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Social, emotional skills boost success at school
Success at school comes with a combination of social, emotional and academic confidence.
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IGNOU to train cops in human rights
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) School of Law (SOL), in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has launched an online training programme to sensitize police personnel on human rights.
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CA ties up with IIT-Mum, JGU
Canada’s world-famous Carleton University is set to sign memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with various Indian educational institutions during the visit of it president and vice-chancellor to India next week.
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Alva urges Muslim girls for education
Millions of girls representing the rural poor, the scheduled castes and tribes, the minorities and the urban slums remain out of the educational umbrella because of the way India’s formal education system has operated, says Uttarakhand...
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Your child can be an astronaut if
If your child wants to become an astronaut, here’s a golden chance — Nickelodeon is hosting a contest for selection of a few kids for a 10-day curriculum at the Kennedy Space Center, Orlando later this...
Higher Education
Raleigh Literary Society now at AMU
The inaugural function for the Raleigh Literary Society was organized at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) by the English Department of the varsity on Tuesday.
Higher Education
Court questions university on ‘illegal’ study centres
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Sikkim Manipal University on allegations that the private varsity was illegally running 52 study centres in Delhi.
Corporate Updates
ViewSonic appoints Aveco as the national distributor for projectors
ViewSonic, the worldwide leader in visual display products and consumer electronics expert today announced the appointment of Aveco as their National Distributor for Projectors. With this partnership Aveco will distribute the entire range of projectors from...
K-12
RTE helps kids
The Right to Education (RTE) Act, besides giving children between six and 14 years access to free and compulsory education, also helps their health as voluntary groups often target schools for their programmes, experts said on...
K-12
Delhi govt. vouches for quota implementation in MCD schools
The Delhi government on Wednesday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to implement the guidelines on 25 percent reservation for students from economically weaker sections in primary public schools recognized by the civic body.
K-12
Punjab wants
The Punjab government wants road safety to be introduced as a subject in schools from the primary class level, a minister said here on Wednesday.
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Duped students ignore red flags
Even as Indian missions in the US are making all out efforts to help hundreds of students caught up in an immigration scam by a sham university, diplomats acknowledge that most of them ignored several red...