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School Dropout To A Billionaire, Nikhil Kamath Shares His Entrepreneurial Journey
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath recently sat down with LinkedIn's global CEO, Ryan Roslansky, and shared his success story, from a high school dropout to a billionaire finance entrepreneur.
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High Number Of Vacant Posts Of Principals, Dropout Rate: NCPCR On Delhi Government Schools
Weeks after an international daily praised the Delhi government's education model, the apex child rights body NCPCR has pointed out lacunas like a high number of vacant posts of principals, pupil to teacher ratio and dropout rate.
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Principal Vacancies, Dropout Rate High In Delhi State Schools: Report
Weeks after an international daily praised the AAP-led Delhi government's education model, the apex child rights body NCPCR has pointed out lacunas like a high number of vacant posts of principals, pupil to teacher ratio and dropout rate.
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Karnataka Hijab Ban: Court Asks About Figure On Dropout Of Students
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked whether there is any authentic figure regarding dropping out of students from educational institutions in Karnataka because of the Hijab ban and the subsequent judgement by the high court on the issue.
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Odisha Mulls Upgrading High Schools To Check Dropout Rate
The Odisha government aims to upgrade 100 high schools in the next academic session to check the high dropout rate in the state, School Education Minister Samir Dash said on Wednesday.
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How A Homeless High School Dropout Became CEO of $1 Billion Company
Taihei Kobayashi has gone from sleeping on the streets of Tokyo to heading a technology startup whose market value topped $1 billion.
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In A First, Assam To Open More Than 100 High Schools At Tea Gardens
In a first, Assam is coming up with more than 100 high schools at tea gardens across the state to improve literacy and control dropout rate within the tea garden labour community, the state government has said.
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This Country's Richest Person Is a One-Time Truck Driver
Graeme Hart was once a high school dropout working as an auto-body repairman and truck driver. Today he's New Zealand's richest person, thanks to a career in private equity, with a taste for super-yachts, submarines and superhero-themed pinball machines.
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School Dropout, Posing As Billionaire, Target Of China Crackdown On Fraud
China's crackdown on online rumour-mongers and fraud has snared a fresh target - a 17-year-old junior high school dropout who pretended to be a billionaire, gave himself fake titles and posted Photoshopped pictures of himself with world leaders.
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2 Teens Made A Suicide Pact But First Wanted To "See How It Feels To Kill"
The alleged killers were locked in a downward spiral of despondency. White was a ninth-grade high school dropout, the Telegraph reported. His father is in prison for armed robbery, and he lived with his grandparents. He did not hide the dark places his feelings were driving him. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that in 2015, White left a p...
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Child Abuse Victims More Likely To Drop Out Of School
Children who have been victims of violence are more likely to drop out of high school before graduation than their peers, a study has found. Girls who had experienced childhood violence were 24 per cent more likely to drop out, while boys who had experienced violence were 26 per cent more likely to drop out than their peers.
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Born In A Slum, This High School Dropout Is Now A Billionaire
The man behind South Korea's biggest initial public offering in seven years has charted an unlikely path in a country dominated by family-run conglomerates.
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Low Attendance, High Dropouts Major Hurdles To Universal School Education In India
By Ashwini Deshpande and Manjistha Banerji/ IndiaSpend.org Around 3.5 per cent of children between the ages of 11 and 14 years, and 13.5 per cent between the ages of 15 and 16 years were dropouts, while over 25 per cent of children in Grades I to VIII were absent from school on the day a team visited the school. These are the findings of the 2016 ...
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Nearly One Lakh School Dropouts In Meghalaya In 4 Years
Nearly one lakh students have dropped out of schools in Meghalaya in the past four years, the Meghalaya government informed the state assembly today. Economic condition of the family, domestic sibling care and migration were some of the causes of the high drop-out rates in the state.
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A Zero Pollution Solar Car: Possible Answer to India's Killer Air
A non-polluting, solar powered car, designed by a school dropout from Bengaluru, could be the answer to the dangerously high pollution levels in Indian cities.
