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Saabira Chaudhuri 07:57 PM | September 18,2009
The Delhi high court’s directive mandating schools run by the government and civic bodies to employ special educators for physically disabled students is a welcome move, but should not be seen as a panacea
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PTI 12:19 AM | August 05,2009
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008, seeks to provide education to children aged between 6 years and 14 years
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10:07 PM | July 21,2009
Like policymakers during the Jawaharlal Nehru years, today’s government is more worried about schools, the input, than actual schooling, the output
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Knowledge Economics | Sam Pitroda 01:15 AM | June 29,2009
Most of the education in India is spoon-feeding and we need to change that. Our education system does not instil inquisitiveness, that’s why very few students question things
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Manish Sabharwal 10:28 PM | May 25,2009
The only way to convert growth into poverty reduction is by reforming how we look at our human capital
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Aparna Kalra 12:30 AM | December 29,2008
Some parents oppose NCERT’s efforts to move from exams to daily assessments; big classrooms a hurdle too
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Farm Truths | Himanshu 11:07 PM | December 16,2008
Needless to say, a massive dose of public expenditure in infrastructure creation, which is also employment-intensive, is the need of the times
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PTI 03:36 PM | December 11,2008
‘Government was planning to double the expenditure on education in order to provide education and better facilities to all’
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Our View 11:52 PM | November 06,2008
The gap between ‘education’ and ‘learning’ is the biggest concern -- it is not access or enrolment but the pace of dropouts that is the problem
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PTI 03:07 PM | November 04,2008
The Bill stipulates duties and responsibilities by parents, private schools and local communities to ensure that the children in the age group of 6-14 years get free and compulsory education
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Sanjiv Shankaran and Liz Mathew 01:14 AM | November 01,2008
Union finance minister P. Chidambaram expressed his doubts about clearance of the insurance Bills in the remaining term of the ruling UPA government
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05:02 PM | October 08,2008
Mooted in 2006, the Bill has been hanging in balance as funding responsibility of the States and the Centre has been a bone of contention
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10:18 PM | August 10,2008
The state does have a role to play in funding primary education; but parents should have the freedom to choose where and what their children will learn
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11:46 PM | August 08,2008
The government has put on hold taking a decision to decontrol the sugar industry on apprehensions that opening up the sector may add to the price rise in an election year
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K.P. Narayana Kumar, Sangeeeta Singh and Aparna Kalra 12:53 AM | August 08,2008
The Bill guarantees education to all children in the 6-14 age group, ensures 25% seats for poor in private schools
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