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  • muslim personal law board to campaign against making yoga

    Muslim Personal Law Board to campaign against making Yoga, Surya Namaskar compulsory in schools

    India | June 07, 2015 23:07 IST

    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

  • maharashtra permits five days working week for schools

    Maharashtra permits five-days working week for schools

    India | April 29, 2015 22:13 IST

    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

  • 53 villages adopted for children enrollment in jharkhand

    53 villages adopted for children enrollment in Jharkhand

    India | April 24, 2015 23:01 IST

    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

  • teaching of bhagavad gita to be introduced in schools

    Teaching of Bhagavad Gita to be introduced in schools: Khattar

    India | March 15, 2015 18:20 IST

    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

  • winter vacations of schools in kashmir extended by a week

    Winter vacations of schools in Kashmir extended by a week

    India | February 21, 2015 17:51 IST

    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

  • gurgaon schools to teach students about swine flu

    Gurgaon schools to teach students about swine flu prevention lessons

    India | February 03, 2015 14:12 IST

    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

  • police to inspect security measures in mumbai schools

    Police to inspect security measures in Mumbai schools

    India | January 14, 2015 9:24 IST

    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

  • ndmc schools to close till jan 15 from tomorrow due to cold

    NDMC schools to close till Jan 15 from tomorrow due to cold

    India | December 24, 2014 8:24 IST

    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

  • schools to remain closed on december 25 cbse

    Schools to remain closed on December 25: CBSE

    India | December 23, 2014 13:31 IST

    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

  • turkey lifts ban on hijab in schools

    Turkey lifts ban on hijab in schools

    World | September 24, 2014 11:19 IST

    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

  • cbse asks schools to make students watch historic mars

    CBSE asks schools to make students watch historic Mars Mission

    India | September 24, 2014 7:36 IST

    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

  • uneasy calm in meerut schools remain shut

    Uneasy calm in Meerut, schools remain shut

    India | May 12, 2014 8:04 IST

    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

  • flood vacation for schools in bihar s flood prone districts

    'Flood vacation' for schools in Bihar's flood-prone districts

    India | May 03, 2014 14:58 IST

    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

  • microsoft expands ad free bing search for schools

    Microsoft expands ad-free Bing search for schools

    April 24, 2014 18:41 IST

    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

  • top official rues poor quality of education in maharashtra

    Top official rues poor quality of education in Maharashtra schools

    India | March 22, 2014 13:19 IST

    Mumbai: Expressing concern over the poor quality of education imparted in schools across Maharashtra, Chief Secretary J S Saharia advocated a close partnership between the government and private sector to arrest its declining standard.'You will

  • china enforces rules to ban teenage romance in schools

    China enforces rules to ban teenage romance in schools

    World | October 11, 2013 15:36 IST

    New Delhi: Maintain half a metre distance, don't walk together in school premises -- are some of the strange instructions issued by several schools in China to discourage teenagers from falling in love or  getting

  • muzaffarnagar riots children elude schools

    Muzaffarnagar riots: Children elude schools

    India | October 08, 2013 16:01 IST

    Muzaffarnagar: The last month's communal violence in the district has taken a toll on the education of children here, as most of those affected are not attending their schools regularly, an official said today.  “The

  • 1 000 schools in bengal shut in protest

    1,000 schools in Bengal shut in protest

    India | September 19, 2013 15:21 IST

    Kolkata: Around 1,000 Christian-run schools remained closed across West Bengal Thursday in protest against police inaction and vandalism of a school following a minor girl student's death Sep 11 allegedly due to ragging.Observing a 'Black

  • pak orders complete shutdown of offices schools near loc

    Pak orders complete shutdown of offices, schools near LoC because of tension

    World | August 26, 2013 22:04 IST

    Islamabad: Pakistan has ordered a complete shutdown of its government offices and educational institutions near the LoC for about a week amid continued tension in the area, a civilian official said today.The decision has been

  • schools in darjeeling may reopen from sept 1

    Schools in Darjeeling may reopen from Sept 1

    India | August 22, 2013 13:52 IST

    Darjeeling: All schools and colleges in the Darjeeling hills would be exempted from the purview of the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state and reopen from September one, a top Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader today

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