Bomb threats target schools in Lithuania, Latvia
Several schools in Lithuania and Latvia received bomb threats via email on Monday, the first day of the new school year, according to police reports.
Several schools in Lithuania and Latvia received bomb threats via email on Monday, the first day of the new school year, according to police reports.
The students and staff of a private school in South West Delhi’s Najafgarh were taken by surprise after a student of sixth standard brought his father’s licensed pistol to the school
Ugandan authorities said at least seven primary and secondary schools have been closed in the western district of Ntoroko due to floods caused by heavy rainfall.
A sketch of one of the seven suspects has been released based on the description of a woman who spotted them in a Punjab village and a massive search operation was launched to track them down.
The Goa Liquor Traders Association has termed the state government's decision to allow bars and liquor stores to operate within 100 metres of educational or religious institutes "unwanted".
Several forums of parents, teachers and heads of institutions are in favour of reopening the schools. The High Court is also hearing a PIL on the issue. The West Bengal Academy of Paediatricians have also written a letter to Miss Banerjee speaking in favour of reopening the academic institutions.
Sisodia said excessive caution is now harming our children, following a meeting with a delegation of children's parents, led by Chandrakant Lahariya, an epidemiologist and Yamini Aiyar, a policy researcher.
In new circumstances, the allocation for the National Scheme for Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education needed a boost. Instead, we saw BE of Rs. 110 crore for 2020-21 being cut to a revised estimate of just Re. 1 crore, and the BE for 2021-22 also being kept at this low amount of Re. 1 crore. These are the components of the union budget which have the most impact on poorer and more vulnerable students, and sadly these saw a significant decline.
Coined by Miss Banerjee herself, the Paray Shikshalay is a community-based learning system for primary students. Over 60 lakh students studying in pre-primary to class 4 of the age group 5 to 9 years will be benefited from this initiative. It will bring 50,159 primary schools and over 15,000 shishu shiksha kendras under its ambit.
Education for girls and women “is a question of capacity,” Mujahid said in an interview. Girls and boys must be completely segregated in schools, he said, adding that the biggest obstacle so far has been finding or building enough dormitories, or hostels, where girls could stay while going to school.