Centre allows schools to detain students who fail grades 5, 8 examsThe Union education ministry has revised the Right to Education Act, allowing states to conduct regular exams for Classes 5 and 8. Underper...
24 Dec, 2024, 12.26 AM IST
Kanye West-Kim Kardashian's daughter North West announces debut album. Name and other detailsNorth West, the eldest daughter of rapper Kanye West and socialite Kim Kardashian has announced her debut album. While participating in the...
11 Mar, 2024, 07.50 PM IST
UP develops 'early warning system' to reduce school dropouts; create a single body for teachers jobsThe Uttar Pradesh governmen's "early warning system" across its schools to reduce student dropout rates. The system closely monitors attend...
04 Aug, 2023, 06.26 PM IST
In 2021-22, school dropout rate at secondary level was higher than national avg in 7 statesThis information was collated from the minutes of the Project Approval Board (PAB) meetings held under the Ministry of Education to discuss...
11 Jun, 2023, 04.40 PM IST
Student enrolment in non-pvt schools in Assam rises during pandemicThe Education Department has recently collated the enrolment figures of all students from Classes I to XII and found that the total number ...
08 Feb, 2022, 11.29 AM IST
Centre red flags school dropout rate, vacant seats in Bihar girls schoolsThe PAB noted that the retention rate is low at secondary level at 40.18 %, the dropout rate at secondary level is more than 25% in as many...
18 Sep, 2020, 10.41 AM IST
56% of Class VIII students can't do basic maths, 27% can't read: ReportThe story today is far worse than what it was a decade ago.
16 Jan, 2019, 09.03 AM IST
Centre, states should share best social practices: Arvind PanagariyaReferring to the education sector in general and primary and secondary education in particular, Panagariya emphasised on criticality of sca...
23 May, 2016, 01.49 PM IST
India needs to raise workforce participation to 80%: PwCAccording to PwC, India's education system has benefited the upper class, but hasn't worked for the masses: because education is not yet av...
03 Feb, 2015, 05.50 PM IST
Nandan Nilekani now logs in to boost primary educationInfosys co-founder and former UIDAI chairperson Nandan Nilekani is working on a high-impact, mass-scale education project.
18 Nov, 2014, 09.49 AM IST
A school toilet is not just about a looModi has raised an important issue that touches millions of students, especially girls, and their teachers too.
22 Aug, 2014, 12.10 PM IST
Unsatisfactory implementation of SSA in Bihar: CAGIt also said Bihar could not avail the benefit of Central assistance and state share to the tune of Rs 19,279 crore for implementing the SS...
15 Jul, 2014, 04.10 PM IST
School dropout scenario in India 'extremely high': UNICEFThe school dropout scenario in the country is "extremely high" as over 80 million children are not completing the full cycle of elementary ...
11 Mar, 2014, 05.06 PM IST
- Sarva Siksha Abhiyan brings down school dropout rate
School dropout has declined from 80 lakh in 2009 to 30 lakh in 2012 due to the success of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan programme, the governmen...
15 May, 2013, 08.47 PM IST
- Centre needs Rs 2.3 lakh crore to fund RTE initiative
Right to Education Act has been plagued with fund shortfalls with budgetary provision in the last two years being only half of what was est...
14 Apr, 2012, 07.01 AM IST
- Tata Steel ensures displaced families at Kalinganagar achieve MDG
There is something to cheer about for the families displaced by the Tata Steel Project at Kalinganagar.
11 Jul, 2010, 08.37 PM IST
- Kerala: Master of elementary education
No prizes for guessing this one: Kerala has been ranked first as far as elementary education in the country is concerned.
04 Jan, 2007, 03.27 AM IST