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| School curriculum will go green soon The Karnataka State government will introduce environment education as part of curriculum in government and aided schools. As an initial step, a pilot project that started in 100 schools has just been completed. Monitoring and assessment of the programme will be conducted in February 2005 before being introduced from the next academic year. DSERT deputy director Gurumurthy told this website’s newspaper that the Supreme Court has stated that environment should be part and parcel of school curriculum. |
| The New Indian Express, Bangalore, 1supp, Nov. 11, 2004 |
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| `New plan to achieve education for
all` Even as the UNESCO has placed India among several countries lagging behind in achieving the Education-For-All (EFA) goal by 2015, HRD Minister Arjun Singh has said that a broad strategy was now in place to attain the EFA goal much faster. "A national consensus is now visible on the overriding priority of EFA goals as well as the broad strategy for achieving them in a time bound manner," Mr Singh said in a foreword to the report on Education For All - India Marches Ahead - which was released at the 4th meeting of the high level group on EFA at Brasilia in Brazil. |
| The Pioneer, New Delhi, Nov. 10, 2004, Page No. 5 |
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| Poor standards Unesco’s Global Education Report for 2005, which ranks India a lowly 106th among 127 nations in the Education For All Development Index shouldn’t come as a surprise at all. Neither should the fact that India is home to the largest population of illiterates in the world. With an estimated 34% of the country’s population illiterate, this means that every third Indian is illiterate. Moreover, what should cause greater concern is the fact that despite India’s poor record in spreading literacy among the masses, precious little is being done to remedy the situation. Sadly for India, the country’s policymakers have failed to ensure that the policies formulated for spreading literacy are actually implemented. Our politicians are too preoccupied with squabbling about the rewriting of history text-books instead of attending to more basic and pressing issues like literacy. The bureaucracy too hasn’t been able to move beyond the rule book in this regard. (Editorial). |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, Nov. 10, 2004, Page No. 6 |
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| ABVP asks Centre to stop
privatisation of education The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad (ABVP) will launch a nation-wide agitation starting December against the commercialisation, communalisation and communisation of education by the UPA Government at the Centre. The three-day national convention of the ABVP which concluded here on Monday strongly condemned the UPA Government and its Left allies for imposing its ideology on the entire education system of the country. |
| The Pioneer, New Delhi, Nov. 03, 2004, Page No. 8 |
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| NCERT gears up to open workshops to
schoolkids For the first time, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has decided to throw its gates open to students for practical lessons from its varous workshops. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, 3sp, Oct. 30, 2004 |
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| Three-day education fair begins A three-day international education fair called `Education Worldwide India` began today in which leading national and international educational insitutions will update students with numerous education and career options available in India and abroad. |
| Business Line, New Delhi, Oct. 30, 2004, Page No. 19 |
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| IIT Delhi shares knowledge to fight
faultlines At IIT, Bhuj’s tremors haven’t died down yet. Since 2001, the institute has turned its focus on increasing awareness on earthquakes — ranging from refresher courses and workshops for field engineers to setting up libraries on earthquake engineering in 100 colleges across the country. Post-graduate students of structural engineering have to study a paper on the subject while a few courses have been introduced at the undergraduate level. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, 3sup, Oct. 23, 2004 |
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| President calls for new educational
model President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam today spelt out a five-point agenda for developing a good educational model, which was the need of the hour to ensure that students contribute towards the economic growth of a nation. Addressing the first convocation of Guru Gobind Indraprastha University here, he said education and health care, agriculture and food processing, information and communication technology, infrastructure development and self-reliance in critical technology are needed for the growth of the nation. “For participating in the nation building tasks, the capacities required to be built among the students in their formative years by the educational institutions are: the capacity for research or inquiry, the capacity for creativity and innovation, particularly the creative transfer of knowledge, the capacity to use high technology, the capacity for entrepreneurial leadership and the capacity for moral leadership,” the President said. |
| The Tribune, New Delhi, Oct. 20, 2004, Page No. 3 |
