Indu Malhotra as amicus curiae and asked her to study the details...
More »Teachers thank CM for notifying RTE Act
-The Hindu Step paves way for providing quality and compulsory education to all children of school-going age The Tamil Nadu Elementary School Teachers' Federation (TNESTF) has thanked Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for notifying enforcement of the Right to Education Act, thereby paving way for providing quality and compulsory education for all children of school-going age. Federation General Secretary N. Rengarajan and president K.Kamaraj expressed happiness over the State being in the forefront to implement...
More »Fractured Democracy by Seram Rojesh
Irom Sharmila, 39 year old woman of Manipur has completing her 11th year of her hunger strike on 4th November 2011. She has been fasting to repeal the Armed Forces Special Power act 1958(AFSPA 1958). Against this act, 12 mother of Manipur had challenged the government of India by showing their body without any clothes in public on 15 July 2004. A student’sleader PabemChitaranjan self-emulated himself on the independence day...
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