Education News – Newsletter for December 18, 2010

A university to teach how to laugh your way through life!

BANGALORE – Imagine a campus where you learn how to laugh instead of mugging up textbooks, where you are trained to accumulate health instead of wealth, where you don’t lose sleep over exams and instead get cured of insomnia. A ‘university’ like that will soon be a reality on Bangalore’s outskirts!

The city, which … Read : A university to teach how to laugh your way through life!.

China asks teachers not to accept holiday gifts

BEIJING – China has warned schools and teachers not to accept any gift or bribe or “misuse” public money during the coming New Year holiday season, a media report said Saturday.

The ministry of education has issued a circular saying teachers have been banned from accepting money, securities and other costly gifts from students and … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : China asks teachers not to accept holiday gifts.

Notice issued over nursery admission guidelines

NEW DELHI – The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) Friday issued notice to the Delhi government over the nursery admission guidelines, saying they were violative of the provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

“The commission issued notice to the principal secretary, education, Delhi government to re-examine the order on … Original article on : Notice issued over nursery admission guidelines.