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| Trash course The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to begin waste management awareness campaigns in its 1,800 primary schools. The civic body’s Education Department will be developing and introducing a module on garbage segregation its school curriculum. ‘‘The Delhi Government has had success with the ban on plastic bags by initiating schoolchildren in the movement. This is one of our main reasons for introducing the module in MCD schools, which we believe will give an impetus to the garbage segregation movement in Delhi.’’ said an official. The official said the department already has tie-ups with several public schools, including Sriram School. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, 1supp, Oct. 18, 2004 |
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| Primary target: In six months, all
in school In the next six months all children below the age of 14 in the Capital will be in school. So says the Education Department, with the Delhi Government’s ambitious project launched over a year ago to bring out-of-school children into primary schools showing signs of success. A survey last year had shown that approximately 1.4 lakh children in the primary age group (Class I-VIII) were out of school. In a recent assessment made by the Directorate of Education, 1.1 lakh children have been taken into schools. ‘‘Over 1.1 lakh children have already been absorbed into our learning centres and the last mile is always the hardest, so we should take another six months to bring the remaining to school,’’ said Delhi Education Director Rajendra Kumar. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, 1supp, Oct. 18, 2004 |
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| Disaster management in CBSE schools Introduction of disaster management as part of CBSE class VIII and IX curriculum, practicals under project activity, de-stress management classes at primary and upper primary level. These are some of the initiatives announced by CBSE chairman Ashok Ganguly for CBSE schools in Bangalore. Ganguly said comprehensive evaluation will be held upto class VII. “Comprehensive evaluation will not be done on academic excellence alone, but on physical and human excellence too.” Students of class IX and X will be evaluated on a nine-point scale. He added that skill based education on entrepreneurship, fashion, multimedia and biotechnology is already running at plus-two level in schools. In addition, the board will introduce tourism and hotel management. |
| The New Indian Express, Bangalore, 4supp, Oct. 12, 2004 |
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| Policy on community education
stressed Tamil Nadu Minister J Jayalalithaa has asked Madras University Vice-chancellor S P Thyagarajan to prepare a full fledged policy document on introducing a community college system. The United States COnsulate has already expressed its willingness to grant accdemic and financial assistance to any state which was desirous of implementaing the community college system. |
| The New Indian Express, Chennai, Oct. 10, 2004, Page No. 3 |
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| New software for education sector A consortium comprising Microsoft, Intel, Citibank and Pac Soft Solutions offered a software for the education sector with features like connected learning community, educational ERP and E-governnance. Th software - Lyceum - aims at providing low-cost futuristic technologies for the eudation sector through a connected learning solution. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, I, Oct. 08, 2004 |
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| Sibal moots national programme on
mapping Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal underscored the need for taking up mapping as a mainstream teaching activity in schools and said there should be a national programme on mapping. We should start a national mission mode programme on the subject," Mr Sibal said while talking to the media on the conclusion of a pilot project "Mapping The Neighbourhood," that was implemented in Almora in Uttaranchal involving 250 school children from 10 schools. Talking about the Rs one-crore project, he said children used hand-held devices called Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) and other mapping techniques to investigate and map basic socio-economic, environmental and ecological factors in Almora. |
| The Pioneer, New Delhi, Oct. 05, 2004, Page No. 2 |
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| Rs 1,555 crore UK grant for
education Britain announced a support of Rs 1,555 crore for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to be paid over the next four years. "About £190 million will be given as grant for the project over the next four years to support the SSA in meeting the challenge of educating all children," British Minister for International Development Gareth Thomas told reporters in New Delhi. Thomas, who is on a four-day visit to India, said the contribution was made towards funding new text books, teacher training and the Universal Elementary Education. |
| The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Oct. 05, 2004, Page No. 15 |
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| Programme on environment management To provide knowledge and to impart training in environmental management to executives in the corporate sector and officials in the Government, the Chicago-based Illinois Institute of Technology has brought its world famous environmental management programme to the country. The programme in India is being offered through the Foundation for Research and Training on Environmental Management, a non-government organisation aiming to increase environmental protection sustainability while enhancing industrial productivity and competitiveness. The last date for applying to the course is October 11. |
| The Hindu, New Delhi, Sept. 20, 2004, Page No. 3 & www.hinduonnet.com |
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| Agricultural college to be set up in
