K-12
Use of English in Chinese Classrooms
Dissenting voices marked a Legislative Council panel meeting on teaching language reforms designed to introduce more English into the classroom.
News
Policy Matters
BJP opposes fee hike in schools
Delhi BJP president O. P. Kohli has demanded that the Delhi Government should not allow schools to increase their fees as it would result in people pulling their wards out of schools.
News
King Hamad ICT awards presented at Paris
Unesco Director-General Koichiro Matsuura praised the Royal initiative and hailed Bahrain’s efforts to upgrade education in line with the Millennium’s Goals.
News
AMU poised to set up countrywide campuses
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is poised to set up five countrywide campuses, which will take it beyond its birthplace.
Higher Education
Half Varsity
Nearly 300 colleges of University of Pune may not be in a position to proceed with their admissions in the next academic year.
Higher Education
CSIR goes to Manmohan for independent varsity
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has now approached the Prime Minister
K-12
UP, Gujarat and AP children lag in ability to tell time
According to the Annual Status of Education Report, Rural (ASER) 2008, the three southern statesare all lagging way behind the national average when it comes to children’s ability to tell time.
K-12
DPS Indirapuram in trouble
The Fate of about 4,900 students of DPS Indirapuram (Ghaziabad), run by the Saket Education Society, hangs in balance after the UP government cancelled the no-objection certificate (NOC) granted to DPS in 2004.
K-12
INR 500 fee hike irks Delhi private schools
Parents could end up having to pay more than the Rs 500 hike in fees for private schools recommended by the Bansal Committee, which submitted its report to the Delhi government on Tuesday.
K-12
Two lakh Bihar teachers Underpaid
A group of school teachers in Bihar, some of them even holding post-graduate degrees, will draw a salary less than that of peons after the state government’s announcement of new pay scales for its employees.
Higher Education
IIT-M turns down Right To Information plea
IIT, Madras has imposed a blanket ban on providing information under RTI to the media.