Schools News

"Education department in Gujarat has taken a "serious" note of the rising number of suicides by school children," said the Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama recently. Citing on the rising incidents of suicide the minister said, "The psychologists and sociologists would ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed all the CBSE affiliated schools to spare everyday's 45 minutes to provide self defence training to girls. The decision is taken at the backdrop of increasing incidents related to girl child molestation. ...

The Government of Rajasthan has planned to introduce new syllabus in its schools from the next academic session. The new syllabus is said to include stories of 'mahapursh' (great leaders) among other topics. This is an initiative by the government to ...

Vadodara, Gujarat based Vibgyor high school has received the British Council international school award (ISA) for 'outstanding development of the international dimension in the curriculum'. The award is valid for three years, starting from 2015 till 2018. The school will be ...

Mumbai, August 7, 2015: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has approved a proposal to distribute 22,799 tablet PCs to class 8th students across all municipal schools in the city. The proposal was passed yesterday by the standing committee of Shiv Sena-ruled ...

Thiruvananthapuram, August 7, 2015: Kerala, which is gearing up to declare itself as the first digital state in the country, has drawn up an ambitious plan to connect over 5,000 schools through digital network. With the launching of the project, the ...

New Delhi, August 6, 2015: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has been sanctioned Rs.6.18 crore for providing Wi-Fi facility in universities, parliament was informed on Wednesday. Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said ...

Guwahati, August 6, 2015: The Assam government on Wednesday launched a new website to celebrate Teachers' Day that falls on September 5 in a more collaborative manner. The website -- www.lets-celebrate-teachersday-together.in -- was launched by Assam Chief Secretary V.K. Pipersenia in ...

New Delhi, August 5, 2015: To curb road accidents, it is necessary to have compulsory traffic training at secondary school level, said Delhi Orthopaedic Association (DOA), which is also planning to give a petition to Delhi Government in this regard. The ...

New Delhi, August 5, 2015: Over 25 lakh children with special needs are enrolled in schools and another over 2 lakh who have "profound" special needs are covered under home-based education system, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Social Justice and ...

Panaji, August 3, 2015: With hundreds of parents taking to streets over the issue of English as the medium of instruction, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar assured in the Assembly here today that grants to the English medium schools would continue. ...

Sydney, July 29, 2015: Four Indian-origin children, including a pair of twins, are among 50 kids who have reached the finals of the Great Australian Spelling Bee contest, media reported on Monday. Scheduled to be aired on Channel 10 from August ...

Srinagar, July 27, 2015: At least 50 schools in Jammu and Kashmir will be upgraded as Model Schools in the next three months which will be equipped with computer labs, smart classrooms and implementation cells to prepare students for the cutting-edge ...

New Delhi, July 24, 2015: A parliamentary panel has recommended introduction of environment as a compulsory subject in schools in Jammu to create awareness among students. The department related parliamentary standing committee on science and technology and environment and forests also ...