Full Coverage: Education

30.12.2005 The Tamil Nadu Government will give Rs.10 crores each to all the universities in the State to implement programmes in the higher education sector outlined by President A.P.J Abdul Kalam and contained in the Vision 2010 programme of the Government.

30.12.2005 In a big step forward to make the ambitious mid-day meal scheme for children more attractive, HRD ministry has asked state governments to mobilise mothers to monitor the cooking and feeding of the meals.

29.12.2005 Adolescence, for most, is a period of confusion, and many fall wayward due to absence of timely intervention and guidance. In an effort to make adolescents cope up with the pressures of the modern day, the Rotary Mysore Midtown conducted a programme on life skill education for adolescents recently.

29.12.2005 Several hundred teachers of non-government primary school under the banner of Bangladesh Non-government Primary School Teachers' Association have passed the second consecutive day of their "fast unto death programme" demanding nationalisation of their schools and jobs.

28.12.2005

28.12.2005 The controversy that the 104th Constitutional Amendment Bill generated nearly obscured another significant Bill: The Commission for Protection of Child Rights Bill, 2005, which was passed in Parliament. It proposes to set up a National Commission for Protection of Child Rights both at the national level and Commissions at the State level.

27.12.2005 Members of the Belgaum District Midday Meal Scheme Workers' Association launched an indefinite agitation in front of the zilla panchayat office against the privatisation of the scheme.

27.12.2005 The course aims at equipping students with skills to handle any problem they come across in their day to day life. They should know about required preparedness to face any terror threat, Patanjali Dev Nayar, the chairperson of the group said

26.12.2005 While the right to education is recognised as fundamental for each citizen, access to it is not guaranteed. In the developing world, the essential building blocks for education systems are suffering from deficiencies, ICT can help respond to these challenges and create the environment that is conducive for effective and quality education systems.

26.12.2005 An examination that gives results immediately and also evaluates the mistakes committed is going to be a reality with the introduction of online examination system by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), the first one to do so in the country.

26.12.2005 Director, NCERT, Prof Krishan Kumar shares his views about the Democracy, modernity, and the Indian child. He mention that at present, our schools act like factories, forcing children into a fixed, preconceived mould. They stifle natural curiosity and creativity. The fruits of democracy and modernity will remain elusive if education is not structurally adjusted to the needs of the rural poor.

26.12.2005 The high dropout rate is very common in the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP), if the Parliamentary Standing Committee's observations are to be believed.

23.12.2005 The World Population Foundation (WPF) has urged the government to amend syllabus to make it more suitable for adolescents.The WFP, is actively involved in helping the adolescents in Pakistan since 1998.

23.12.2005 This "Topic"-section gives an overview of the topic of "ICT in class" in the context of international development cooperation. The geographical focus is currently being placed on the African continent.

23.12.2005

22.12.2005 The Constitution (104th) Amendment Bill, piloted by Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh, first such exercise by the United Progressive Alliance Government, was passed with a majority of the members present and voting. Of the 381 members present, 379 voted in its favour, one member voted against it and one member abstained

21.12.2005 Thirteen Roma persons, representatives of Roma NGOs and associations from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, took part in the communication skills workshop organized in Sarajevo (December 2-4) by the Media Diversity Institute from London and the Media Plan Institute.

21.12.2005 With the approaching of the 100th day in office of BerishaÂ’s Government, the debates about the pre-election promises it made gain in intensity. The Mjaft! Movement concentrates its inquiries of the Government on the issues of education.

21.12.2005 The process of globalization has added various new dimensions in the education sector.The dichotomy between education as a tradable good and as public good has gained a great deal of attention in recent years.An important question that posed is on the structural change of the education sector is that if trade in education is already taking place than what should be it Nature if it become a part of the legal structure of the WTO.

21.12.2005 Director, Madras Centre for Research and Development of Community Education, Xavier Alphonse, S.J shares his views about the community college and livelihood. In this opinion piece he mention that the community colleges aims at helping the disadvantaged find employment in collaboration with the local community and industry.