Orissa coaches tribal students to compete in competititve tests

BHUBANESWAR – Orissa, which has the second highest tribal population in the country, will start high-tech coaching progammes from next month exclusively for its tribal students to help them compete in tough competitive examinations.

The state government plans to enroll about 1,000-1,500 students of Class 10 and 11 from 19 state-run tribal schools located in the … Read more »».

Tips for parents of college freshmen

Tips for parents of college freshmen
Here are a few tips for parents who have children heading off to college:

-Talk about the transition – and the contradictory feelings your whole family may be feeling (excitement, sadness, anxiety).
-Be honest about how you’re feeling, but also be encouraging. Express excitement about your child’s future.
-Give advice, but only when …. Original article  : Tips for parents of college freshmen.

Goodbye mother, goodbye father: Nowadays, the college send-off may be hardest for the parents

Who’s often dreading college sendoff more? Parents

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The hour when Ariana Kramer will begin her college career is fast approaching – and her parents are in an office supply store, disagreeing about hanging files, of all things.
“She’ll need them,” her mother says.
“I don’t think so,” her dad counters.
Ariana, meanwhile, walks dreamily through …. Source article  : Goodbye mother, goodbye father: Nowadays, the college send-off may be hardest for the parents.

Orissa students to get helpline for grievances

BHUBANESWAR – The Orissa government Saturday decided to set up a students helpline soon to redress grievances of school children, a senior official of the school and mass education department said.

The helpline would be set up on an experimental basis this year to help children from class one to class tenth to lodge their grievances … Original source on Gaea Times at : Orissa students to get helpline for grievances.

Fired, rehired teachers return to classes at troubled RI high school with cautious optimism

Fired, rehired teachers back at troubled RI school
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. – Teachers who were fired and ultimately rehired in a dispute that focused national debate over education reform have returned to their Rhode Island classrooms amid hopes that changes they agreed to will help improve student performance at their persistently troubled … Original source on Gaea Times at : Fired, rehired teachers return to classes at troubled RI high school with cautious optimism.

Modi honours school teachers

GANDHINAGAR – Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal and Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday honoured 33 school teachers at a function at Town Hall here on the eve of Teachers’ Day.

The award distribution ceremony, followed by the chief minister’s 90-minute question-answer session with students, was telecast via satellite to 1.5 crore school students across the state.
Speaking … Read more >>.

Telangana ministers demand postponement of state exam

HYDERABAD – A group of ministers from Telangana region Saturday urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah to postpone the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) selection test as a showdown looks inevitable with students from the region intensifying their protest and calling for a shutdown Sunday.

Ministers D. Sridhar Babu, K. Venkat Reddy, D.K. Aruna … Original article on : Telangana ministers demand postponement of state exam.

ABVP repeats 2002 performance, tops Delhi University polls

NEW DELHI – Making a spectacular comeback, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh associate, virtually swept Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) polls Saturday, bagging three of the four seats at stake.

The defeat of Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India (NSUI), which dominated the DUSU polls 2003 to 2007, ironically came on … Read : ABVP repeats 2002 performance, tops Delhi University polls.

ABVP tops in Delhi University polls

NEW DELHI – The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), virtually swept the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls Saturday winning three of the four seats.

Jitender Chaudhary, Priya Dabas and Neetu Dabas bagged the posts of president, vice-president and secretary of DUSU respectively. The post of joint …. Read the original article  : ABVP tops in Delhi University polls.