Education

CM Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana government will start an anti-tobacco drive across all colleges and universities in the state from January 26. While painting anti-smoking slogans, the government would place volunteers near school displaying motivational messages. The recent orders ask every educational institution to place ‘Tobacco-free area’ sign outside the building and ‘Tobacco-Free Educational Institution’ within the premises. Earlier… read-more

Pumped up by the positive results of the experimental Super-30 batches, the Haryana Government has decided to provide free entrance coaching to grade 10 and 12 students of government schools. The students will be trained for competitive examinations, including medical, engineering and defence entrance tests. To assimilate with the government’s latest educational initiative, the authorities have arrived to nurture students in tandem with the… read-more

With an aim to provide free coaching for poor and meritorious civil services aspirants, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on January 16 launched the 'One school, One IAS' program. The program will be implemented by the Vedhik Erudite Foundation and will benefit around 10,000 students of the state. The main focus of the initiative will be to start grooming students from high school-level itself for competitive exams. 

The Delhi Government has permitted schools to reopen classes for grade 10-12 from January 18. The State government has issued guidelines on how to conduct the practical and pre-board examinations. The rule prohibited the entry of symptomatic people, staff and students coming from containment zones. Moreover, it has asked school authorities to maintain precautionary measures including temperature screening, hand hygiene, use of face masks and… read-more

Hoping to reopen the schools, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to buy 75 lakh reusable masks worth Rs 20 crore for students of civic schools. The announcement came ahead of the earlier imposed COVID-19 restrictions' expiration on January 15. Reportedly, the authorities will distribute 25 masks, washable up to 30 times, to each student, and wearing masks will be compulsory even after the vaccination.