city The Delhi government is planning to set up an agricultural college in Outer Delhi to cater specifically to students who might want to study the agricultural sciences. The existing Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) at Pusa comes under the Union government. Development minister Rajkumar Chauhan said that the chief minister has already given a nod to the proposal. "We have around 150 acre of land at Kanjhawla. While some of this land may be given to industries, we are planning to establish this college in 50 acres of land," the minister said. |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, Sept. 14, 2004, Page No. 4 |
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| Protecting the ozone layer Manav school, New Rajedra Nagar organised various events on September 9 and 10 to coincide with the International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed on September 16. The school co-ordinated the show for the Central Zone in reference to a letter sent from the National History, Ministry of Environment and Forests. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, 4(s), Sept. 11, 2004 |
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| School on wheels is govt’s new
drive Ensuring that each child in the capital goes to school in the next few years may be a tall order. So, the Delhi government is trying to take the classroom to their doorstep. A vigorous door-to-door campaign, with additional help from NGOs to encourage parents to send their children to school, will be supplemented by a new project proposed by the education department. In a proposal sent to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the department has asked for approval to set up mobile schools. These schools will be run from vans which will be equipped with teaching material and textbooks and teachers will go from area to area with their lessons. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, 1supp, Sept. 10, 2004 |
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| `Each one, teach one` to educate 14
million: Kalam The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, used the International Literacy Day platform today to renew the `each one, teach one` slogan while making a case for a target-driven approach to addressing the problem of illiteracy.Addressing a function organised by the Department of Elementary Education and Literacy to mark International Literacy Day, he suggested that the Human Resource Development Ministry set itself an annual target of educating 14 million people in the 15-35 age group. |
| The Hindu, New Delhi, Sept. 09, 2004, Page No. 12 & www.hinduonnet.com |
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| Students` symposium on water
conservation Bal Bharti Public School organised an inter-house symposium competition on water conservation. Students of the senior secondary department of the school participated in this competition and made presentations on the topic, "India is fast heading towards a water famine, conservation is the need of the hour." DJB consultant (public relations) Sanjam Chima and superintending engineer B K Gupta were the judges for the competition. "DJB encourages such activities as the messages concerning water conservation are implemented effectively through such conventions where students are involved," Chima said. |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, Sept. 08, 2004, Page No. 4 |
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| Green syllabus soon With environment education becoming a compulsory subject from the 2005 academic session, due to a Supreme Court directive, the secondary board and the madrasah board are setting up a committee to frame the curriculum and syllabi for introducing the subject to students. |
| The Statesman, Kolkata, 2spl., Sept. 02, 2004 |
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| Govt ignored primary education: MPs
panel Just a 3.5 per cent decline in the school dropout rate in a decade, a mere 33 per cent recruitment of teachers, 370 Kendriya Vidyalayas functioning without permanent buildings - government`s efforts on primary education are nothing more than a lick and a promise. Parliament`s standing committee report on human resource development says "primary education has not really been the priority area of the government". |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, August 30, 2004, Page No. 13 |
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| GU to introduce environmental
studies in colleges In accordance with the directive of the Supreme Court of India to introduce ‘Environmental Studies’ as a compulsory subject and following the guidelines of the University Grants Commission, Guwahati University has decided to introduce the subject in al its affiliated colleges from the current academic session. |
| The Sentinel, Guwahati, August 29, 2004, Page No. 14 |
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| Minority education is Arjun`s focus
now In a bid to undo what Arjun Singh calls the "hijacking` of the education system by the previous government and to sbow this goverment`s commitment to minorities, the human resources development ministere said that he would go so far as to push for an amendment to the Constitution. |
| The Economic Times, Nepal, August 28, 2004, Page No. 2 |
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| Organic farming bloom: now a course The Morarka Rural Research Foundation is offering the country`s first course in organic farming - a one year post-graduate diploma in Organic Agriculture Management. This is in collaboration with College of Technology & Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur.The course imparts the latest skills in organic farming to youth educated in agriculture, enabling them to become managers in organisations dealing with organic agriculture. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, August 27, 2004, Page No. 13 |
