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Long way to go on RTE,
shows national school report card
Charu Sudan Kasturi, Hindustan Times,
January 14, 2011
Indian schools have a long way to go before they meet
conditions required under the landmark Right to Education
Act, the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2010
released today by NGO Pratham said. This was the first
time that the RTE Act — implemented from April
1, 2010 — was factored into the survey.
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Coming soon:
Gyan Darshan, a 24X7 school education channel
Anubhuti Vishnoi, Indian Express,
January 17, 2011
After a Lok Sabha channel and plans
for a Rajya Sabha one, the next government-run television
channel may be a 24X7 dedicated school education channel
to be called “Gyan Darshan”. With the HRD
Ministry giving its in-principle approval, the National
Council for Education Research & Training (NCERT)
has been appointed as the nodal agency for the proposed
channel.
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Officials delay nursery admissions info, fined
Manash Pratim Gohain, The Times
of India, January 16, 2011
The Central Information Commission
(CIC) recently fined two PIOs of the Directorate of
Education (DoE) for delay in providing information under
Right to Education Act 2005 about nursery admission.
Not only that, the CIC also said that the education
minister’s assurances about monitoring the same
and punishing violators have not fructified.
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CM suspends EDO education for failure to construct school
Daily Times, January 17, 2011
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif
has ordered immediate suspension of Executive District
Officer (Education) Dr Muhammad Arshad and action against
other administrative officers for their failure to construct
a new school in place of the one demolished due to the
construction of the Ring Road in village Chachuwala,
Bedian Road.
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| Obama’s
education focus faces big hurdles
Associated Press, January 16,
2011
Signs of trouble are arising for President
Barack Obama’s plan to put education overhaul
at the forefront of his agenda as he adjusts to the
new reality of a divided government. Giving students
and teachers more flexibility is an idea with bipartisan
support. Yet the debate about the overdue renewal of
the nation’s chief education law, known as No
Child Left Behind, is complicated by political pressures
from the coming 2012 presidential campaign and disputes
over timing, money and scope of the update.
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SC breather for varsities facing derecognition
Prashant K. Nanda & Nikhil Kanekal,
Mint, January 12 2011
A year after 44 deemed universities
were purportedly blacklisted on account of poor educational
standards, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government
to send notices to each of them and hear them afresh.
But human resource development (HRD) minister Kapil
Sibal said the government hadn’t blacklisted any
deemed university in the first place. “We had
never issued any notices. There is no blacklisting,”
he said.
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More spending on Muslims’ education suggested
for 12th plan
Indian Express, January 14
2011
A high-level meeting to discuss ways
and means to improve the lives of Muslims in the 12th
Five Year plan today suggested more spending on education
for the community. The meeting was attended by senior
officials of the Planning Commission and Minority Affairs
Ministry, besides politicians and social workers.
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RTE Act: ‘Awaaz Do’ to all the street children
out there
Indian Express, January 14,
2011
Driving down the road to your office
early in the morning, you stop at a traffic signal.
A group of boys, armed with books and magazines, pound
on your car window — begging you to buy their
wares. That is when the light turns green and you drive
away, not giving a second thought to the ones outside.
‘Awaaz Do’, a digital campaign launched
by the UNICEF, is an attempt to help children who try
to earn a living on the street. And going by what the
body claims, more than 200,000 people have already joined
it in less than three months.
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Research Paper
Returns to Investment in Education: A Further Update
George Psacharopoulos and Harry A. Patrinos
ABSTRACT: Returns to investment in
education based on human capital theory have been estimated
since the late 1950s. In the 40-plus year history of
estimates of returns to investment in education, there
have been several reviews of the empirical results in
attempts to establish patterns. Many more estimates
from a wide variety of countries, including over time
evidence, and estimates based on new econometric techniques,
reaffirm the importance of human capital theory. Psacharopoulos
and Patrinos review and present the latest estimates
and patterns as found in the literature at the turn
of the century. However, because the availability of
rate of return estimates has grown exponentially, the
authors include a new section on the need for selectivity
in comparing returns to investment in education and
establishing related patterns.
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Global Education Statistics
Results from PISA 2009
(Overall Reading Scale)
| OECD Average |
493 |
| Shanghai-China |
556 |
| Korea |
539 |
| Finland |
536 |
| Hong Kong-China |
533 |
| Singapore |
526 |
Source: OECD
Interview
with Geeta Kingdon
In this interview Geeta Kingdon, Professor
from London University, talks about the main differences
between government and private schools towards quality
education. The discussion then moves to the corelation
between teacher qualifications and learning outcomes,
and the teacher qualification norm in the RTE Act.
Click here
for the video
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RTE Coalition
To initiate and continue the discussion
amongst concerned groups and individuals on the issue
of right of education and monitor the implementation
of the RTE Act, an RTE Coalition has been formed. Join
the coalition to make universal elementary education
a reality in India. Log on to www.righttoeducation.in
for more information.
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Student First! Magazine
The second issue of Student First! Magazine is
out. The theme for this issue is Public Private
Partnerships in Education.
For more click here
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Skill
Vouchers - Global Experiences and Lessons for India
Leah Verghese and Parth J Shah
A study of the role that skill vouchers can play in
catalysing demand for quality skill development services.
This study examines global experiences with skill vouchers
and draws lessons for India from these experiences.
For more click here
Reservation
in Private Schools under the Right to Education Act:
Model for Implementation
Shekhar Mittal and Parth J Shah
Through this document the Centre for
Civil Society seeks to highlight the lacunae in the
current framework for 25% reservation for weaker and
disadvantaged groups in unaided private schools and
seeks to provide inputs on effective implementation
of the same.
For more click here
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| SCHOOL VOUCHERS FOR
GIRLS
400 girl children from poor families
of North East Delhi receive school vouchers for a period
of 4 years.
For details visit website
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101 Things You Wanted
To Know About The Police But Were Too Afraid To Ask
A Children's Book for Adults to Learn from is an
easy guide to knowing your police. Commonwealth Human
Rights Initiative (CHRI) believes that only when we
know that we can speak up with confidence, and it
is only when we speak out against wrong, that things
will change. The book is brought out in this hope
- that people knowing all about their police and their
own rights - will use this knowledge to demand the
better police service that we all deserve. This has
been published in various languages like Hindi, English,
Kannada, Telegu, Gujarati and Marathi in India. To
know more about these books or for a copy email [email protected].
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