Shimla, April 18 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Thursday announced a health programme under which critical illness of children studying in government schools will be covered. All children up to class 12, except children of serving or retired state and central government employees, would be covered under the school health [...]

Solan (Himachal Pradesh), April 18 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Thursday said India would have to graduate to knowledge and innovative research to emerge as a global leader. Stressing that research was the foundation for academic excellence, Kalam said: “We have to apply new methods and techniques to take [...]

Solan: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam conferred 440 degrees and 11 gold medals to the top students from various streams at the first convocation ceremony of Shoolini University here today. Before the convocation, Dr. Kalam inaugurated the newly constructed state-of-the-art Yogananda Library in the University and presented four books authored by him [...]

Shimla: Government Schools here will prepare students, free of cost, for jobs from class nine onwards.  To make it possible, State Government has proposed to offer vocational courses to students in various government schools this session. For now however, all government schools haven’t been included in the plan. Only ten [...]

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) An IIT aspirant who quit a private coaching centre because of alleged poor facilities has got relief from Delhi’s top consumer court, which has ordered the institute to refund the Rs.75,000 fee to him. Delhi Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission member Salma Noor and Member (Judicial) [...]

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Education is the key to conserving a country’s cultural heritage and it is manifest nowhere as in India, which has been playing with non-formal education models since early historical ages and is now touching modern schools with their regimented eduction systems. Beginning with the traditional [...]

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr Wednesday welcomed findings of a survey that indicates Indians see Australia as a good place to visit, live, work and study. The survey by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and the Australia India Institute indicated that Australia was viewed [...]

Chandigarh, April 17 (IANS) The Punjab government has ordered closure of 473 private schools after they failed to implement norms of the right to education (RTE) act, a minister said Wednesday. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the non-affiliated private schools have been asked to wind up their operations immediately. [...]

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The government Wednesday said micro-financing was an effective tool for reducing poverty. Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Selja said that “micro-financing is an effective tool for reducing poverty and that the State Channelising Agencies (SCA) should extend their activities through micro-financing.” Selja was speaking [...]

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The government Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that draft guidelines on regulating sale of junk food and carbonated drinks within a 1,500-foot radius of schools would be made by July-end. Additional Solicitor General Rajeeve Mehra told a division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan [...]