A special function was held at Homi Bhabha Auditorium for commemorating the 150 years of Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. This prestigious school was established in 1860.
Indian Postal services department released special stamp on Cathedral and John Connon School and Honorable President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil was present for releasing this stamp.
About ninety eight Delhi government schools have been identified by DoE to be utilized like learning centres for children who have not been educated previously.
This information was released to media by P Krishnamurthy who is the Education Director for Schools.
According to a recently implemented act, it has become mandatory to provide education free of cost to children in the age group 6 & 14 years.
This year total of twenty one students appeared in IGCSE exam out of which 10 were Mumbai students. As per information released by CIE for May 2010 exam on 6th of this month, the students have topped the worldwide examination. According to Ian Chambers who is CIE’s regional manager, this is country’s best result so far.
The 10 students from Mumbai are from DAIS, Bandra, BDSIS, Cuffe Parade, PIS, Santacruz who topped the exams. The subjects in which students topped are: Mathematics, Hindi, Accounting, Environmental management, physical education and sociology.
One TV channel in Kerala is going to host contest from November to January for picking up creative teams among 5 million students in Kerala.
The show will be hosted on country’s 1st broadband network on education satellite – EDUSAT, known as ViCTERS or Virtual Class technology on EDUSAT for Rural Schools.
Each of the episodes will have 3 parts, in 1st part school profile will be shown, then video on school activities, and the last part would be a presentation before 5 member jury by students and teachers of the school. The show will select the top aided and government school in the state by the end of 75 episodes of the show.
Right to Education Act
As per the Right to Education Act (RTE) now parents & students will be able to appeal if the reachers are not performing correctly or if the school infrastructure is not appropriate. This step could greatly lead to improvement in the quality and kind of education that is emparted in schools.
The Educational Tribunals Bill 2010 has been passed by Lok Sabha which has the goal of setting up educational tribunals for faster clearance of disputes in education sector.
These tribunals will try to solve disputes that involve teachers & other institutional employees as well as other interested parties such as students, regulatory bodies and other institutions.