A Chennai-based school faced angry protests from parents over its alleged dual fee policy and for discriminating between students.
Kumar said, "It was a terrible experience as the students were scared and crying for help." "They did not even understand what happened initially. But I asked them to keep calm and take cover under their seats while the window panes were being shattered. They did well though," he said.
However, no one was injured in the incident.
A skating instructor at a public school was arrested on Sunday in connection with the alleged rape of a six-year-old student even as protests continued for the fourth day against the incident.
Impasse over continuation of 13-odd "HIV positive" students in a South Goa school has deepened with more parents now resolving to withdraw their wards from the school in protest against management's decision to not cancel admission of these children.
Two days after the sexual assault on a 3-and-half-year-old girl student at a school in Bangalore, police are yet to arrest the culprit, as the state government on Thursday decided to file a criminal case against the institution for violating several rules.
The conductor, who was arrested, admitted to the cops that he also tried to sexually abuse the minor.
The incident came to light on Thursday after few students alleged that they were not allowed to enter the campus of Rishabh Academy Co-Educational English Medium School because they did not have proper haircuts.
The report further stated that the external injury caused by a single-edged sharp weapon and its consequences were enough to cause death in normal case of nature.
Though many students attended school, with letters of consent from their parents, some chose to continue education online with their guardians anxious about the pandemic situation and the emergence of a new strain of the novel coronavirus.
On September 28, the high court had stayed the arrest of the three trustees of the Ryan group.
The MHRD plans to track various performance parameters of government school teachers and students through tablets and smartphones, reports Sahil Makkar.
President Maithripala Sirisena said Friday that over 130 suspects linked to the Islamic State terror group have been operating in the country.
A school in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur city has made wearing of veils and scarves mandatory, other than banning mobile phones by students, leaving the National Commission on Women fuming over this diktat.
A six-year-old girl student was allegedly raped by "unknown persons" at a prominent school in Bangalore, leading to angry protests by parents who besieged the institution on Thursda, demanding action from the management.
Many or sometimes all the teachers are pulled into administrative and other non-teaching duties, says Anjuli Bhargava.
The SIT clicked photos and shot videos of the suspected places to examine the nature of the crime again.
Fourteen-year-old Adarsh Singh, son of Bihar Cooperatives Minister Jai Kumar Singh, was found in an unconscious state on August 20 evening in a hostel room. His father alleged that he was harassed in school and suspected foul play.
Class XI students of a school in West Midnapore district who had failed in the annual examination, on Thursday locked up the all the 50-odd staff and secretary after their meeting failed to yield any result.
The sexual assault on a 3-and-half-year-old girl student at a school has been confirmed by doctors, as police on Wednesday intensified the probe into the horrific incident which evoked protest from parents.
The father of the six-year-old boy, who was found dead in Ryan International School, today alleged that he was sexually assaulted before being done to death.
The cause of the accident was the narrow bridge near the canal.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has directed disciplinary action against principal of a school which expelled Ruchika Girhotra soon after she complained of molestation by ex-DGP SS Rathore nearly two decades ago, but the school management defended her saying she was "innocent".
The principal of a reputed private school in Guwahati has been suspended after a student alleged that he had sexually harassed her.
Hundreds of people staged a demonstration outside the Ryan International School demanding a CBI probe and set afire a liquor shop near the school.
SC sought reply from Centre and Haryana over the boy's father's plea seeking CBI probe.
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Modi: Journey of a Common Man is blatant propaganda, feels Utkarsh Mishra.
'Teaching lessons is the objective behind every school.' 'For the moment, a state seems intent to teach a lesson -- that students of Classes 4, 5 and 6 can wage war against the mighty Indian nation,' says Krishna Prasad.
In East Delhi the biggest challenge for BJP's Gautam Gambhir, barring his opponents, is one of perception, says Thirumoy Banerjee.
Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, who chaired a special cabinet meeting to review the flu situation in the city, told media persons that though some school managements have decided to close their institutions after flu cases, the government "is not issuing any instruction to close schools".
The principal of the missionary school further noted that wearing a headscarf did not conform to the 'dress code' of the school, while reprimanding Rizvi for questioning the school management's decision on this issue.
New Delhi-based e-learning company Educomp Solutions has worked on a novel business model under which it will invest over Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) to "enable" setting up around 150 schools over the next four years.Under this model, Educomp will earn its return on investment by providing intellectual property (IP) for the schools through its Educomp School Management programme and leasing infrastructure through its subsidiary Educomp Infrastructure.
The children, who survived the mishap, also said that they tried to draw the driver's attention but he was in a hurry to clear the crossing, police said.
The child after returning home on Thursday from her school - G D Birla Centre for Education - kept on crying and complained of severe pain. Her mother spotted blood stains on her clothes, he said. The girl told her mother that the physical training teacher had taken her to the washroom but could not narrate what happened thereafter.
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Zia-ul Haq, manager of MA Convent School in Baghara locality, was booked under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act and arrested
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by two private schools managements challenging the ban imposed by the Delhi high court on interviews of nursery kids and their parents at the time of admissions.
The state government argues that these schools have been violating the language policy, which is the core to the state's Kannada ethos.
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