Monday, November 01, 2010

Education News – Newsletter for November 1, 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010


To put it bluntly, education sector dismal: Pakistani daily

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s education sector requires serious attention, a leading Pakistan daily said while labelling the situation “quite dismal”.

The Dawn said in an editorial that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani`s admission that the nationalisation of schools and colleges in the early 1970s by the Pakistan Peoples Party founder, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was a …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Now, schools in Tripura to charge only exam fee

AGARTALA – The Tripura government has asked all school authorities in the northeastern state not to charge students any payment except the examination fee, officials said here Sunday.

“No government, semi-government and government aided schools up to 12th standard are to be allowed to take any kind of fee except the examination charge from … Original article on : Now, schools in Tripura to charge only exam fee.

Meghalaya varsity students press for V-C’s ouster

SHILLONG – Students of Meghalaya’s North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) will resume their indefinite agitation from Monday to pressurise the central government to remove of A.N. Rai as vice-chancellor and appoint a local academician instead, a student leader said Sunday.

“As a mark of protest against the adamant attitude of the central government to … Read more »».

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