Enormous numbers of dropouts recorded in government schools: Delhi

A fresh study conducted by the Praja Foundation regarding the quality of education in public schools, reveals the government schools in abysmal condition when 45.08 per cent of students failed to even attend 10th grade in the 2015-16 academic session.

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‘Signal schools’ to be launched by the Maharashtra government: Underprivileged street kids to get education

In order to provide proper education to the underprivileged street children, the Maharashtra government has planned to launch ‘signal schools’. There are plans to form a committee also which will suggest measures to tackle the issue. Representative Image RELATED STORIES

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Himachal Pradesh: Government to fill 4000 vacancies in elementary schools soon

In order to bring the weak students on par with meritorious students, initiatives like ‘Prerna and Prayas’ have been taken and instructions have been issued to the teachers to conduct separate classes for weak students and pay more attention to

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Government to make sports a compulsory subject in schools

While the Sport Ministry send its proposal to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, the HRD Ministry responded to Sport Ministry citing most of the schools falls under the jurisdiction of state government and it is for the later

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Maruti Suzuki and Gujarat government initiative teaches driving to 10,000 tribal youths

Maruti Suzuki India and the government of Gujarat state together took an initiative called ‘All Gujarat Institute of Driving, Technical Training and Research (AGIDTTR)’. The objective of this public-private-partnership was to provide lucrative employment opportunities to the tribal youth through

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Government likely to make annual exams compulsory for students of classes 5 and 8

On Thursday, the government announced that students studying in classes 5 and 8 may have to appear for annual examinations. “Under the CCE framework, schools and respective governments are free to conduct periodic examinations for children of all levels,” said

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Government to make scientific literature more credible: Quality and accreditation to be upgraded

Thomas Huxley had rightly said, ”Science and Literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.” The Ministry of Science and Technology is planning to grade and validate the books related to science by a team of experts,

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Delhi government comes up with solution to treat overcrowded classrooms

In a bid to ease the burden of overcrowded classrooms in Delhi’s government schools, the education department has decided to proportionately allot students across the schools. “We are mapping schools for redistribution but a major overhaul cannot be done mid-session.

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MBBS admission: HP government directs Private medical college to commence admission without delayMBBS admission: HP government directs Private medical college to commence admission without delay

Taking a tough stand, Himachal Pradesh government ordered a Solan-based medical college to commence the admission process under 50 per cent government quota without delay. Earlier, the institute denied admissions to 150 MBBS aspirants. The government also directed the college

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