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| Bhopal varsity pearl culture The city-based Barkatullah University will now involve itself with pearl culture with the recent setting up of a separate unit for the purpose. "Production is being started on experimental basis," the institution`s Aquaculture Department Advisor, Mr T.A. Qureshi, said. He added that the employment-oriented two-year Masters coruse in Fisheries Scince (M.FSc) costing Rs 50,000, was being conducted since 1997 and students hailed from all over the country. This year, an M.Phil programme was also initiated. |
| Business Line, New Delhi, August 27, 2004, Page No. 19 |
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| Rs 229.18 cr for Sarva Shiksha The Haryana Government has approved to spend Rs 229.18 crore for the implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in the state during the current financial year. The scheme aims at providing quality elementary education to all the children in the age group of six to 14 years. |
| The Indian Express, Chandigarh, August 25, 2004, Page No. 6 |
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| SC panel for closure of Hind Insecticides unit A Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste set up by the Supreme Court has recommended that the public sector Hindustan Insecticides Ltd (HIL) at Eloor near Kochi should be closed down in view of the environmental pollution it creates. The committee said in its report submitted to the State Government that the public sector HIL should `go in for closure` and the area where the company is operating be allowed to `recover from the various toxic materials and chemicals` HIL uses and discharges. HIL, which makes pesticides such as DDT and Endosulfan, should be allowed to reopen only if it can shift to "clean technology and a new product mix", the committee said in its report. |
| Business Line, New Delhi, August 25, 2004, Page No. 3 |
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| Fishing warnings up due to mercury
pollution - EPA Americans were cautioned about eating fish from more than one-third of U.S. lakes and nearly one-fourth of its rivers last year due to pollution from mercury and other chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. Nationwide, about 102,000 lakes and about 846,000 river miles were under fishing advisories in 2003, the EPA said in its annual report. Fishing advisories are issued by states if high concentrations of mercury, dioxin, DDT or three dozen other chemicals harmful to humans are found in local fish. The advisories range from an outright ban on all fishing to restrictions on certain species or sizes of fish. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, August 25, 2004 |
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| Environmental education stressed The Kushawati Nature Club of Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Quepem in Goa conducted an orientation programme recently. Mr S N Patil, senior faculty member was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Patil, emphasised on the need of environmental education. |
| Herald, Panjim, August 24, 2004, Page No. 4 |
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Environmental clubs
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| Dawn (Internet), Pakistan, August 22, 2004 |
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| High school texts should have
lessons on AIDS: Sudarshan High school textbooks should contain lessons on Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) awareness and inclusion of such topics should not just be a matter of State policy but, should be a national policy, Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council V R Sudarshan said. Speaking after inaugurating an ‘AIDS/HIV post-card campaign’ organised by the People for Health and Environment, a non-Government organisation in Bangalore, he said AIDS, which has become a challenge to mankind, can be eradicated only through awareness. |
| Deccan Herald, Bangalore, August 17, 2004, Page No. 5 |
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| Environment-health linkage module
for City students About 20 per cent of Bangalore’s population is below 15 years. So, how can anyone possibly leave these future citizens aside in the quest for a better future? Realising this, the Himalaya Drug Company along with Tata Energy Research Institute (Teri), an NGO, launched a year-long awareness programme on environment-health linkages for school and college students. Divided into three modules, the programme will involve research, finding practical solutions for pollution and implementing them. Students will be involved in activities such as photography, street theatre, debates, essay writing, quiz, music, cartooning, slogans, cross words, banner painting, news letter preparation and field visits. |
| Deccan Herald, Bangalore, August 17, 2004, Page No. 3 |
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| Kalam focusses on virtual univ
system At the Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Lecture 2004, organized by the Vikram Sarabhai Foundation and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) at Vigyan Bhavan, President APJ Abdul Kalam spoke about a new Education Satelite (EDUSAT) program and the experimental Virtual University System. The EDUSAT program is set to be launched as the third stage of a GSLV rocket at the end of this year. It aims to provide nationwide coverage for the purpose of supporting education through high speed transfer and sharing of information. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, 3supp, August 13, 2004 |
