Nearly 50 percent of Indian women marry before 18: Unicef
11/20/2009 6:46:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) India has a legislation prohibiting child marriage, but latest household surveys indicate that 47 percent of women, who are now aged 20-24 years, were married before the legal age of 18, a Unicef report released Friday said. |
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Unesco keen to jointly certify select IGNOU courses
11/20/2009 6:14:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Unesco has evinced interest in jointly certifying select programmes being offered by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). |
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Tussle on between Chandigarh's oldest boys school, administration
11/20/2009 4:29:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) Chandigarh's oldest boys school has sought the intervention of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions against the union territory administration for 'interfering' in the school's internal matters. However, officials have denied the charge of interference. |
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Students to evaluate teachers at Punjab University
11/20/2009 9:04:00 AM |
| Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) You have heard of teachers evaluating their students - but vice versa? Very soon Panjab University (PU) students will start grading the performance of faculty members. |
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Green lessons for school kids - in lap of nature
11/20/2009 8:34:00 AM |
| Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) Imagine riding through a lush green forest, soaking in lessons on the environment. That's what many school students in Uttar Pradesh are about to experience, thanks to the officials of a wildlife sanctuary. |
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Distance education could address dearth of teachers: Sibal
11/19/2009 6:45:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Distance education, via cell phones and other technology geared to provide open access to education, could address the dearth of teachers plaguing the Indian education system, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday. |
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Delhi government schools to get facelift by 2010, says Dikshit
11/19/2009 6:27:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday said that all government schools in the capital will wear a new look by 2010. |
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President calls for hiking gross enrolment in education
11/19/2009 4:49:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Emphasising that the number of enrolments in primary and secondary education is very low in the country compared to rest of the world, President Pratibha Patil Thursday called for making 'strenuous efforts' to increase gross enrolment. |
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Delhi school to raise funds to help street, slum kids
11/18/2009 5:43:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) St. Columba's School here is all set to host a music concert Friday, not just to entertain the audience, but raise funds for mid-day meals and a hostel for disadvantaged slum and street children. |
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Pranab favours establishing smaller universities
11/17/2009 6:01:00 PM |
| Shimla, Nov 17 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday advocated the need for establishing smaller universities which were 'easier to manage' and would serve to capture 'synergies between teaching and research'. |
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Swine flu cases cross 100 in Chandigarh
11/16/2009 11:13:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Nov 16 (IANS) With swine flu cases crossing the 100 mark in this Union Territory, the health authorities have ordered the Punjab Engineering College (PEC) and six other schools to close down for a week after H1N1 infections were reported. |
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Aligarh Muslim University to re-open Dec 1
11/16/2009 4:43:00 PM |
| New Delhi/Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), which was closed for an indefinite period Oct 30 following violent protests over murder of a student, would re-open Dec 1, vice-chancellor Abdul Aziz said Monday. |
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Kids' who fell ill after mid-day meal better
11/15/2009 1:02:00 PM |
| Raipur, Nov 15 (IANS) As many as 20 children, who were taken ill after a mid-day meal at a school in Chhattisgarh, have shown signs of improvement, a doctor said Sunday. |
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AMU may re-open Dec 1: Vice chancellor
11/14/2009 8:03:00 PM |
| Aligarh, Nov 14 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), which was closed for an indefinite period Oct 30 following violent protests over the murder of a student, is likely to re-open Dec 1, Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis said Saturday. |
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20 Chhattisgarh students in hospital after mid-day meal
11/14/2009 7:54:00 PM |
| Raipur, Nov 14 (IANS) At least 20 students, including nine girls, started vomiting and were taken to hospital after eating food provided under mid-day meal scheme in a Chhattisgarh primary school, a health department official said here Saturday. The doctors termed the condition of the students as serious. |
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Punjab to set up 13 new colleges
11/14/2009 5:38:00 PM |
| Mohali (Punjab), Nov 14 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday announced that 13 new degree colleges would come up in the state by next year at a cost of Rs.104 crore. |
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Educate the illiterate and get enrolled in computer course
11/14/2009 1:57:00 PM |
| Lucknow, Nov 14 (IANS) To attract youth and encourage them to promote literacy in Uttar Pradesh, an NGO has said it will offer those teaching the illiterate an opportunity to opt either for a computer course or a personality development course for free. |
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AMU to have 250-acre branch in Bihar
11/14/2009 12:02:00 PM |
| Aligarh, Nov 14 (IANS) The centre of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Bihar would come up in 250 acres, instead of 100 acres now, as the Bihar government has allotted an additional 150 acres of land free to the varsity. |
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Three girl students create ruckus at Indore college
11/13/2009 11:16:00 PM |
| Bhopal, Nov 13 (IANS) At least three students of a girl's college in Indore were arrested Friday for misbehaving with their principal who fainted and had to be hospitalised, police said. |
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Amity training for IAS officers ends
11/13/2009 7:39:00 PM |
NOIDA (UP), Nov.13 (ANI): Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (ASNRSD) and Amity Institute of Global Warming and Ecological Studies (AIGWES) conducted a week long In-service training for IAS officers from November 9, 2009 to November 13, 2009 with a theme Environmental Impact Assessment of Developmental Projects at Amity Campus, Sector - 125, Noida. |
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