Schools
- Telangana
Chief Minister KCR to make decision on reopening of schools today
Hyderabad: Telangana’s chief minister, K Chandrashekar Rao, will decide on the reopening of educational institutions today. Schools were initially closed from January 8 to 16, with the closure being extended until January…
- Lifestyle
Lower math scores in high schools that shifted to 4-day school week: Study
Oregon: A recent study has found that 11th-grade students participating in a four-day school week performed worse on standardised math tests than students who remained on five-day schedules. The study has been…
- Bangalore
Teacher suspended for letting students perform namaz in school
Kolar: The Education Department in Karnataka has suspended a teacher on charges of letting students perform namaz inside the school premises in Kolar district, sources said on Friday. S.M. Umadevi, in-charge head…
- India
Centre likely to issue advisory on reopening schools soon
New Delhi: With the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged 15 gathering pace, the Centre is likely to issue an advisory soon to reopen schools across the country. Sources have told ANI…
- Delhi
COVID-19: Schools, colleges to remain closed in Delhi
New Delhi: Schools and colleges will continue to remain closed in the national capital and the issue will be taken up in the next meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA),…
- India
Govt mulls model for staggered opening of schools following all Covid protocols
New Delhi: The Union government is working on a model for staggered opening of schools for physical classes following all COVID-19 related protocols, sources said on Thursday. Schools have been closed in…
- Bangalore
K’taka Hijab row: Muslim students defy govt order to shun’hijab’
Bengaluru: Despite the Karnataka government forming a high-level committee to decide on the “hijab” row and uniform code, the stalemate continued in the state with Muslim students refusing to attend classes without…
- Delhi
Children will be left behind if schools don’t open now: Sisodia
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said “a generation of children will be left behind if we do not open schools now”. Sisodia said excessive caution is now…
- Offbeat
Sanitary napkins provided to boys in Bihar school
Patna: Nitish Kumar government’s well intentioned scheme to provide free sanitary pads to adolescent girls enrolled in government schools seems to have gained un-intentioned male beneficiaries ! The `unusual extension’ of the…
- Bangalore
K’taka to take call on reopening schools in B’luru on Jan 29
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will take a call on reopening of schools in Bengaluru on January 29, Education Minister B.C. Nagesh said on Friday after attending a high-level committee meeting in the…
- Telangana
Telangana to introduce English medium in govt schools
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday decided to bring a legislation to introduce the English medium in government schools from the next academic year and regulate fees in private schools and colleges.…
- Andhra Pradesh
Nara Lokesh urges CM Jagan to close schools amid COVID-19 surge
Amravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) National General Secretary Nara Lokesh on Monday urged chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy to declare vacations for schools amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. In a letter…
- Lifestyle
Youngsters who self-identify as multilingual, perform better at school: Study
London: Recent research has discovered that young adults who consider themselves multilingual tend to perform better across a wide range of subjects at school, regardless of whether they are actually fluent in…
- India
Uttar Pradesh schools closed till Jan 23 amid Covid surge
Lucknow: With Covid cases continuing to surge, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to further close all educational institutions — schools and colleges — till January 23.The state government had, on January 5,…
- Lifestyle
Study finds youngsters who self-identify as multilingual perform better at school
Cambridge: A new research has found that young adults who consider themselves multilingual tend to perform better across a wide range of subjects at school, regardless of whether they are actually fluent…
