Education

NEW DELHI—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors have approved a $500 million Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program (STARS) to improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states. The…
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RANCHI—With poor tribal children not owing android phones to attend Online classes, a government school in India’s Jharkhand state has come with a unique idea to impart them teaching at this time of Corona pandemic. A Middle School with…
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PATNA—A new development in the society has taken the educationists by surprise—Children from smaller cities and humble backgrounds are performing better than those based in state capital or major cities. This year too, all the 41…
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PATNA—Quarantine centres running to house the returning migrants have turned into “centres of learning” in Bihar. At a centre running in a government school in West Champaran, dozens of illiterate migrants are being taught the importance…
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PATNA—“Abhayanand Super30”, a free coaching institute for the poor children willing to crack the prestigious IIT-JEE, has become a victim of politics. Abhayanand, a former IPS official who was running this institute for the past about a…
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BY KAVITA YADAV Once again our children are at that stage of the Academic Session which is the final showtime!!! Yes, final exams, board exams. With it comes all the hustling around books, notes and also comes to the stress - exam…
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PATNA: Government schools in Bihar have been rather infamous for poor teaching, lack of infrastructure and thin attendance. But, a government school in Bihar has impressed the parents so much by its teaching standard and discipline that…
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PATNA: As many as 44 smart TV sets have been stolen from the government schools in Bihar, raising a question mark over security arrangements in the educational institutions. Authorities said all these TV sets had been purchased to start…
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PATNA: A school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar gets opened everyday to teach a privileged student—a poor girl! Jahnavi Kumari who studies in Grade One is the only student admitted to the five-decade-old government primary school…
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PATNA: “Super 30” fame Bihar mathematician Anand Kumar has landed in serious trouble with the Gauhati High Court issuing him the notice to appear before the court in person on November 26. The court also warned of issuing warrant of…
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