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Centre Approves Bill To Empower Transgender Community
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders by defining their identity and rights to prohibit discrimination against them.
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Proposed Higher Education Commission To Be Independent Body, Says Centre
The Government has asserted that the proposed Higher Education Commission would be an "independent" body and that rights of states would not be impunged, amid concerns expressed by members over replacing the UGC.
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Lok Sabha Passes Bill Allowing Detention Of School Children In Classes 5, 8
The Lok Sabha today passed The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill 2017 which allows detention of school students in class 5 and 8.
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Cabinet Junks No-Detention Policy, Class 5 And 8 Students Can Fail Again
The Union Cabinet has approved the scrapping of the no-detention policy in schools till Class 8. An enabling provision will be made in the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill which will allow states to detain students in class 5 and class 8 if they fail in the year-end exam.
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Parliament Passes Bill To Allow RTE Teachers Time Till 2019 To Acquire Required Qualification
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was passed by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote.
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Centre Plans To End 'No-Fail' Policy For Students Between Classes 5 And 8
The government will soon introduce a bill in Parliament to do away with the 'no-detention' policy for classes 5 to 8, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
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Right to Education Act: Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha To Amend Elementary Teachers Qualification
The government today introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill seeking to amend the Right to Education Act to allow elementary teachers time till 2019 to get acquire minimum qualifications as mandated under the 2010 law.
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Schooling Now Means 'Just Come, Eat, Go', Says Minister Prakash Javadekar
Mid-day meal was introduced for school students to check drop-out rates and provide children from economically weaker sections with nourishment. But now schooling appears to have become more about food and less about education, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Prakash Javadekar said today amid a controversy about tying up mid-day meal...
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Rajya Sabha Passes Child Labour Bill That Allows Work In Family Business
19-year-old Amarlal who dreams of being a human rights lawyer on Wednesday was working as bonded labor at the age of four. He knows what a big difference education has made to his life. "I know what it is like to be stuck in that darkness. There is a world of a difference between that life and this," Amarlal said.
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Rajasthan Assembly Clears Bill to Amend Right to Education Act
In a first in the country, Rajasthan Assembly today cleared a bill for amendment in Right to Education Act, 2009, to improve the standards of education by removing the provision of not failing students till Class 8 and instead evaluating them on the basis of their performance.
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In fifth annual letter, Bill Gates stresses on setting goals
Bill Gates published his annual letter which highlights successes from education in the United States to prenatal health care in Ethiopia. He argues that a core reason for the progress was the commitment to setting clear goals and identifying the right measures to drive progress towards those goals.
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Education bill a huge step forward: Sibal
With the Right To Education Act coming into force from Thursday, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said that the education bill is a huge step forward.
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Parliament passes landmark Right to Education Bill
Children would get the fundamental right to free and compulsory education with the passage of a bill, hailed as "historic", by Parliament on Tuesday.
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PM assures disabled rights groups
After days of hectic protests and lobbying, disabled rights groups have got their way.
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Right to education bill: Nothing for the disabled
Disabled Rights activists are livid about changes in the Right to Education Bill.
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Centre Approves Bill To Empower Transgender Community
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders by defining their identity and rights to prohibit discrimination against them.
-
Proposed Higher Education Commission To Be Independent Body, Says Centre
The Government has asserted that the proposed Higher Education Commission would be an "independent" body and that rights of states would not be impunged, amid concerns expressed by members over replacing the UGC.
-
Lok Sabha Passes Bill Allowing Detention Of School Children In Classes 5, 8
The Lok Sabha today passed The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill 2017 which allows detention of school students in class 5 and 8.
-
Cabinet Junks No-Detention Policy, Class 5 And 8 Students Can Fail Again
The Union Cabinet has approved the scrapping of the no-detention policy in schools till Class 8. An enabling provision will be made in the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill which will allow states to detain students in class 5 and class 8 if they fail in the year-end exam.
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Parliament Passes Bill To Allow RTE Teachers Time Till 2019 To Acquire Required Qualification
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was passed by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote.
-
Centre Plans To End 'No-Fail' Policy For Students Between Classes 5 And 8
The government will soon introduce a bill in Parliament to do away with the 'no-detention' policy for classes 5 to 8, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
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Right to Education Act: Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha To Amend Elementary Teachers Qualification
The government today introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill seeking to amend the Right to Education Act to allow elementary teachers time till 2019 to get acquire minimum qualifications as mandated under the 2010 law.
-
Schooling Now Means 'Just Come, Eat, Go', Says Minister Prakash Javadekar
Mid-day meal was introduced for school students to check drop-out rates and provide children from economically weaker sections with nourishment. But now schooling appears to have become more about food and less about education, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Prakash Javadekar said today amid a controversy about tying up mid-day meal...
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Rajya Sabha Passes Child Labour Bill That Allows Work In Family Business
19-year-old Amarlal who dreams of being a human rights lawyer on Wednesday was working as bonded labor at the age of four. He knows what a big difference education has made to his life. "I know what it is like to be stuck in that darkness. There is a world of a difference between that life and this," Amarlal said.
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Rajasthan Assembly Clears Bill to Amend Right to Education Act
In a first in the country, Rajasthan Assembly today cleared a bill for amendment in Right to Education Act, 2009, to improve the standards of education by removing the provision of not failing students till Class 8 and instead evaluating them on the basis of their performance.
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In fifth annual letter, Bill Gates stresses on setting goals
Bill Gates published his annual letter which highlights successes from education in the United States to prenatal health care in Ethiopia. He argues that a core reason for the progress was the commitment to setting clear goals and identifying the right measures to drive progress towards those goals.
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Education bill a huge step forward: Sibal
With the Right To Education Act coming into force from Thursday, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said that the education bill is a huge step forward.
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Parliament passes landmark Right to Education Bill
Children would get the fundamental right to free and compulsory education with the passage of a bill, hailed as "historic", by Parliament on Tuesday.
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PM assures disabled rights groups
After days of hectic protests and lobbying, disabled rights groups have got their way.
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Right to education bill: Nothing for the disabled
Disabled Rights activists are livid about changes in the Right to Education Bill.
