13 years ago -
Child Protection Policy
While statistics indicate that the closed walls of a domestic environment are most conducive for child sexual abuse, institutional abuse is an entirely different arena as the two recent high-profile cases, one at a Kodaikana...
13 years ago -
Universities for Innovation
The Government has agreed to make changes in the proposed legislation relating to setting up 'innovation universities' in the country with a view to encourage promoters to come forward in this venture. "We will redraf...
13 years ago -
Teacher's Salary Hike
Linking school education to the country''s economic growth, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today pitched for good pay packages for teachers to attract the "best minds". Sibal, who has been undertaking a series of reforms of educa...
13 years ago -
Schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education can now set their own question papers for the term-end test instead of having to use Board papers. This concession comes after opposition from top schools. The CBSE has written to affilia...
13 years ago -
Single Entrance Exam for Engineering
Bihar School Examination Board chairman A.K.P. Yadav has opined that the proposed common entrance examination for Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and other engineering colleges would not benefit rural stude...
13 years ago -
Mandarin Syllabus in CBSE
India is considering introducing the teaching of Mandarin in state schools, a move that would represent a policy shift for a country that has long played down the importance of learning the Chinese language.
China is Indi...
13 years ago -
Vocational Training in India
The National Vocational Framework for a uniform and a nationally recognised qualification system for this stream of training will be in place by early next year.
The Human Resource Development Ministry has set up a com...
13 years ago -
CBSE Schools Website
Parents and students will soon be able to evaluate a school's conformity with several CBSE guidelines such as academic, infrastructural, safety and other byelaws online.
All schools affiliated to CBSE have been ordered by the...
13 years ago -
Nursery Admissions 2011
If you are planning to get your child admitted in nursery this year but have neither contacts in high places nor enough money for ‘capitation fees’, your kid will vie for one of just 45% of the total number of seats. Here to...
13 years ago -
Mandarin in CBSE Schools
Welcoming India's decision to introduce Mandarin studies in schools, China Thursday offered its help in implementing the programme.
'China will offer support for training Chinese language teachers and providing Chinese lan...
