HP’s 'CLAP' initiative empowers over 3.5L people in Indian villages

IANS | October 4, 2023 11:47 AM

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) With the deployment of 30 fully equipped mobile learning centres, PC and printer major HP on Wednesday announced that its digital education programme 'CLAP' (Creating Learning and Advancement Possibilities) transformed the education landscape across 200 Indian villages, empowering more than 3,50,000 individuals.

School teachers violating Calcutta HC order on private tuitions, claims Bengal tutors’ body

IANS | October 4, 2023 11:33 AM

Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS) Another internal irregularities in the school education system has surfaced as West Bengal Private Tutors’ Development Association, an association of private tutors in the state, has accused a section of the teachers in different state-run schools of violating the Calcutta High Court’s order of ban on private tuition against fees.

CBSE opposes PIL in Delhi HC seeking common syllabus across India

IANS | October 3, 2023 1:05 PM

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has opposed a petition challenging certain provisions of the Right to Education Act, 2009 for being "arbitrary, irrational, and violative" and seeking direction to the Centre to implement common syllabus and curriculum for the students of Class 1 to 8 standard throughout the country.

Around 1,500 recruited illegally between 2014-2018 in different Bengal municipalities: ED

IANS | October 2, 2023 3:30 PM

Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers, during their course of investigation in the multi-crore municipalities' recruitment case in West Bengal, has drawn out a rough estimate that around 1,500 individuals were recruited illegally between 2014 and 2018 against some financial considerations in different urban civic bodies in the state, an official said.