Tag: Education department

Govt issues ordinance on rejig of search panel for appointments of VCs

That system continued for three years even after Trinamul came to power in West Bengal for the first time in 2011 bringing an end to the 27-year Left Front rule.

May 16, 2023

UP: Yogi govt sets target for education department to improve quality of education

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday has given a new target to the Basic Education Department to improve the level of elementary education across the state.

March 19, 2023

History teacher takes mathematics classes at Kalna school

History and biological science teachers are taking mathematics classes since 17 years at a state-aided girl's high school at a village here in East Burdwan

March 12, 2023

Delhi L-G approves proposal to send teachers to Finland for training

Delhi Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena has approved the Education Department's proposal for training programme for Primary In-charges in Finland, an official said on Saturday.

March 5, 2023

Himachal education minister calls for joint efforts to curb drug menace

Rohit Thakur directed the Education Department to make necessary policy changes in education system.

March 4, 2023

‘Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua’ prayer by students gets UP Principal suspended

The clip shows the part where the children are heard singing the lines 'mere allah burai se bachaana mujhko'.

December 23, 2022

Karnataka withdraws order to collect Rs 100 donations from parents of govt school students amid criticism

The Minister of School Education and Time, the Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC) in Government Primary and High Schools.

October 23, 2022

DU’s new calendar with shrinked semester and short mid-sem break upset students

The new academic calendar of Delhi University which was announced this week is being vehemently criticised for cutting down the semester from the usual six months to three and half months and squeezing the mid-semester break from 15 days to four days.

October 14, 2022

TN committee to study feasibility of school buildings

According to the Minister, the previous AIADMK government had allocated only Rs 75 crore for the same.

December 20, 2021

KMC looks for empty lands to set up model schools

The 60th meeting of the KMC witnessed discussion on whether model schools can be set up for children who are slum dwellers.

March 9, 2020

Bihar school that gives ‘loan’ to students for hair cut, buying shampoos, stationery

The bank, operating at upgraded middle school, Kabirpur-Budasi in Goplaganj district, has given loans to around 200 poor children so far.

February 17, 2020

Pay scale of primary teachers hiked to Rs 3600; agitation called off

Two teachers Debashis Burman and Manish Kumar Mondal were rushed to nearby Bidhannagar Seva Hospital after their body temperature drastically came down with severe breathlessness,” said Mrs Bela Saha Ghosh, one of the teachers.

July 27, 2019

Bengal: Gun found in office as South Dinajpur school opened after 17 days

While the police said it was a 'toy,' local people said it was a real 'metal gun' recovered from the locked almirah in the Chak Kashi Shyamsundar High School under the Balurghat police station

March 9, 2019

HC flays govt on implementation of RTE Act, vacant posts in schools

HC has passed these orders on a petition taken up suo moto by the court as Public Interest Litigation on a petition filed by the students of Government Senior Secondary School, Doghari, Mandi.

September 13, 2018

Ensure students’ safety in tournaments: Edu dept

Himachal Pradesh schools told to ensure safety of students during sports tournaments.

September 11, 2018

Salary deduction if absent on Teachers’ Day state function: Rajasthan Govt

The state government is planning a celebration on Teachers' Day and in its endeavor to make it successful the education department has issued this order.

August 30, 2018

Irregular classes in schools irk Mamata

Mamata asks chief secy to identify problems and offer solutions; also asks officials to abide by ministers' directions.

August 24, 2018