Post CWG should see demand in sports management courses

SHILLONG – With India playing host to global sporting events like the 2010 Commonwealth Games that are expected to boost the market for sport management professionals in the country, the mood regarding placements is upbeat on the campus of the Indian Institute of Management-Shillong.

IIM-S is one of the early birds to have a course …. Original article  : Post CWG should see demand in sports management courses.

Chinese school donates fund for Pakistan flood victims

ISLAMABAD – An elementary school in China organised a fund-raiser for collecting donations for the flood-hit people of Pakistan.

The principal of the school in Gongyi city in Henan province sent a cheque of 1,506 yuan ($220) to the Pakistani ambassador to China, Masood Khan, the Online news agency reported.
In a letter, the school …. Source  : Chinese school donates fund for Pakistan flood victims.

Kapil Sibal, make higher education stress-free too! (Comment)

When it comes to taking any decisions on the hallowed portals of engineering and management education, even a visionary and an overzealous human resource development minister like Kapil Sibal has to contend with the slow and time-consuming process of decision-making.

The need for de-stressing the transition from secondary schools to graduate programmes in engineering is …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Kapil Sibal, make higher education stress-free too! (Comment).

1970s college-student upheaval rocks academia for laughs, in A.R. Gurney’s ‘Office hours’

Students kickin’ the old school in ‘Office Hours’

NEW YORK – “Throw the bums out!” – an expression usually associated with baseball or politics – is the threatened fate of those “dead white males” once regarded as sacred giants of Western literature in A.R. Gurney’s new comedy, “Office Hours.”
It may also be the fate of those …. Source article  : 1970s college-student upheaval rocks academia for laughs, in A.R. Gurney’s ‘Office hours’.

Justice Department, Boston school settle investigation over lack of English instruction

Feds, Boston schools settle English learner probe

BOSTON – Federal officials and the Boston Public Schools have reached an agreement over allegations that the school district violated federal law by not providing English instruction to students with a limited grasp of the language, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.
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Putnam rolls out new 529 plan, includes first absolute return plan for college savers

Putnam rolls out new 529 college savings plan

Putnam Investments said Friday it is offering a new 529 college savings plan that includes the choice of an absolute return mutual fund. It’s the first college savings plan to include these investment funds designed to generate returns above the level of inflation over a 3-year period.
529 plans …. Source  : Putnam rolls out new 529 plan, includes first absolute return plan for college savers.

Students smoke as Delhi completes two-year ban

NEW DELHI – A 16-year-old boy standing outside his school in Delhi puffs on a cigarette and tries to make smoke rings with a group of his friends Friday, a day before a ban on smoking in public places in the capital completes two years. And with some attitude, he says: “I don’t smoke much, …. Source article  : Students smoke as Delhi completes two-year ban.

‘MCD schools sidelined in CWG celebrations’

NEW DELHI – Students of schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have been ignored and left out of the Commonwealth Games celebrations, MCD education committee chairman Mahendra Nagpal said Friday.

“Not even a single MCD school student was invited to participate in any Games activity by the organising committee and the Delhi …. Source  : ‘MCD schools sidelined in CWG celebrations’.

Delhi students see red as house rent shoots, courtesy CWG

NEW DELHI – Make hay when the sun shines. The Commonwealth Games may not be getting that many visitors but that has not stopped rapacious landlords from significantly increasing rents and adding to woes of hundreds of students, particularly in north Delhi near the Delhi University campus.

According to Ramesh Sharma of R.K. Properties in …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Chaulia named vice dean at O.P. Jindal University

CHANDIGARH – Oxford Universiry alumni Sreeram Sundar Chaulia has been named the first vice dean of the Jindal School of International Affairs at the O.P Jindal Global University in Haryana.

According to a statement issued by the university, the new school has been launched through a partnership with the Institute for Sustainability and Peace established … Original source on Gaea Times at : Chaulia named vice dean at O.P. Jindal University.

Beyond condoms: A decade of abstinence-only ends as feds fund comprehensive sex-ed programs

New sex ed funding ends decade of abstinence-only

MIAMI – For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government is funding sex education programs that aren’t based solely on abstinence. But they’re not just about handing out condoms, either.
Beginning this school year, a five-year, $375 million grant is being divided among 28 programs …. Original source  : Beyond condoms: A decade of abstinence-only ends as feds fund comprehensive sex-ed programs.

Israel: School principal summoned to hearing over textbook presenting Palestinian narrative

Israel: Principal faces hearing over textbook

JERUSALEM – An Israeli high school principal has been summoned for a hearing by the country’s Education Ministry for using a textbook that presents the Palestinian narrative about events surrounding Israel’s creation in 1948, officials said Friday.
The controversy at the school in southern Israel reflects how charged the events surrounding …. Read the original article  : Israel: School principal summoned to hearing over textbook presenting Palestinian narrative.