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Apex court clears decks for Assam teachers'' recruitment

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday set aside a Guwahati High Court order to pave the way for recruiting more than 82,000 elementary school teachers in Assam.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:18:39 PM

Be disciplined, do social work: Patil tells students

Kurukshetra (Haryana), Feb 8 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Wednesday urged students to be more disciplined and devote time for social work.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:33:20 PM

''Our I can more than your IQ'', say special children

Noida, Feb 8 (IANS) Dancing to Bollywood numbers, talking against corruption, raising their voice for the girl child, around 30 children with special needs wowed the audience at an event here. As one of them put it - their ''I can'' was better than the IQ of others!

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 1:10:37 PM

Apex court clears decks for teachers'' recruitment in Assam

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday set aside an Assam High Court order thus paving the way for the recruitment of more than 82,000 elementary school teachers in the state.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 12:01:36 PM

CBSE to offer international curriculum in Indian schools

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) About 50 schools in India may soon offer the international curriculum of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on a trial basis, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:17:39 PM

Framework for vocational education launched

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday launched a framework for vocational education to be implemented in polytechnics, engineering colleges and other colleges across the country.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 5:32:19 PM

Indian schools may offer international curriculum

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon introduce its international curriculum, CBSE-I, in schools in India on trial basis, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 5:08:09 PM

RTE Act: Assam child rights body to survey schools

Guwahati, Feb 7 (IANS) After receiving several complaints, the Assam child rights panel has decided to conduct a survey in all schools in the state to find out if provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 have been violated.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 1:56:47 PM

Uttar Pradesh mosques double up as primary schools

Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 7 (IANS) Amid the mushrooming convent schools, mosques still continue to be popular centres of learning at least up to the primary class level in Uttar Pradesh''s Azamgarh district. The trend is more common in cities and towns where Islamic primary schools are rare.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 11:09:31 AM

Australian varsity planning campus in Gujarat

Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Australia''s University of Wollongong (UOW) is planning to establish a 72-acre campus in Ahmedabad, an official of the varsity said Monday.

Monday, February 06, 2012 10:09:17 PM

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