The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
The oil price hike burdens already strained State finances and threatens to jeopardise welfare programmes run by State governments. THE Union government's decision to raise the prices of petroleum products has placed State governments in a quandary. While taxes on petroleum products constitute a significant proportion of a State's revenue, …
FOUR years after it was advised by the Central Advisory Board of Education to focus on universalising secondary education, the government seems to have taken the first concrete step. In its final lap, the UPA government set in motion the process to ensure that children in the 15 to 16 …
Commissioner Tribal Development Jaideep Govind has instructed officers that every department should be sensitive towards primitive tribes and set its priorities in such a way that they get maximum benefit. Govind was reviewing the ongoing development schemes for primitive tribes yesterday at Sheopur. Those present at the meeting included Director …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday formally launched the Praveshotsava under School Chalen Ham drive-2008 at village Jait in Sehore district on the first day of the new academic session today. The Chief Minister accompanied by his wife reached his home village Jait and applied a Tilak on the …
This case study is a review of socio-economic structure of the people, their loss and benefit out of sanctuaries, concept of WTP (willingness to pay) and finally attitude towards conservation. Details salient features of a recommended female oriented economic development programme and says that this is certain to have long …
In the context of an alarming increase in the farmers’ suicide, the Government of Maharashtra announced a Special Package of Rs. 1,075 crore for six districts of Western Vidarbha (December, 2005). Subsequently, Hon’ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh announced a comprehensive Package of Rs.3,750 crore for development of agriculture and …
The record-breaking SSC results demonstrate the widening gap between urban and rural education standard as most urban schools put on outstanding performance, while the bulk of failure goes to rural institutions. As many as 2,272 schools made 100 percent success and 52,500 students secured GPA-5 (grade point average) in this …
A unique programme in Nagaland, which aimed at and achieved community participation in local governance, has been selected for a top UN award for public service. The award will be given to Union Steel Secretary RS Pandey tomorrow at New York, on the occasion of the UN Public Service Day. …
The mid-day meal programme was initiated as a means of achieving universal primary education of satisfactory quality for all schoolchildren below the age of 14 by increasing enrolment, improving attendance and retention, and simultaneously improving nutritional status. This paper attempts to investigate some of these aspects based on primary data …
Interview with M. Angamuthu, Deputy Commissioner, Karbi Anglong. A woman seeking information at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Diphu. Karbi Anglong is the first district in north-eastern India to get ISO 9001:2000 certification. When he took over as the Deputy Commissioner of Central Assam's Karbi Anglong district in September 2006, …
Children in Lalmonirhat char areas are being deprived of education as their parents have sent them to income generating works for earning their livelihood. Utter poverty has forced most of the parents in the char areas to send their children to work for earning livelihood, local people said. Besides, many …
MANOJ PANT THIS month I would like to continue with an issue I have devoted a lot of space to in these columns: the role of education in economic development. Commentators often concentrate on more
Of the 152 developing countries, 57 will not reach the millennium development goal of putting all primary-aged children in school by 2015, the latest global monitoring reports of Education for All (EFA) and International Labour Organization (ILO) has said. Incidentally, June 12 was observed as
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) South Asia's Education for All (EFA) mid-term policy review conference kicked off in Kathmandu Monday. The four-day conference will review existing policies, identify policy gaps and devise policies and action plans to achieve the EFA goals. Speaking at the inaugural function, director …
22 kids admitted to prestigious private schools Home-based education provided to 102 children An inclusive education programme launched for mentally-challenged children under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Kota district of Rajasthan three years ago has started showing positive results by creating a favourable atmosphere, inculcating confidence among the children and …
Many aspects of the Indian scientific development are extremely unsatisfactory, lacking in both quality and quantity. Although the outreach of teaching and research programmes has increased considerably, populist political themes are favoured and special institutions have been created where research is undertaken independent of the university system. This article reviews …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that development of those sections of society is most important which are considered most backward and deprived. In comparison to well off section, it is masses and specially SC, ST and poor sections of society who need government's help more. This is why …
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday claimed that his government was fast implementing its promise to expand education to the remote areas and let the youth benefit from institutions of higher education at their doorsteps. He said both at school and higher education level the State had witnessed unprecedented …
