Schools
- Telangana
Telangana: Mana Ooru, Mana Badi are tripping on fund crunch, controversy
Hyderabad: The much hyped Mana Ooru, Mana Badi (Our village, Our school) scheme announced in February, 2022 by the Telangana State government to upgrade around 26,065 government run schools with an outlay…
- Bangalore
Restructure loans, Karnataka private schools association urges Sitharaman
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Registered Unaided Private Schools Management Association (RUPSA) has requested Union Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman to consider restructuring of loans availed by private unaided schools in the state during Covid…
- Telangana
Telangana: 9123 schools to be covered in 1st phase of Mana Ooru Mana Badi
Hyderabad: Following the launch of the Mana Ooru Mana Badi scheme for the development of schools in the state, 9,123 schools across Telangana including 5,399 primary, and 1,009 upper primary and 2,715…
- India
MP: Parents protest over kids reciting ‘Kalima’ in Kanpur school
Kanpur: The Florets School in Kanpur has landed in controversy after students were allegedly made to recite the ‘Kalma‘ as part of the morning prayers. Parents and some Hindu outfits staged a demonstration…
- Telangana
Vikarabad: Holiday announced for educational institutions on Wednesday
Hyderabad: Due to the ongoing heavy rains, the Vikarabad district administration on Wednesday declared a holiday for all educational institutions (government, aided, and private). Also ReadHyderabad: Moosarambagh bridge closed due to heavy…
- Kerala
Single-sex schools or co-ed? Kerala witnesses debate over child rights panel order
Thiruvananthapuram: Anagha P, a high school student of a famed government girls’ only school here, was all excited to hear that boys are likely to be admitted to her school from the…
- World
‘UN mission trying to negotiate with Taliban for reopening girls’ schools’
Kabul: Fiona Frazer, chief of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has said that they were trying to negotiate with the Taliban government to reopen schools for girl students from classes…
- India
Gujarat school children given jobs under MGNREGS, crack down on officials
Chhotaudepur: In a shocking incident, four school-going children were issued job cards, and bank accounts were opened in their names, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Gujarat’s…
- India
Protest in Karnataka district in support of wearing hijab in schools, colleges
Dakshina Kannada: Hundreds of women took out a massive rally in Mangaluru city of Dakshina Kannada district in support of wearing hijab in educational institutions under the banner of the Campus Front…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Holiday declared in schools amid rain fury
Bengaluru: Heavy rains continued to pound many districts of Karnataka on Friday, forcing the authorities to declare holiday in schools in Belagavi, Chikkamagalur and Hassan districts. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has called…
- Telangana
Telangana: 86 residential schools to be upgraded into junior colleges
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has decided to upgrade State’s 86 residential schools for SC (75), ST (7), and BC (4) into junior colleges. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar held a…
- Telangana
Telangana: Now even govt schools display ‘admissions closed’ board
Hyderabad: It seems that the government of Telangana’s efforts to improve infrastructure in Government schools are bearing fruits as the number of students taking admissions in these schools are growing. “Admissions closed”…
- Andhra Pradesh
Rs 2,000 cut in dole to mothers under ‘Ammavodi’ scheme in AP
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will launch the third round of the flagship ‘Ammavodi’ (mother’s lap) scheme in Srikakulam on Monday but this time the mothers (beneficiaries)…
- Kashmir
Migrant Kashmiri pandit employees continue to protest for relocation
Jammu: Hundreds of migrant Kashmiri pandit employees on Saturday staged another demonstration here urging Lieutenant Governor Manoj Singh-led administration to accept their demand to relocate them outside of Valley. The protesters assembled…