The Delhi government on Thursday ordered the closure of all government and private schools in the national capital for teaching and non- teaching staff till March 31 in view of coronavirus.
A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the AAP government's decision to install CCTV cameras in classrooms, saying it violates privacy of students and teachers.
The court observed that the prosecution failed to prove that the NOS conducted the examination in the school of the accused on any Sunday of 2010 due to which the woman's claim of being raped had not been proved.
According to Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, all government and private schools in Okhla, Jamia Nagar, New Friends Colony, Madanpur Khadar areas of south east Delhi district will remain closed on Monday.
Nursery admission in 1,600-odd private schools in Delhi will begin on Friday, a fortnight before the usual schedule. The Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE) had last week released a detailed schedule according to which the last date for submitting application forms is December 27.
It also said that all private unaided recognized schools admitting children in pre-school, pre-primary and/or Class-I level shall reserve 25 per cent of seats for EWS/DG category students and Child with Disability.
All schools in Delhi will remain closed till November 5, the Delhi government announced on Friday amid rising pollution levels in the region. On Friday morning, thick blanket of haze covered Delhi with pollution levels increasing overnight by around 50 points, taking the overall air quality index to 459.
Justice Rajiv Shakdher issued notices to the Directorate of Education (DoE) of the Delhi government and the school run by it and asked them to file their replies to the petition which claims that admission was "unjustly" denied to his wards.
The United Front of Transport Associations (UFTA) has called for the strike.
The accused, who has been working in the school for nearly 20 years, was arrested the same day. The girl identified the accused and he was sent to judicial custody.
The schools have also been asked to submit a report in this regard regarding the presence of police personnel or police van.“The Task Force on Women Safety in Delhi has been holding meetings to ensure that actionable measures for women safety are taken. In one of the meetings, it had been decided that Delhi Police should intensify random checking around schools, especially at the time of change of shift or closing of the school.
Beginning Tuesday, the Directorate of Education of Delhi is organising a 15-day "Happiness Utsav" across all its schools to celebrate the first year of the "happiness curriculum".
The decision to install them was taken at an emergency meeting on September 11, 2017 by Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia purportedly on the grounds of incidents of child abuse in some schools.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Saturday visited five government schools to take stock of the ongoing construction activities there, officials said.
At least 605 private schools in the national capital may lose their recognition if they do not deposit Rs 5 lakh environmental compensation for failing to install rainwater harvesting system mandated by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), according to Delhi government officials.
The school authorities said they will follow the law and will take "appropriate measures" to defend and safegaurd the interest and reputation of the students and the stakeholders.
The government also said that in Class 8, the pass percentage improved by about five percentage points this year.
Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta said the death of the boy in the school toilet is not only sad but also shocking.
The report pointed out that one of the reasons behind the lack of policy implementation is that income limits are exclusionary in some states with some states having a limit lower than the minimum wage of the state, while some others only consider BPL families under EWS.
The Delhi government has directed all schools in the national capital to maintain a minimum of 220 working days in an academic year for upper primary classes.
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