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Delhi Warns Private Schools: No Forced Buys Of Books, Uniforms; Takeover Possible
Delhi government warns private and aided schools against forcing parents to buy books, uniforms, or stationery from specific vendors.
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Costly School Books Under Scanner: NHRC Orders Pan-India Audit, Sends Notices To CBSE, Centre
30-day deadline for states, Centre asked to clarify NCERT norms amid complaints of costly private books.
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US Schools Ban Over 10,000 Books In A Dramatic Rise Amid New Censorship Laws
A recent report by PEN America revealed that over 10,000 books were banned in US public schools during the 2023-2024 academic year, a threefold increase from the previous year.
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Punjab Government Directs Private Schools Not To Impose Books By Private Publishers
The state government has recommended the private schools to use books published by the certified institutes, as per an official release by the Punjab government.
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UP Government’s ‘Sahaj’ Hindi Books To Break Language Barrier
The books will be in four dialects -- Braj, Bhojpuri, Bundelkhandi and Awadhi. The new textbooks in local dialects are being given the name 'Sahaj' and only the Hindi sections in the books have been translated.
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Read A Book A Month: Ahmedabad Municipality's Novel Idea To Improve Learning Levels In Schools
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has come up with an innovative way to improve learning levels among municipal school children.
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Higher Dowry Asked For 'Ugly' Brides: Maharashtra Textbook Shocker
"Ugliness" and disability are listed among the reasons for dowry demands made to the parents of a bride, in a Class 12 schoolbook in Maharashtra. The outrageous statement is part of a chapter in the sociology textbook titled "Major Social Problems in India".
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Make Sentences From Bomb, Vest, Explode: ISIS School Book
In sickening propaganda, ISIS school books have been found which reportedly instruct children to make sentences from words like bomb and explode while also featuring a vocabulary list of nations such as Pakistan and the UK that are a source of fighters for the terror group.
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Extremism Being Taught In School Textbooks, Claims Aam Aadmi Party Lawmaker
Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker Bhavna Gaur claimed on Wednesday that extremism is taught in school textbooks and that the Delhi government must aim to stop it.
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Class X Textbook in This State Suggests Working Women Cause Unemployment
The government in Chattisgarh courted controversy with a chapter in its Class X social science textbook which says that working women are one of the causes of unemployment in the country.
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Rape-Accused Asaram Called a 'Saint' in Rajasthan School Textbook
Rape accused self-styled godman Asaram features in a chapter on saints in a Class III textbook in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district, sharing space with Vivekananda, Mother Teresa and Ramakrishna Paramhans.
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Nursery textbooks which read B for 'Bomb' and C for 'Chakoo' seized in UP
Following news reports, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has seized copies of a book of English alphabets for nursery students that carried violent words such as bomb and 'chakoo' (knife) and slapped a show cause notice on the school that had prescribed the book. UP Joint Education Director Vikas Srivastava led the raid to St. Marks School in Uday...
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B for 'bomb', C for 'chaku'... in UP school books
Upside down pictures of India's national flag, chapters to teach the Hindi alphabet that say 'B' for 'bomb' and 'C' for 'chaku' (knife)... These glaring anomalies have surfaced in two textbooks used in some Uttar Pradesh schools.
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Left out: Marx, Engels to play minor roles in Bengal school books
Students in West Bengal government schools will soon have limited exposure to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A committee set up by the Trinamool government to restructure the syllabus for higher secondary students reportedly wants a much reduced emphasis on Marx and Engels in history textbooks.
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The youngest RTI applicant
This is the story of a 13-year-old girl's battle to get school scholarship amount not just for herself, but for many students in her town as well.
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Delhi Warns Private Schools: No Forced Buys Of Books, Uniforms; Takeover Possible
Delhi government warns private and aided schools against forcing parents to buy books, uniforms, or stationery from specific vendors.
-
Costly School Books Under Scanner: NHRC Orders Pan-India Audit, Sends Notices To CBSE, Centre
30-day deadline for states, Centre asked to clarify NCERT norms amid complaints of costly private books.
-
US Schools Ban Over 10,000 Books In A Dramatic Rise Amid New Censorship Laws
A recent report by PEN America revealed that over 10,000 books were banned in US public schools during the 2023-2024 academic year, a threefold increase from the previous year.
-
Punjab Government Directs Private Schools Not To Impose Books By Private Publishers
The state government has recommended the private schools to use books published by the certified institutes, as per an official release by the Punjab government.
-
UP Government’s ‘Sahaj’ Hindi Books To Break Language Barrier
The books will be in four dialects -- Braj, Bhojpuri, Bundelkhandi and Awadhi. The new textbooks in local dialects are being given the name 'Sahaj' and only the Hindi sections in the books have been translated.
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Read A Book A Month: Ahmedabad Municipality's Novel Idea To Improve Learning Levels In Schools
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has come up with an innovative way to improve learning levels among municipal school children.
-
Higher Dowry Asked For 'Ugly' Brides: Maharashtra Textbook Shocker
"Ugliness" and disability are listed among the reasons for dowry demands made to the parents of a bride, in a Class 12 schoolbook in Maharashtra. The outrageous statement is part of a chapter in the sociology textbook titled "Major Social Problems in India".
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Make Sentences From Bomb, Vest, Explode: ISIS School Book
In sickening propaganda, ISIS school books have been found which reportedly instruct children to make sentences from words like bomb and explode while also featuring a vocabulary list of nations such as Pakistan and the UK that are a source of fighters for the terror group.
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Extremism Being Taught In School Textbooks, Claims Aam Aadmi Party Lawmaker
Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker Bhavna Gaur claimed on Wednesday that extremism is taught in school textbooks and that the Delhi government must aim to stop it.
-
Class X Textbook in This State Suggests Working Women Cause Unemployment
The government in Chattisgarh courted controversy with a chapter in its Class X social science textbook which says that working women are one of the causes of unemployment in the country.
-
Rape-Accused Asaram Called a 'Saint' in Rajasthan School Textbook
Rape accused self-styled godman Asaram features in a chapter on saints in a Class III textbook in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district, sharing space with Vivekananda, Mother Teresa and Ramakrishna Paramhans.
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Nursery textbooks which read B for 'Bomb' and C for 'Chakoo' seized in UP
Following news reports, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has seized copies of a book of English alphabets for nursery students that carried violent words such as bomb and 'chakoo' (knife) and slapped a show cause notice on the school that had prescribed the book. UP Joint Education Director Vikas Srivastava led the raid to St. Marks School in Uday...
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B for 'bomb', C for 'chaku'... in UP school books
Upside down pictures of India's national flag, chapters to teach the Hindi alphabet that say 'B' for 'bomb' and 'C' for 'chaku' (knife)... These glaring anomalies have surfaced in two textbooks used in some Uttar Pradesh schools.
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Left out: Marx, Engels to play minor roles in Bengal school books
Students in West Bengal government schools will soon have limited exposure to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A committee set up by the Trinamool government to restructure the syllabus for higher secondary students reportedly wants a much reduced emphasis on Marx and Engels in history textbooks.
-
The youngest RTI applicant
This is the story of a 13-year-old girl's battle to get school scholarship amount not just for herself, but for many students in her town as well.
