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Students from various Delhi schools Monday measured the circumference of the earth using the Qutub Minar's shadow on the autumnal equinox. The experiment conducted by Space foundation, an organisation working for popularising astronomy, aimed to educate the students about traditional ...

Around 25,000 elementary school teachers in Tamil Nadu have decided to protest from Sep 25 to press their demands, including parity with the central government teachers in pay scales and increased health insurance limits, said a teachers federation official. Speaking ...

The academic future of some 1,400 students has been thrown into jeopardy after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities ordered the closure of an Indian School. The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) has ordered the closure of the Indian Islahi ...

"Save my back" -- an online campaign to reduce the weight of the school bag contents -- has been gaining momentum with over 500 people joining it in a week. NGO Uday Foundation, which spearheaded the campaign against junk food ...

Around 1,000 Christian-run schools remained closed across West Bengal Thursday in protest against police inaction and vandalism of a school following a minor girl student's death Sep 11 allegedly due to ragging. Observing a 'Black Day', Calcutta Diocese of the Church ...

Britain's Capita Group targets to expand its business aggressively in India by offering software services and support to schools that will help raise their standards and cut administrative expenses, a senior company official said. Capita SIMS, a unit of FTSE 100 ...

Let us look at some steps that help in reducing the dropout rate in your community or schools/colleges. Make Learning Interesting and Purposeful:Teachers need to take extra effort in helping slow and creative learners to connect to academics, in experiential ...

What is it about dropping out? Why do we have drop outs? How can educators or teachers or parents prevent it from increasing? The question points to the education system as a whole; corresponding to the students, teachers and the society ...

More than 1,000 Christian-run schools will observe Sep 19 as a 'black day' and remain shut in protest against police "inaction" during the vandalism of a West Bengal school following the death of a minor girl student, the archbishop of Calcutta ...

India and Pakistan can live in peace only if the youth from both the countries get more opportunities to interact with each other, a group of school students from the two countries said Monday. The group of 23 students from ...

The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has increased the monthly grants for its partner schools, with effect from September, 2013 onwards. According to resource, the PEF will now pay its partners Rs. 450/- to elementary, Rs. 500/- to Arts stream, Rs. ...

With more rains threatening northern districts of the state due to a low pressure area over neighbouring Andhra Pradesh coast, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has took stock of the situation, assuring of relief measures on a war-footing in case ...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated a co-educational residential school Wednesday that is supported by the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar. The school at Issapur near Najafgarh in south Delhi is meant for children from the scheduled ...

While many parents often restrict their children from listening to music on the plea that it will affect their studies, a British scientist has claimed some type of songs could actually work wonders for the mind and help in better cognition. ...