National Education Policy 2020
<p>The Union Cabinet cleared a new National Education Policy (NEP) proposing sweeping changes in school and higher education. The NEP proposes sweeping changes including opening up of Indian higher education
Ministry of Human Resource Development
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Mid-day meals in Delhi schools do not meet nutritional norms: Govt to HC
In an affidavit submitted before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, the Directorate of Education admitted that the current menu being provided under the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme in government schools
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Mid-day meal scheme: Centre for dist-level monitoring
Jammu, August 22: Expressing concern over alleged reports of mismanagement in the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme, the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry had written to Education
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Govt pushes new school kitchen design for hygienic midday meal
Jolted by mismanagement at the Chhapra school where 23 children died after eating midday meal, the Union HRD Ministry has asked all schools to switch to new design and hygienic kitchen-cum-stores as well
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New panel to monitor mid-day meal scheme
The Human Resource Development Ministry on Thursday announced that a new committee would be set up to review the implementation of its flagship mid-day meal scheme with a view to monitoring the quality
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83% mid-day meal samples fail lab tests
The food being served to Delhi’s children under the mid-day meal scheme is far from being healthy with 83 per cent of the samples lifted for testing failing in the current fiscal. In a response to Right
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Two NCR schools cleanest in country
New Delhi: Delhi schools have the best record when it comes to cleanliness. Thirtynine of the 179 schools selected by the Central Board of Secondary Education for the National School Sanitation Award 2012
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Overarching health regulator proposal rejected
The Ministry of Health suffered huge embarrassment yesterday when the parliamentary panel examining the feasibility of establishing an overarching health regulator rejected the Bill in this regard.
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Sibal writes to Jaipal on LPG subsidy
Unable to get an exemption for the cooking gas cylinders used for the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in the wake of a steep hike in the prices of domestic gas, Union Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal has suggested that the Petroleum Ministry consider providing subsidised LPG cylinders for the current fiscal year. “It might be preferable at this point to provide for subsidy as earlier for the LPG cylinders, instead of seeking approval for an increase in cooking cost which would necessitate revisiting allocation for the Mid-Day Meals Scheme and seeking Parliamentary approvals for the increased allocation,
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At least 29 per cent in Delhi do not know about RTE Act: Survey
A study on the status of the education of the girl child has revealed that 29 per cent of the respondents in the city are unaware about the Right to Education Act, which states that education is a basic
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Mid-day meal sham: How some Rajasthan kids are going hungry
Jaipur: The UPA’s mid-day meal programme in Rajasthan is in tatters. The recently released Monitoring Institutions (MIs) report has revealed glaring anomalies in implementation of the scheme with many children in the state not getting any benefits and some actually going hungry. According to a report, the scheme is not being implemented on a regular basis in some schools in the Pali district. The findings, based on figures between April 2011 and September 2011, were shared recently by the Union HRD ministry.