Education News

We want to go to school, say Karnataka's poor child workers

I don't want to work in agricultural fields and graze cows anymore. I want to go to school like other children, cried Nagaveni, a 13-year-old girl who had come here from a village in Karnataka's Kolar district.6:02 PM on November 27

IGNOU inaugurates seminar on Sanskrit

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday inaugurated a seminar on Sanskrit here which also marked the formal launch of its online certificate programme in the language.4:03 PM on November 27

Four government banks to assist India's literacy mission

Four public sector banks - State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, and Indian Bank - Thursday signed an agreement with the human resource development ministry to push the implementation of the government's new Rs.60 billion National Literacy Mission.10:08 PM on November 26

Four public sector banks to help India become literate

Four public sector banks - Union Bank of India, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Indian Bank - Thursday signed an agreement to help the Human Resource Development Ministry implement a Rs.60 billion literacy mission.8:07 PM on November 26

Tripura to start study-from-home programme for disabled kids

The Tripura government has decided to introduce a home-based education programme (HBEP) for the disabled children, who are unable to attend schools, an official said here Thursday.8:03 PM on November 26

IIT-Kharagpur introduces faculty quota

the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur has introduced the controversial faculty quota as ordered by the human resource development (HRD) ministry, but only at the entry level positions in science and technology streams.6:04 PM on November 26

Nearly 23,000 Indian schools running under open sky

When education reforms are said to be a primary focus of the central government, a human resource development (HRD) ministry document has revealed that nearly 23,000 government schools are running under an open sky.4:03 PM on November 26

Over 100 students fall ill after mid-day meal in Delhi

Over 100 students fell ill after taking the mid-day meal in a government school in the national capital Wednesday. All the students were out of danger, police said.10:03 PM on November 25

Watch YouTube to crack CAT, IIMs tell aspirants

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have asked the aspirants seeking a place in the elite B-Schools to watch the YouTube to get assistance in cracking the online Common Admission Test (CAT).10:01 PM on November 25

AMU poet wins prestigious award

The Gangadhar National Award for poetry, instituted by Sambalpur University, has gone to A.M.K. Shahryar, a noted poet and formerly of the Urdu department in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).8:00 PM on November 25

Protesting teachers baton charged in Lucknow

Police said that they had to resort to baton charge here Monday to disperse hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff from schools across Uttar Pradesh after their demonstration in demand of regularization of service and hike in salaries turned unruly. They were also protesting at a prohibited site, officials said.10:02 PM on November 24

Ragging is crime against humanity: President

President Pratibha Patil, who was awarded a degree of doctor of letters (D.Lit) at the 22nd annual convocation ceremony of Goa University Tuesday, exhorted students to desist from ragging, calling it a 'crime against humanity'.4:04 PM on November 24

Chandigarh school closes due to swine flu scare

A leading all girls school here in Sector 26 has been closed for a week starting Tuesday because of a fear of swine flu, officials said.4:01 PM on November 24

Chandigarh's schools irked at administration's 'interference'

Private schools in Chandigarh have taken objection to the administration's 'double standards' and accused it of 'interfering' in their functioning in implementing swine flu guidelines. Officials said they were only trying to stop the epidemic's spread among students.4:01 PM on November 24

Teacher beats student, fractures fingers

A teacher in an Uttar Pradesh school beat a Class 10 girl student with a duster on her knuckles for forgetting to bring her English notebook, fracturing her fingers, police said Tuesday.2:02 PM on November 24