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| The cess in cesspool The authors of CMP have a naive confidence that simply spending large amounts on education is the best way to create quality schools for all. However, the empirical evidence contradicts this view. India is not lagging behind in spending on education. To provide access to quality basic education in India, the CMP has promised to raise education expenditure to 6 per cent of the GDP. Half of this money is proposed to be spent on primary and secondary sectors. The CMP is silent on how the other half will be spent and how it will provide access to basic education. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, August 13, 2004, Page No. 9 |
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| 7 panels to study education issues A common school system and detoxification of textbooks remained major points of debate and discussion at the concluding session of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) meeting. Assuring the participants that both issues would be taken care of, Union HRD minister Arjun Singh announced the constitution of seven committees to look into various issues. Arjun said that the panels would have to submit a preliminary report within six months so that a roadmap could be formulated to implement proposals taken up during the meeting. |
| The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, August 12, 2004, Page No. 17 |
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| Diabetes education project launched The Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, has launched a project for diabetes education among school children in the Capital. The project, developed by the voluntary organisation Delhi Diabetes Research Centre (DDRC), was started from the Guru Nanak Public School and Government Senior Secondary School at Punjabi Bagh in West Delhi and will be taken to schools across the Capital. Expressing concern over the rising incidence of diabetes among school children and adolescents, Ms. Dikshit stressed on the need to sensitise children, parents and teachers about the growing menace of diabetes in all age groups, particularly children. |
| The Hindu, New Delhi, August 07, 2004, Page No. 4 & www.hinduonnet.com |
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| 1,031 elementary schools to be
upgraded Upgrading of 1,031 elementary schools middle schools and 10,000 anganwadis nursery schools, setting up of 363 education guarantee scheme centres in un-served habitations and conducting of 6,534 bridge courses and 170 residential camps for 2.79 lakh `out-of-school` children are among the important activities proposed to be implemented by the School Education department during 2004-2005 at an outlay of Rs.433.01 crores. |
| The Hindu, Chennai, August 02, 2004, Page No. 4 & www.hinduonnet.com |
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| Course in Eco-tourism The Adverturers, A Wilderness School is a non-profit organisation established with the support of the Karnataka Government. The School has a strong history imparting outdoor education to children, woemn, students, youth, teachers, professionals, managers and government officials including the police and the defence officials. Course intention: The School is now introducing a one year Diploma and six months Certificate course in Eco tourism. This course is starting on August 15. |
| Deccan Herald, Bangalore, III, July 29, 2004 |
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| No routing of education donations
now In yet another rollback of previous NDA government`s policy, the Centre on Tuesday decided to withdraw the stipulation to route all donations towards education purposes through Bharat Shiksha Kosh and allowed persons to donate liberally to their alma mater. In order to raise resources for facilitating educational development in the country, the human resource development ministry under Murli Manohar Joshi had on February 21 last year mandated that all institutions under the ministry which received donations and grants from any external sources for educational and research activities shoudl route them through the Kosh. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, July 28, 2004, Page No. 9 |
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| Delhi to host career fair Leading national and international educational institutions are expected to participate in a career fair ‘Education Worldwide India’ in the Capital in the last week of July. The fair is being organised to provide the latest information on career options. The State Bank of India (SBI) and the Indian Bank will organise special counselling sessions to facilitate easy understanding and awareness on various educational loans that students can avail themselves in different streams. |
| The Tribune, New Delhi, July 22, 2004, Page No. 4 |
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| A 100-crore computer project for
schools In a major initiative aimed at bridging the digital gap between public schools and government schools, the Delhi Government is planning Rs. 100-crore computerisation project for government and government-aided schools in the Capital. With this, Delhi will become the first State to have fully computerised schools up to Plus-two level. |
| The Hindu, New Delhi, July 22, 2004, Page No. 4 & www.hinduonnet.com |
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| Ensure education to all: Mulayam Launching the "School Chalo Abhiyan" under the "Education for all programme", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav appealed to public representatives and other sections of the society to ensure at least primary level education to all children. He called for ensuring maximum enrolment of children in the programme. He also appealed people to cooperate in literacy promotion and eradication of illiteracy from the state. |
| The Pioneer, Lucknow, I, July 21, 2004 |
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| AIDS education programme to be
