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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif declares education emergency on International Literacy DayPakistan has declared an education emergency to address the issue of 26 million out-of-school children. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif annou...08 Sep, 2024, 04.18 PM IST- World Computer Literacy Day: Significance and history. Here are all you should knowDecember 2 is celebrated as World Computer Literacy Day. The custom of celebrating the world computer literacy day started in 2001 by the I...02 Dec, 2022, 04.13 PM IST
- December 2022: See the list of observances and holidaysThe holiday season is here. So, let us note all the holidays in this month.01 Dec, 2022, 09.31 PM IST
- Taliban close girls schools in east that had briefly openedEarlier this month, four girls schools above grade 6 in Gardez, the provincial capital, and one in the Samkani district began operating wit...10 Sep, 2022, 05.42 PM IST
- Government working tirelessly towards 'Education for All' mission: Amit ShahThe International Literacy Day 2020 focuses on 'Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond', especially on the role o...08 Sep, 2020, 04.21 PM IST
- Ten development efforts that will take India's literacy to new heightsThere is need to extend it beyond rote learning of concepts. It should largely focus on cognitive development to a belief that values the u...17 Sep, 2018, 03.13 PM IST
- Set age-wise target for complete literacy by 2016: Smriti IraniIrani today asked officers of the adult literacy mission to fix age-wise target to attain complete literacy in the next one year.10 Sep, 2015, 03.17 PM IST
- Government sets March 2016 target of 100 per cent literacy in villagesThe announcement came as President Mukherjee regretted that India still lagged behind some of its neighbours in achieving 100% literacy08 Sep, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
- N Chandrababu Naidu seeks corporates' help to turn Andhra Pradesh into knowledge hubThe Chief Minister appealed corporates to donate 2 pct of their revenue to the education sector of the state to transform it into a knowled...08 Sep, 2015, 03.05 PM IST
- MP wants steps to bring back 2 Indian professors kidnapped in LibyaA strong plea for making urgent efforts to bring back two Indian professors who have been kidnapped in Libya was made by a TDP member in th...05 Aug, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
- Improve literacy level to match advanced nations: Pranab MukherjeeThe President lauded the initiatives taken so far to achieve a four-fold increase in literacy levels from 18 per cent in 1951 to 74 per cen...08 Sep, 2013, 05.41 PM IST
- Tripura to emerge as fully literate state by SeptemberTripura will emerge as a total literate state in the country before World Literacy Day on September 8, a minister said today.12 Apr, 2013, 10.32 PM IST
- Cash-for-vote scam rocks Parliament, both Houses adjournedThe cash-for-vote scam rocked both Houses of Parliament with BJP objecting to the arrest of two of its "whistleblower" former MPs.09 Sep, 2011, 09.21 PM IST
- 'Rajivji too wanted quick action on edu reforms'Human resource development minister Kapil Sibal took the opportunity accorded by the Literacy Day celebrations to take on his critics.09 Sep, 2010, 02.04 AM IST
- President pitches for comp education to check cyber crimeWith cyber crime incidents on the rise, President Pratibha Patil on Monday pitched for proliferation of computer education as part of ongoi...08 Sep, 2008, 06.31 PM IST
- Neo-literates to get exposure to scheduled languageAdult education programme in India is all set to enter a new phase to enable neo-literates, taught in their mother tongue, get exposure to ...07 Sep, 2008, 02.48 PM IST
- ICICI Bank joins hands with NGOs to educate childrenLeading private lender ICICI Bank has joined hands with NGOs to reach out to children in ten states helping them have better access to educ...07 Sep, 2008, 02.35 PM IST
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