Punjab teachers to make weekly reports on studentsOctober 2nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - To keep a regular tab on students' performance and to streamline the education system, all teachers in the state schools have been asked to maintain school diaries, the state education minister said here Friday. "Among various steps for improvement in imparting quality education, teachers have been instructed to maintain diaries on weekly basis.
21400 new schools, 52000 teachers to be recruited: SibalSeptember 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday announced that more than 21400 new schools will be opened and over 52,000 teachers will be recruited during the current year under 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan'. Sibal said that assistance will also be provided to states in order to set up 100 new polytechnics in districts which do not have these institutes.
Teachers unable to perform simple calculations to face actionSeptember 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.
On Teachers Day, police baton charge teachers in LucknowSeptember 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.
Vice President highlights the need of education reformSeptember 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said that education reform is the need of the hour, as the teachers in the country are facing professional disempowerment. "We have a situation today in which teachers are politically empowered and professionally disempowered.
Right to education more empowering than right to vote: AnsariSeptember 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The right to education is more empowering than the right to vote, Vice President Hamid Ansari said Saturday as he conferred awards on 300 school teachers from across India on the occasion of Teachers Day. It has taken us six decades to provide the right to every child in the 6-14 years age group to free and compulsory primary education in neighbourhood schools.
Madhya Pradesh professors go on strike this Teachers DaySeptember 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.
Right to Education Bill introduced in Lok SabhaJuly 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sixteen years after the idea was mooted, a bill aiming to provide free and compulsory education to children in the age group of six to 14 was introduced in the Lok Sabha Friday. This was a matter of national importance for UPA (United Progressive Alliance government).
'Right To Education bill to make India a knowledge hub'July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sixteen years after the idea was mooted, a bill aiming to provide free and compulsory education to children in the age group of six to 14 was introduced in the Lok Sabha Friday with the larger target of making India a "knowledge hub" in the future. "This was a matter of national importance for UPA (United Progressive Alliance).
Main features of Right to Education BillJuly 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The salient features of the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Bill are -
- Free and compulsory education to all children of India in the six to 14 age group;
- No child shall be held back, expelled, or required to pass a board examination until completion of elementary education;
- A child who completes elementary education (upto class 8) shall be awarded a certificate;
- Calls for a fixed student-teacher ratio;
- Will apply to all of India except Jammu and Kashmir;
- Provides for 25 percent reservation for economically disadvantaged communities in admission to Class One in all private schools;
- Mandates improvement in quality of education;
- School teachers will need adequate professional degree within five years or else will lose job;
-- School infrastructure (where there is problem) to be improved in three years, else recognition cancelled;
-- Financial burden will be shared between state and central government
Parameters of mid-day meal scheme to be rationalised: SibalJuly 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Government is proposing to rationalize the parameters for the Mid-day Meal Scheme, as a step towards further benefiting the children covered under this scheme, according to Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal. Inaugurating the conference of State Education Secretaries and Project Directors being held to review matters related to school education and literacy here today, Sibal said that while the mid-day scheme has been seen, through studies, to improve enrolment of children in school substantially, a rationalization of its parameters is now required.
Shed laid-back attitude to improve education, Sibal asks statesJuly 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State governments must give up their "chalta hai" (laid-back) attitude to improve the quality of education to take India to new heights, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said here Thursday. The minister said there is up to 50 percent shortage of teachers in schools in various states.
50,000 apply for teaching jobs in a day in MexicoJuly 29th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The education ministry in Mexico has received about 50,000 applications for teacher posts in less than 24 hours following the government's resolution to curb corruption in the country's education system. Some 50,000 applied for teaching jobs in less 24 hours on the backdrop of government's efforts to combat corruption within the education system, Mexico's Education Minister Alonso Lujambio said Tuesday.
Cabinet approves providing free education to children aged 6-14July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet today approved providing free and compulsory education to children aged 6-14 by giving its nod to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill 2005. Earlier announcing the government's agenda for the education sector in the next 100 days, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal had said that enactment of the Bill - also known as the Right to Education Bill - will be followed by the notification of the 86th Constitutional Amendment in the official gazette.
Haryana to get state-level teachers recruitment boardJune 26th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday announced the setting up of a state-level teachers recruitment board to streamline the process of employing teachers. "This board will also help to introduce the semester system in colleges from the current academic session, except in the arts stream, and help to avoid any delay in the recruitment process of teachers," Hooda said while presiding over a review meeting of the education department.
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