Need to Improve Quality of School Education: New CBSE Chairman
The new CBSE chairman emphasises the need for improving the quality of education in schools across the country with ample thrust upon teacher quality to sustain improvement in the standard of education. By Rakesh Raman The Central Board of Secondary…
UNICEF Disturbed Over India’s Child Labour Bill
UNICEF India said Monday that it welcomes the Rajya Sabha’s recent approval to amend the Child Labour Bill prohibiting children under the age of 14 from working. But it is concerned about one provision that could further disadvantage the most…
Sahitya Akademi Invites Applications for Yuva Puraskar
For Yuva Puraskar 2017, Sahitya Akademi is inviting books from publishers and young Indian writers of the age of 35 and below in all the 24 languages recognized by the Akademi. Sahitya Akademi under Ministry of Culture had introduced ‘Yuva…
Minority School Students Can Apply for Scholarships
It is a sin to treat a person differently based on their caste, creed, color, and religious affiliations. Such a treatment not only kills the spirit of competition particularly among students, but it also amounts to human discrimination. The beneficiaries…
अध्यापकों का आतंक – Teachers’ Terror – कैसे करें शिकायत?
गुरु गोविंद दोनों खड़े, काके लागूं पाँय । बलिहारी गुरु आपनो, गोविंद दियो मिलाय । With his verses, the Indian mystic poet Saint Kabir had given a higher status to teacher than even the God. However, today’s school teachers –…
Government Invites Applications for Atal Tinkering Laboratories
With a vision to ‘Cultivate One Million Children in India as Neoteric Innovators,’ Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is establishing Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in schools across India. The objective of this scheme is to foster curiosity, creativity and imagination in…
Sathyabamasat Students Meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi
A team of students involved in building satellite “Sathyabamasat” called on Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi, today. They were accompanied by Vice-Chancellor of Sathyabama University, Dr. B. Sheela Rani. According to a government statement, the Prime…
India Takes Steps to Check Corporal Punishment in Schools
In India, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, prohibits ‘physical punishment’ and ‘mental harassment’ under Section 17(1) and makes it a punishable offence under Section 17(2). This information was given by India’s Human Resource…



