launched in schools The Punjab State AIDS Control Society yesterday organised a workshop here on sensitisation of Principals and Headmasters, about AIDS education programme in schools. Principals and Headmasters of Government Senior Secondary Schools of Garhshanker and Hoshiarpur blocks participated. Mr Romesh Chander Dogra, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Punjab, said that if the younger generation was more vulnerable to HIV, they also held the key to its prevention and control. The Punjab State AIDS Control Society was going to implement the AIDS education programme in the state to equip every young youth who passed out of the school with basic knowledge about HIV infection. |
| The Tribune, New Delhi, July 21, 2004, Page No. 5 |
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| More to taste `Bisi oota` The education sector got a shot in its arm, with the State(Karnataka) budget substantially increasing allocation by 61 per cent over last year. Most of the funds are geared towards primary education, while remaining silent on subsidies for higher education. |
| Deccan Herald, Bangalore, July 20, 2004, Page No. 4 |
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| Bio-informatics course Marshals` Technooogy Ltd has launched a `Post-Graduate Diploma in Bio-Informatics` in association with the Central Leather Research Institute. The programme is targeted at students with a bioscience background wishing to acquire bio-computing skills, and those with a background in computing wanting to gain molecular biology expertise, says a company release. |
| Business Line, New Delhi, July 20, 2004, Page No. 19 |
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| New education ministry mooted As part of its efforts to ensure quick implementation of the Common Minimum Programme the Planning Commission is looking at the feasibility of creating a separate ministry for vocational education directly under the prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh. Education and employment are the pillars of the CMP and there is arealisation that India is falling short in the area of vocaional education. |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, July 19, 2004, Page No. 9 |
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| College initiative to manage lab
waste The Capital`s problem with chemical waste is clearly not limited to just its dumping grounds or the lack of them. Long ignored, science labs across the Capital`s colleges have generated much waste over the years and, worse still, worked without a proper disposal system. But finally taking note of the issue is Delhi University`s Gargi College, which has tied up with Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environmental Education to implement Science Lab Waste Management in its college. The project, first of its kind, is aimed at minimising the amount of waste generated in the lab and finding a possible utilisation for the waste generated. |
| The Hindu, New Delhi, July 18, 2004, Page No. 4 & www.hinduonnet.com |
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| Education board dedicates magazine
to promote science Concerned about depleting interest in science among students, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has dedicated its magazine of the current month to promote the same in schools. It expalins how teachers can advise students on different options availabe after completing HSC(science). |
| The Times of India, Ahmedabad, July 17, 2004, Page No. 4 |
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| Schools to beam green with energy National Green Corps is starting a unique campaign, beginning Saturday, to improve the environment of the schools with a focus on energy usage. The campaign will be taken up for a mammoth 12,500 high schools in Andhra Pradesh. In the twin cities, it will focus on 200 high-environment impact and energy using schools.Switching off lights, fans and pumps, which increase power bill, are part of this campaign. |
| Deccan Chronicle, Hyderabad, July 16, 2004, Page No. 3 |
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| Education scheme for illiterate
women launched A new programme `Mother Education Scheme` was launched at Pub Dharmapur to educate the illiterate women under the auspices of Pub-Dharmapur Adarsha Mandal Resource Centre recently. The scheme aims to educate the illiterate mothers and their daughters within 2005. |
| The Sentinel, Guwahati, July 16, 2004, Page No. 4 |
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| Biotechnology and a pioneer The Madurain Kamaraj University, Madurai, can rightly be call the pioneer in biotechnology education in the country. It was the first to introduce a postgraduate course in the subject, in 1985, almost immediately after the National Biotechnology Board introduced biotechnology as a focus area of support. |
| Frontline, Chennai, 123, July 02, 2004 |
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| Kids in harmony with nature To share their love and concern for the environment, children from over 50 leading schools across the country will coverage in Delhi to take part in "Paryavaran-In Harmony with Nature", a two day national conference on environment for school children. Beginning on April 19, the event will see the participation by leading environment related non government organisations, environmentalists and resource persons who will sensitise hundreds of school children about the major challenges the nation is facing in conserving the environment. Being organised by Salwan Public School, which has been selected Delhi's "Best Eco Club School", the event will be marked by presentations and discussions on two topics water and waste management. An action plan for environment protection will also be prepared. Three major organisations Development Alternatives, the Centre for Science and Environment, and the Centre for Environment Education will make their presentations and tell students how they can play a key role in the ongoing global efforts for environment conservation. |
| The Hindu, New Delhi, April 18, 2003 |
