Bihar’s government schools need much more than science lab modernisation

Rachna Priyadarshini | December 15, 2023 9:58 AM

Patna, Dec 15 (IANS/101 Reporters) “Biology and Chemistry practicals are conducted regularly in the science lab of our school, but the study of Physics is less. In fact, the subject teacher does not come to class at all. Even if he ever does, he himself experiments and we children just watch him work. We never got a chance to do a lab experiment ourselves,” said Sunidhi Kumari, a class 10 student at the Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) in Sarta of Bihar’s Jehanabad district.

New Zealand to ban cellphone use in classroom

IANS | December 7, 2023 4:21 PM

Wellington, Dec 7 (IANS) The New Zealand government has been working to lift school achievement in the basics which starts with removing distractions such as the cellphone use in school.