Education News – Newsletter for December 4, 2010

Mizoram launches special literacy campaign

AIZAWL – Mizoram has launched a special campaign to make the northeastern state fully literate by March next year, Education Minister Pu Lalsawta has said.

The minister launched the Rapid Action Total Literacy Campaign (RATLC) in south Mizoram’s Lunglei district late Friday.
“The ambitious mission was aimed to make Mizoram a 100 percent literate state …. Read the original article  : Mizoram launches special literacy campaign.

On apex court orders, La Martiniere to take back expelled student

KOLKATA – La Martiniere For Boys student Srijan Banerjee, who was expelled from the well-known city school for not agreeing to the demands of a teacher, is to be taken back into the school soon, if possible Monday, following the intervention of the Supreme Court.

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court Friday asked the … Read more >>>.

Punjab wants NRIs to help upgrade rural schools

CHANDIGARH – The Punjab government wants well-settled Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) from the state to contribute to upgrade government schools in the states rural areas.

Punjab Education Minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan Friday appealed to Punjabi NRIs living across the world “to contribute magnanimously for the upgradation of infrastructure in government schools situated in rural areas”.
Punjab …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Sarva Shikha Abhiyan main vehicle for education: Sibal

NEW DELHI – The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) will be the main vehicle for implementation of the Right to Education Act, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday.

The revised SSA programme is the main vehicle for implementation of the RTE Act, he said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
The act, … Original article on : Sarva Shikha Abhiyan main vehicle for education: Sibal.

70 schoolkids fall ill after being given iron tablets

LUCKNOW – As many as 70 students of a primary school in Uttar Pradeshs Jhansi district were hospitalised Friday after they fell ill on consuming iron and de-worming tablets given by government medical staff, officials said. All the students are now out of danger.

Over 100 students of the government-run Durgapur Primary School were …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : 70 schoolkids fall ill after being given iron tablets.