Education

All government schools in the country having enrolment of girls have at least one toilet block for girls. All States and Union Territories excluding Jammu and Kashmir have been advised to ensure that all the schools in the respective State,…

* Total Cost of the Project: Rs 650 crore for a period of 5 years. * World Bank to provide Rs 325 crore or 50% of the project. * Nai Manzil Scheme is an integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities. * The…

By Srikant Mohanty: Long ago, Swami Dayanand Saraswati felt that Indians needed to study English in order to present their problems in the world platform. During pre-Independence period, his initiatives led to the formation of Dayanand…

For long, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was asked what would be vision for the country if his party comes to power in 2014. And, he answered it all - but in the field of education. Citing the example of Gujarat and using great eloquent…

By Sagar Satapathy: Odisha Finance Minister Prasanna Acharya presented Budget for 2013-14 in Assembly in two parts today. He presented Rs 60,303.09 crore Budget, the highest-ever for Odisha for the financial year 2013-14, giving more…

By Srikant Mohanty: Although atrocities on women continue unabated, women in India appear fully transformed. Even if, the movement for women’s’ liberation took momentum in the seventies, femininity has at length materialized in its finest…

Bhubaneswar : Odisha Adivasi Manch (OAM) which has been campaigning in 22 districts on making a mother tongue based education a right for the children in the tribal communities decides to make the whole process a qualitative one. Speaking…

Bhubaneswar, 01 Sept (Ananta Prasad): “Tribal children have a right to study in their mother tongue,” says Padma Shri Dilip Tirkey, Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha and former captain of Indian Hockey Team. Citing his own experience, he says,…

By Himanshu Guru: While the international media portrays Odisha as a symbol of poverty, the Engineering Education and the trained professionals convey the other picture of Odisha on the global arena. Students, who pass out from some top…

TNI Bureau: The Supreme Court took strong exceptions to the "reservation politics" going on in the country and rejected the Centre's proposed 4.5% sub-quota for minorities in educational institutions within the OBC. The apex court upheld…