Research says ‘Best teachers are enthusiastic, inspiring’

September 25th, 2009 BHOPAL - Teachers of state-run universities and colleges in Madhya Pradesh returned to work Friday, a day after the high court ordered them to call off their 20-day-old stir for higher pay. The teachers had gone on strike Sep 5 and were joined by the non-teaching employees a day later, declaring that they will not return to work till their demand is fulfilled.

September 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two teachers of a private school in Uttar Pradesh forcibly cut the hair of four Class 5 students after catching them bunking classes, an official said Monday. The teachers cut the hair of four students of Spring Field School in Manjhanpur town of Kaushambhi district, about 300-km from state capital Lucknow, Saturday.

September 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Fifteen teachers of government-run primary schools in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district will face action for "not being able to perform simple arithmetic calculations", officials said Wednesday. The education department Wednesday recommended that the teachers should not be given a pay hike and also proposed a cut in their salary.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - Teachers in the UK believe children with certain names are naughtier than the others, a survey has found. Pollsters from the parenting club Bounty.com asked 3,000 teachers to come up with names that spell trouble for them.he 'Teachers Pest' list includes name like Callum, Chelsea, Connor, Jack, Brandon, Charlie, Courtney Chardonna; girl's name like Aliesha, Casey, Crystal, Jessica, Brooke and Demi and boys named Kyle, Liam, Jake and Brooklyn.

September 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - Normal functioning in most colleges and universities in Madhya Pradesh came to a standstill Tuesday as more teachers' bodies joined an ongoing strike by professors demanding a revised pay package. Professors in Madhya Pradesh had started an indefinite strike from Sep 5 on Teachers Day demanding a revised University Grants Commission (UGC) pay package.

September 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Primary school teachers demanding a salary hike were baton charged by police here on Teachers Day. As the teachers tried to enter the state assembly Saturday, police baton charged them.

September 4th, 2009 BHOPAL - Professors in Madhya Pradesh are marking Teachers Day in a different way this Saturday -- they have started an indefinite strike demanding higher pay. The joint front of government college teachers, Shasakiya Mahavidyalayin Shikshak Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti, said the teachers went on an indefinite strike after the state government failed to keep its promise of implementing the revised pay scale from Sep 4.

July 8th, 2009 PATNA - Polytechnic faculty members have been teaching in engineering colleges with the full knowledge of the Bihar government, a minister has admitted. Bihar Science and Technology Minister Shahid Ali Khan said in the state assembly Tuesday that faced with an acute shortage of teachers in engineering colleges, polytechnic faculty have been deputed as teachers for taking classes in four new engineering colleges.

May 28th, 2009 SYDNEY - Parents and teachers who despair about children not studying ought not to give up nagging them about how short-term pain brings long-term gain. "If you think you have no impact, stick with it because you do," said Sydney University researcher Andrew Martin.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - English model Sophie Dahl has blasted "stick-thin starlets" for inspiring others to diet. Dahl, 31, who is very curvaceous, and had been a size 14 when she began modelling aged 19, warned people not to follow the "paranoid and unhappy" stars.

March 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Saying it was meant to serve as a deterrent, a court in Haryana has jailed five teachers for seven years for siphoning off funds meant for providing mid-day meals to government school students. The teachers, including a headmaster, have been charged with siphoning off funds for providing mid-day meals to poor students of a government primary school near Safidon town in Jind district, 250 km from here.

March 24th, 2009 RANCHI - Unhappy with their payscales and working conditions, temporary teachers in Jharkhand have decided to either field their own candidates for the elections or support those who will fulfil their demands. The two associations of temporary teachers in Jharkhand are set to meet March 27 to decide their election plans, said Rishikesh Patak, president of the Jharkhand Rajya Shiksha Mitra (temporary teachers) Association.

March 7th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - A special court here Friday sentenced six teachers to life for raping a 19-year-old student at a government college in north Gujarat last year. Pronouncing the judgement, Additional Sessions Judge S.C.

January 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Academic activity was completely paralysed in colleges and universities across Punjab and Chandigarh Wednesday following a mass casual leave protest by teachers in the region. The Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation (PFUCTO) served a 10-day ultimatum to the Punjab government to notify the revised pay-scales for college and university teachers.

January 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Over 10,000 teachers of various government and private colleges in Punjab and Chandigarh observed a strike for two hours Thursday to press for their pay hike demand. The teachers are demanding the Punjab government to implement the new by the University Grants Commission (UGC) pay scale approved by the government Dec 31 last year.