CS exams: Two Ahmedabad girls, Dahod boy in India’s top 10
AHMEDABAD: Three students, including two girls, from Ahmedabad are in the top 10 in the All India Company Secretary (Foundation) exam, results of which were declared here on Friday. Out of 400 students, 207 have passed the exam posting a result of over 50%. Mustufa Bootwala, a Dahod boy who studies... read more »
India decreases number of out-of-school children by nearly 16 million in 2 ...
India has been able to decrease its number of out-of-school children by nearly 16 million between 2000 and 2012, driving the progress in South Asia, but it still has 1.4 million children not attending primary school, a United Nations report said. The biggest decrease in the number of out-of-school... read more »
HC sets new deadline for fee regulatory authority in MP
BHOPAL: State government has been given two weeks’ time by the MP high court to constitute fee regulatory authority for private schools. Previously, the MPHC had directed the state government to take decision by January 16 to regulate fees structure in aided and unaided private schools. On... read more »
Learning levels all time low in Raj govt schools, says survey
JAIPUR: State government schools continue to register negative growth in learning levels in subjects—arithmetic, reading and comprehension—from 2006. The Annual Status of Education Report, 2014 tabled in New Delhi by Pratham, an NGO, on Tuesday says that the share of class V government school... read more »
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2600-acre plots identified for IIT in Kerala
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1,000 US academics to teach in Indian universities
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