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Read more >12-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Slapped 168 Times By Classmates On …
The school principal K Sagar termed the incident a “friendly” punishment. JHABUA, MADHYA PRADESH: A 12-year-old girl was slapped 168 times over a period of six days by her classmates at a residential school on the instructions of their teacher, the child’s father complained to school authorities and police. However, the school principal K Sagar […]
Read more >Class I boy stabbed by senior in school toilet in Lucknow
LUCKNOW: In a chilling reminder of the murder of a class II student in a Gurgaon school last year, a class I student was stabbed in his school toilet in Lucknow on Tuesday. The seven-year-old, who was allegedly attacked by a senior girl student, is battling for life at the trauma centre of King George’s […]
Read more >Number of Indian students joining US engineering colleges declines
BENGALURU: The number of students from India enrolled in graduate level programmes in computer science and engineering in the United States has declined by 21 per cent from 2016 to 2017, according to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), based on data from the US Department of Homeland Security. The NFAP […]
Read more >NPA: SBI puts loans worth Rs 380 crore in default
MUMBAI: State Bank of India’s (SBI) education loan defaulters may soon get calls from recovery agents. The country’s bank has put Rs 380 crore worth of loans in default on the block. These loans will be sold at a discount to the highest bidder who will get the same rights as the bank to recover […]
Read more >UP Board exams 2018: Elaborate arrangements to check copying
LUCKNOW: Elaborate arrangements, including surveillance by CCTV cameras and imposing section 144 near the exam centres, have been made by the Uttar Pradesh government to check the menance of copying during the UP Secondary Education Board examinations. Over 66 lakh students are expected to appear in the UP Secondary Education Board examinations – the biggest […]
Read more >New evidence indicates that paying teachers bonuses raises …
A comprehensive federal study sheds new light on how merit pay works — and doesn’t work One of the big policy debates in education is whether paying teachers bonuses increases student achievement along with teachers’ bank accounts. A new federal report puts a fresh twist on this old debate: does it matter if something works […]
Read more >At 13, UP boy sings anthems of 18 nations
MEERUT: Rudra Pratap Singh, 13, often surprises people watching TV with him. During a game of football or cricket, when a country’s team sings their national anthem, Rudra sings along in perfect unison. A student of Class VIII, the teenager has already learnt the national anthems of 18 countries and plans to learn at least […]
Read more >Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘Education is a great equalizing force’
Apple CEO and philanthropist Tim Cook announced today a partnership with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai and her Malala Fund as part of the tech company’s latest efforts to support global education initiatives. “We believe that education is a great equalizing force and we share Malala Fund’s commitment to give every girl an opportunity to […]
Read more >Yes, we must decolonise: our teaching has to go beyond elite …
There’s no need for outrage over changes to Cambridge University’s English curriculum. Issues of race, class and gender are all relevant in literature Something is very wrong when a simple request from a large number of students, that their reading lists be broadened slightly to include some black and minority ethnic writers, becomes the basis […]
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