Washington: A US school district has unanimously voted to add Diwali, Eid al-Adha and Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve in the school holiday calendar, for the first time in the school system's history. Indian-American community hailed the
Los Angeles: All public schools in the vast Los Angeles area have been ordered closed due to a threat, a spokeswoman Ellen Morgan said Tuesday.During a press conference Tuesday, officials said they received the electronic
New Delhi: In a move that can possibly give more teeth to the Directorate of Education, the Delhi government has proposed amendments in the Education act under which erring schools who take capitation fees may
Thiruvananthapuram : Two students in a Kerala school called off their hunger strike on Wednesday as the state government finally agreed to their demand to appoint new permanent teachers.Addressing reporters in the state capital after
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Saturday advocated the need to promote Sanskrit by teaching it till class 12 in all schools."Sanskrit is the epitome of our culture and the rich literature of the country
Mumbai:The Maharashtra government's alleged move not to treat madrassas as schools in case they failed to teach primary subjects came in for criticism on Thursday from state party leaders of both the Congress and the
Lucknow: Even as the Narendra Modi government plans to make the International Yoga Day on June 21 a grand success, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday decided to launch a nationwide campaign against
Mumbai: In a significant decision, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday permitted all schools in the state to opt for a five-day working week from the ensuing academic year 2015-2016, an official said here.Shikshak Bharati president
Ramgarh (Jharkhand): Taking a leaf out of the Jharkhand Government's recently launched initiative "School chalo, chalayein", Ramgarh district administration, corporate houses and army have come forward and adopted 53 government primary schools to ensure children's
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that government will introduce teaching of Bhagavad Gita in schools across the state from coming academic session.“Students in schools will be taught shlokas of Bhagavad
Srinagar: In view of the inclement weather predictions in the region, the on-going winter vacations in schools falling under Kashmir division and the winter zone of Jammu have been extended by a week, government authorities
New Delhi: The education department of Haryana has made mandatory for schools to brief students about the symptoms of H1N1 virus which causes Swine flu.The health instructors and science teachers will brief students during morning
Mumbai: In the wake of the massacre in a Peshawar school last month, Mumbai police have decided to conduct security audits of the schools in the city.Senior police officials will visit the institutions in the
New Delhi: Schools under the North Delhi Municipal Corporation will be closed from tomorrow onwards till January 15 next year, in view of the extreme cold in the city, a senior official of the NDMC
New Delhi: Close on the heels of the controversy surrounding the observance of good governance day on X'Mas day, the CBSE yesterday made it clear that participation in the event was "voluntary" as schools will
Ankara: Female students in Turkey are free to wear the Islamic veil, or the hijab, to class, the country's Education Minister Nabi Avci has announced.Avci's announcement Tuesday came after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided Monday
New Delhi: As the country anxiously awaits for the success of Indian Mars Orbiter Mission, CBSE has advised school principals to make necessary arrangements for the students to witness the mission live in their schools."The
Meerut: Authorities ordered the closure of all schools in Meerut today even as cases against 200 persons were registered yesterday in connection with a communal clash that left seven injured.Security was beefed up in the
Patna: Students of hundreds of government schools in Bihar's 20 flood-prone districts will get a "flood vacation" during the rainy season and not a summer vacation this year, an official said Saturday."There will be no
San Francisco: Microsoft is expanding a program that gives schools the ability to prevent ads from appearing in search results when they use its Bing search engine. The program, launched in a pilot program earlier
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