India’s march for Millennium Development Goals uneven: Report

NEW DELHI – India cannot adopt a “one size fits all” approach to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and the progress made after two-thirds of the time-lapse has been mixed, says the latest report of a UN agency.

Following are the key findings on India in an assessment report prepared by the …. Read the original article  : here.

Western Pa. high school students shown ‘pornographic pictures’ during blood bank presentation

Pa. students shown X-rated photos in assembly

PITTSBURGH – Officials in a western Pennsylvania school district are apologizing after they say students at a local high school were accidentally shown pornographic pictures during a school assembly.
More than 400 seniors at Norwin High School, about 25 miles east of Pittsburgh, were watching a presentation Friday on the [..] Read the original article: here.

School project work should be fun: CBSE chairman

KOLKATA – Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Chairman Vineet Joshi Saturday said project work given to the schoolchildren should be a fun activity done collectively in class and should not be carried home to add to their parents’ load.

“The projects given to the students are supposed to be done in groups and in the …. Source  : School project work should be fun: CBSE chairman.

Watch out Emeril! Teens raise money for New Orleans cooking school, hope for culinary stardom

Future chefs help raise money for cooking school

NEW ORLEANS – Chayil Johnson was thinking of applying to the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts for the music program. After all, the 13-year old plays the saxophone and piano, and NOCCA has turned out such noted musicians as Harry Connick Jr., Trombone Shorty and the Marsalis …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Watch out Emeril! Teens raise money for New Orleans cooking school, hope for culinary stardom.

Stress on schools, not higher education: Digvijay to Sibal

JABALPUR – A day after Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal announced far-reaching proposed reforms in IIT entrance exams, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh Saturday targetted the minister, saying the ministry should shift its focus from higher education to developing the school system.

Digvijay Singh, who recently attacked Home Minister P. Chidambaram for his anti-Maoist …. Source  : Gaea News Network.