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One Nation Reading Together is an annual event, conducted by Scholastic India on the last Friday of November, where children in schools across the country spend 20 minutes (preferably at 12 noon) reading for fun and participating in other…
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Dear Mr Minister, Refer the government’s decision to make PhD degree mandatory for direct recruitment to the post of assistant professors in universities from 2021-22. I, myself have been a college teacher (professor to be…
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Acquiring a skill is not only about gaining financial independence, but also about expanding one’s horizons and enhancing one’s personality. Sarah Berry explores the journeys of some students, who have undergone skilling and have not only…
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A question to teachers – How often have you praised your student who has failed his exams? Probably, never. But a teacher in the UK did just that. Her letter to one of her students, written more than two-years-ago, appreciating his…
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Each new innovation brings with it its own set of challenges. With the advent of social media, the challenge is to contain the spread of fake news. Facebook, which has been in news after its popular messaging platform, ‘WhatApp’ was used to…
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As a special gesture to students from CBSE affiliated schools, whose board exam academic documents such as Marksheets/ Migration Certificates/ Pass Certificates have been lost or damaged in the Kerala floods, CBSE has decided to facilitate…
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In 1968, Mexico played host to the first Olympic Games held in a Spanish-speaking country. As part of the cultural activities during Olympics, it had organised ‘World Children's Painting Festival’ in which seven children from India…
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Danibagar is a small village in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. Reaching the village is not easy as its roads are damaged. It had only one pedestrian bridge but that too was damaged due to monsoon this year, thus cutting it off from…
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Teachers swim in flood-hit school building to save student records Teachers at Kuttamangalam SNDP Higher Secondary School at Alappuzha, Kerala, showed amazing courage when they decided to swim in their flood-hit school building just to…
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Students in this school study under an umbrella From the past three years, students of the Govt high school located at the Hassan district of Karnataka have secured 100 per cent result in SSLC. It has 168 students (87 boys and 81 girls).…
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Shocking! 60 snakes found in school’s kitchen  Students and staff of Zila Parishad school in Hingoli district of Maharashtra were in for a shock when they discovered 60 highly poisonous Russell's viper snakes in the school's…
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"Insults are like bad coins. You can't avoid getting them, but you can always refuse to accept them."…
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Recently NCERT prepared a manual pointing to possible alienation of children of minority communities on seeing the wall calendars of Hindu Gods and deities in classrooms of some school, and by prayers in assemblies. It has prescribed…
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Internship in politics? Well, well, Assam just did it In order to motivate students to take up politics as a career, Assam assembly is offering an internship programme for students. Under the programme, 20 students hailing from…
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CBSE's decision to suspend teachers after anomalies of up to 55 marks were found during the re-evaluation of Class 10 and 12 board exam papers is a step in the right direction. Human error of 5-10 marks can be understood but 55 marks!…
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If you thought Bihar is the only place taking weird steps to stop cheating in exams, think again! Algeria recently turned off the internet service throughout the country during high school exams. Both mobile and wired internet connections…
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Sports biggest extravaganza is about to start. The 21st FIFA World Cup (Men) will be held in Russia from June 14-July 15, 2018. Billions of people from all over the world are expected to watch the event which, in 2014 world cup, registered…
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With CBSE exams over, it is time to pursue higher studies. But before you rush to submit your certificates to obtain an admission in your favourite institute, it is important to know your rights. These rules have been framed to enable…
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