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School Dropout To A Billionaire, Nikhil Kamath Shares His Entrepreneurial Journey
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath recently sat down with LinkedIn's global CEO, Ryan Roslansky, and shared his success story, from a high school dropout to a billionaire finance entrepreneur.
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High Number Of Vacant Posts Of Principals, Dropout Rate: NCPCR On Delhi Government Schools
Weeks after an international daily praised the Delhi government's education model, the apex child rights body NCPCR has pointed out lacunas like a high number of vacant posts of principals, pupil to teacher ratio and dropout rate.
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Principal Vacancies, Dropout Rate High In Delhi State Schools: Report
Weeks after an international daily praised the AAP-led Delhi government's education model, the apex child rights body NCPCR has pointed out lacunas like a high number of vacant posts of principals, pupil to teacher ratio and dropout rate.
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Karnataka Hijab Ban: Court Asks About Figure On Dropout Of Students
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked whether there is any authentic figure regarding dropping out of students from educational institutions in Karnataka because of the Hijab ban and the subsequent judgement by the high court on the issue.
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Odisha Mulls Upgrading High Schools To Check Dropout Rate
The Odisha government aims to upgrade 100 high schools in the next academic session to check the high dropout rate in the state, School Education Minister Samir Dash said on Wednesday.
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How A Homeless High School Dropout Became CEO of $1 Billion Company
Taihei Kobayashi has gone from sleeping on the streets of Tokyo to heading a technology startup whose market value topped $1 billion.
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In A First, Assam To Open More Than 100 High Schools At Tea Gardens
In a first, Assam is coming up with more than 100 high schools at tea gardens across the state to improve literacy and control dropout rate within the tea garden labour community, the state government has said.
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This Country's Richest Person Is a One-Time Truck Driver
Graeme Hart was once a high school dropout working as an auto-body repairman and truck driver. Today he's New Zealand's richest person, thanks to a career in private equity, with a taste for super-yachts, submarines and superhero-themed pinball machines.
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School Dropout, Posing As Billionaire, Target Of China Crackdown On Fraud
China's crackdown on online rumour-mongers and fraud has snared a fresh target - a 17-year-old junior high school dropout who pretended to be a billionaire, gave himself fake titles and posted Photoshopped pictures of himself with world leaders.
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2 Teens Made A Suicide Pact But First Wanted To "See How It Feels To Kill"
The alleged killers were locked in a downward spiral of despondency. White was a ninth-grade high school dropout, the Telegraph reported. His father is in prison for armed robbery, and he lived with his grandparents. He did not hide the dark places his feelings were driving him. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that in 2015, White left a p...
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Child Abuse Victims More Likely To Drop Out Of School
Children who have been victims of violence are more likely to drop out of high school before graduation than their peers, a study has found. Girls who had experienced childhood violence were 24 per cent more likely to drop out, while boys who had experienced violence were 26 per cent more likely to drop out than their peers.
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Born In A Slum, This High School Dropout Is Now A Billionaire
The man behind South Korea's biggest initial public offering in seven years has charted an unlikely path in a country dominated by family-run conglomerates.
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Low Attendance, High Dropouts Major Hurdles To Universal School Education In India
By Ashwini Deshpande and Manjistha Banerji/ IndiaSpend.org Around 3.5 per cent of children between the ages of 11 and 14 years, and 13.5 per cent between the ages of 15 and 16 years were dropouts, while over 25 per cent of children in Grades I to VIII were absent from school on the day a team visited the school. These are the findings of the 2016 ...
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Nearly One Lakh School Dropouts In Meghalaya In 4 Years
Nearly one lakh students have dropped out of schools in Meghalaya in the past four years, the Meghalaya government informed the state assembly today. Economic condition of the family, domestic sibling care and migration were some of the causes of the high drop-out rates in the state.
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A Zero Pollution Solar Car: Possible Answer to India's Killer Air
A non-polluting, solar powered car, designed by a school dropout from Bengaluru, could be the answer to the dangerously high pollution levels in Indian cities.
