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The income-tax department had booked Mr Bhandari under the new act, called the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015. (Photo: PTI)

India

Gujarat govt doles out sops ahead of Assembly polls; teachers to get...

Employees of 105 municipalities would now get salaries according to the provisions of the 7th Pay Commission.

19 Oct 2017 11:08 AM IST

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government will take cognisance of UGCs suggestion to remove words such as Hindu and Muslim from BHU and AMU. (Photo: PTI | File)

Business

Govt extends 7th Pay panel benefits to teachers of central and state...

The move will benefit 7.58 lakh professors, assistant professors and others.

11 Oct 2017 8:30 PM IST

With the marks for extra-curricular activities reduced from 25 to 15, and the two per cent quota for junior college abolished from all SSC schools, teachers and students speak up about the unfairness of the new rules.

Life

All study and no play

Coach Balmukund Tiwari points out that not every student is talented in academics, and those who aren't shouldn't be...

26 Nov 2017 12:19 AM IST

The EC found the respondent group led by Nitish Kumar has demonstrated overwhelming majority support in the legislature wing as well as the majority in the National Council of the Party which is the apex level organisational body of the party. (Photo: PTI)

India

Teachers to protest over Bihar govt order

Sources claim that the teachers had to face public anger during the act.

23 Nov 2017 7:30 AM IST

In the race for marks and admissions, our schooling methodology may have become mere rote learning with no real sense of purpose than to get those numbers in the exams. I sometimes look at the figures. How many children make it to the IITs? How many join medical colleges? A very, very, small percentage. What about the rest? Are we doing enough to fire their creativity, so they shine in any field they chose to work in?

India

Schools must encourage independence of thoughts

India has the largest youth population in the world. Most of them are unable to find fruitful employment.

8 Oct 2018 12:07 AM IST

This academic year, the syllabus for SSC examination was changed and several new sections were added to the subjects.

Metros

New chapters worry teachers

According to teachers, this massive change has made the entire syllabus lengthy in terms of both teaching and learning.

25 Nov 2018 2:00 AM IST

File picture of Mumbai Universitys Fort campus.

Metros

4,529 revaluation answer sheets still to be assessed, varsity students...

Students of University of Mumbai (MU) are an angry lot, as revaluation of over 4,529 answer sheets is still pending.

20 Jan 2018 5:06 AM IST

State lawmakers in America are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell truth from lies. (Photo: Pixabay)

Life

Spread of fake news prompts literacy efforts in schools

Several more states are expected to consider such bills in the coming year, including Arizona, New York and Hawaii.

1 Jan 2018 11:14 AM IST

Protesters outside VJTI (Photo: Debasish Dey)

Metros

Row breaks out over VJTI abbreviation

According to the protesters, the use of the acronym is an insult to Veermata Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji...

27 Feb 2018 6:28 AM IST

Members of Kerala State Pre-primary Teachers Association stage protest in front of the secretariat demanding the implementation of salary hike which was announced earlier. (Photo: A.V. Muzafar)

India

They are Unaided, unaddressed

Working conditions in some unaided schools in Kerala can be best described as oppressive.

17 Feb 2018 4:07 AM IST

The duo were each jailed for five months and ordered to receive three strokes of the cane. (Photo: File/Representational)

Metros

Ex-school principal jailed on graft charges

The court slapped a fine of Rs 35,000 on Mr Goswami the convict holding him guilty of the offences.

5 April 2018 7:15 AM IST

$The protesting students of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) have said the varsity is facing an \academic emergency\ and demanded the removal of V-C M Jagadesh Kumar \for his inability to carry out the role of a Vice Chancellor in any reasonable and democratic manner\. (Photo: PTI)$ India

'Academic emergency' at varsity: JNU students demand VC's removal as...

The students alleged the varsity is facing an 'academic emergency' created by the administration.

12 Nov 2019 10:07 AM IST