Azim Premji Foundation plans to disburse Rs 2,250 crores in scholarships for girls pursuing higher educationThe Azim Premji Foundation is launching a substantial financial aid program in the academic year 2025-26, allocating ₹2,250 crores over thr...
15 May, 2025, 09.13 PM IST
Dharmendra Pradhan assures Science admission for Class 11 Bihar girl forced by parents to study ArtsKhushbu, a Class 11 student from Bihar, received a call from Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan after she was barred from studying...
16 Mar, 2025, 04.28 PM IST
'Educated woman helps in birth control', Nitish Kumar stirs controversy; It's sex education, defends TejashviBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faces backlash and demands for resignation after advocating for the role of women's education in birth co...
08 Nov, 2023, 01.31 PM IST
No. of girls migrating for education rising much faster than boys’While the number of boys migrating across states for education in the nine years preceding the census grew by 13% compared to the nine year...
21 Jul, 2019, 08.34 AM IST
Malala Fund suspends grant to Sakhi, Nari Gunjan named in TISS audit reportTISS which had conducted the social audit had found that sexual abuse of varying forms and degree of intensity was prevalent in almost all ...
22 Aug, 2018, 12.31 PM IST
Goa safest for women, Delhi near the bottomThe index puts Goa on top with a GVI of 0.656, more than the national average.The index scores are on a scale of zero to one. The closer th...
02 Nov, 2017, 08.11 AM IST
Educating girls best way to stabilise population: Nitish KumarNitish Kumar pointed out that the fertility rate of Bihar is 3.9 in comparison to 2.4 at all-India level.
11 Apr, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
Bihar to provide free education till PG to SC/ST and girl studentsThe Bihar government today decided to provide free education to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and girl students till Post Gr...
03 Feb, 2015, 09.57 PM IST
Education should not be politicised: Jitan Ram ManjhiBihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said "education should not be politicised" and it would be wrong if anybody tried to do so.
05 Sep, 2014, 04.13 PM IST
RBI Governor visits Kasturba school, hails Bihar govt effortsRajan visited Kasturba Gandhi Balika school here, around 60 km from state capital Patna, to have a first hand view of the noble educational...
22 Jan, 2014, 02.39 PM IST
Nitish Kumar resumes blog writingBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today resumed writing blog to share his thoughts with the people of the state.
19 Sep, 2013, 06.03 PM IST
World Bank team calls on Nitish KumarA World Bank team today called on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and discussed overall development in Bihar and progress of those schemes bein...
26 May, 2013, 08.29 PM IST
- Microsoft adopts five girl schools in Bihar for computer training
IT giant Microsoft has adopted five girl schools in Bihar under Digital Literacy Programme for computer training.
22 Mar, 2012, 05.35 PM IST
- Cash transfer for school attendance is in works
This move taken up by the Planning Commission is to magnify the impact of the right to education law among poorer sections.
14 Apr, 2011, 04.01 AM IST
- In India, 96.5% kids go to school: Survey
Overall, Bihar emerged as a star performer with steady improvement in enrolment. Enrolment of boys in the state was 95.6% and that of girls...
15 Jan, 2011, 10.24 AM IST
- Bihar HRD dept misused money: CAG
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has indicted Bihar's Human Resources Development department for irregular and misutilisation o...
20 Apr, 2008, 07.45 PM IST
- Kerala leads elementary education race
Kerala has emerged as the top performing state while Bihar finds itself in the last spot in an official survey on the health of elementary ...
16 Apr, 2007, 05.10 PM IST