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.
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'He is the only president, the only American politician, who had the guts to stand with Hindus.'
The ban will be effective in all government, private, aided and other recognised schools, official sources said on Friday.
The guidelines have been framed by the ministry, following concerns raised by parents about schools conducting online classes like regular schools, which has increased children's screen time after the COVID-19 pandemic mandated a shift from classroom teaching to online learning as schools continue to remain shut for over four months.
At least 71 school children of a lower primary school in Barbaruah Tea Estate in Dibrugarh district of Assam fell sick after taking mid-day meal provided by the government on Monday.
About 300 students held hostage by three would-be suicide bombers at a school in north-western Pakistan on Thursday were freed by armed local residents who stormed the building killing two of the militants in a gunbattle. The militants took control of the government-run primary school in Dir district of the North West Frontier Province and held the children hostage for several hours.
'Looking at how teachers can change lives of students, I asked myself: 'Why don't I become a changemaker and change the lives of underprivileged students?''
After announcing that the properties of corrupt officials will be confiscated and turned into primary schools, Bihar government plans to upload videos of complaints against officials seeking bribes and any genuine grievances of corruption on YouTube.
School Education Minister Vijay Shah says if successful, the proposal will be sent to make this must in all govt schools.
Students in Allahabad on Friday set afire two bogies of a stationery train and pelted another with stones as violence rocked the city for the second day.
Malik also strongly backed former Maharashtra home minister and party colleague Anil Deshmukh, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, saying he was being "framed" by misusing central agencies.
'Most students find it difficult to cope with the way they are expected to learn at the IITs.' 'So, all the students face the same stress.' 'But those students who are mentally weak are more affected.'
What was once the cause of an individual, has at present 350 teachers of different schools contributing to it.
The poisonous haze has been causing significant problems for people with existing respiratory issues, according to doctors.
The hijab-row triggered protests in Karnataka spread across the state on Tuesday, with campuses witnessing 'conflict-like' situations marked by stone-pelting incidents, use of force by police and the Muslim girls standing their ground for wearing the headscarves, prompting calls for peace and calm both by the government and the high court, which is now looking into the students' plea for their right to their hijab.
As many as 125 kids of a primary school fell ill after consuming mid-day meal in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.
Tamil Nadu's latest budget offers path-breaking initiatives and major boost for social infrastructure, which other state governments are sure to follow in the coming years, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.
Rescue operations were underway on Friday to trace over 45 people missing following flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday.
It said since the appellant at present would be more than 20 years old, there was no requirement of sending him to the Juvenile Justice Board or any other child care facility or institution.
'I was living in a fools' paradise, thinking I could win over anyone with my good intentions.'
Sunshine Schools are looking to attract interest from members of the urban 'aspirational' class -- vegetable vendors, security guards, drivers, etc -- who cannot afford the fees charged by budget private schools.
The districts where polling is being held on Thursday are Ambedkar Nagar, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia.
Scenes of angry parents of such children arguing with police and school authorities and an instance of a student trying to flaunt a saffron scarf as an apparent retaliation were also reported.
Due to heavy rains and waterlogging over the tracks at several locations on South Central Railway network, as many as 99 trains were cancelled and four trains were partially cancelled while 54 trains were diverted, an SCR official said.
The top brass of the Bihar education department came under shock when it was found that funds granted under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan -- a government of India programme which aims to provide free and compulsory education to all children of ages 6 to 14 years -- was used by 54 headmasters of government-run primary and middle schools to build their own homes instead of constructing new classrooms and schools, officials in Patna said on Monday.
The flash flood, triggered by heavy rain, struck Shalan town in Ning'an city, submerging its low-lying primary school where 352 pupils and 31 teaching staff were staying.
"The headmen have to act as the eyes and ears of the administration and help the government in carrying forward its developmental agenda," Azad said.
Suriya Prabha trains students from government schools in rural Tamil Nadu to code and use Artificial Intelligence to solve problems.
The video of students of the Siyur Primary School in Jamalpur block of Mirzapur district being served salt and roti in their midday meal had gone viral on the social media on August 22, triggering outrage and leading to the suspension of two teachers.
The single judge of the Karnataka high court hearing the case related to the 'hijab' ban in school-college campuses referred the matter to Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on Wednesday with a view that the CJ may decide on constituting a larger bench to look into the case.
'I teach my students for one hour every day. At night, I teach science to students from other countries. I have got requests from more than 70 countries in the last three years and more than 80,000 students have benefited from my online classes.'
'These measures should be in place throughout the year in order to bring down AQI levels to 100 or below'
School teachers in Haryana have been told not to wear jeans at work and to be formally dressed. An order in this regard was issued by the director of Elementary Education, Haryana (Panchkula).
This meant targets set for primary school admissions, assured income for every family and roads, water, housing and electricity. And yearly spending of over Rs 1,20,000 crore (Rs 1,200 billion), up from Rs 36,000 crore (Rs 360 billion) in the last year of the National Democratic Alliance government.
From 17 pre-school centres to 285 in less than five years - Hippocampus has brought the joy of learning to kids.
Despite declining by three percentage points in 2022-23 (FY23) compared to FY19, Odisha's unemployment rate remains higher than the average in India.
Private schools are of two types: those that are aided by the government and those that are not.
The Reserve Bank of India will take up 'financial literacy' programme to educate youngsters about basic banking transactions in a big way, RBI Deputy Governor V Leeladhar said on Monday.
'What should surprise BJP supporters is Modi's call for 'stability' at the manifesto launch, a theme that he and his team members had not touched ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019.' 'The last time the party called for 'stability at the Centre' was in 1998 and 1999,' recalls N Sathiya Moorthy.
