Education News – Newsletter for November 21, 2010

Helping slum children dream big – and go to college

NEW DELHI – Only 30 percent of Delhi’s slum children make it to school beyond the age of 14. But defying the statistics and the odds, a clutch of bright-eyed youngsters is now studying humanities and even engineering in well known colleges – with a little help from an NGO.

Eighteen-year-old Babita looks frail, but … Read : Helping slum children dream big – and go to college.

Super 30 founder to meet ‘Titanic’ director James Cameron

PATNA – Anand Kumar, who founded Bihar’s free coaching centre Super 30 and helped many students enter the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), will share his experience with Hollywood producer and director James Cameron next month.

“I will share the platform with James Cameron during the INK Conference next month,” Anand Kumar told IANS … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Super 30 founder to meet ‘Titanic’ director James Cameron.

British teachers can now frisk students

LONDON – Britain will lay out new rules soon which would allow school teachers to frisk pupils for mobile phones, electronic gadgets and even pornography and cigarettes in a bid to prevent disruption in classrooms.

An education White Paper to be published next week will outline the new rights for teachers to be able to …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : British teachers can now frisk students.