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ASER survey paints bleak portrait of India's rural education system: Students struggle with reading, arithmetic, general knowledge
Indiaspend • 7 years agoIndia is failing to train adolescents (aged 14 to 18) in rural schools, with most not being able to retain skills learnt in earlier classes, reveals the 2017 edition of the Annual Survey of Education Report (ASER)
Right to Education: CAG's damning findings confirm it encouraged corruption and is ineffective
Seetha • 8 years agoThat the RTE Act has given rise to new sources of corruption is well-known; it just wasn’t spoken about openly. Now, it can no longer be brushed under the carpet now
Isro PSLV-C35 launch: These are the 8 satellites on board
Adityam • 8 years agoThe satellite launch will perform two burn operations on opposite sides of the planet. One from Svalbard, Norway and one from Troll, Antarctica.
ISRO begins countdown for Monday launch of eight satellites
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoDecks have been cleared for the September 26 morning launch of India's weather satellite SCATSAT-1 and seven other satellites
Isro to launch "Pratham;" a satellite designed and built by students of IIT-B
Fp Archives • 8 years agoIndian space agency ISRO will shoot off the "Pratham" satellite designed and built by students of the IIT-Bombay among the eight satellites including its weather satellite on Monday, an official said here.
Smriti Irani has her task cut out: India's never had a good record on human resource development
Aakar • 9 years agoEven though Smriti Irani believes new things are being done for the first time under the HRD ministry, many great people have done the job she is doing today and all have failed.
Ambitious Indian curriculum fosters illiteracy: UNESCO
Fp Staff • 11 years agoUnesco has criticised Indian school curriculum, saying that it is unrealistic and much too ambitious.
More children in rural areas preferring pvt schools: report
Fp Archives • 13 years agoEnrolling in private schools is no more confined to urban centres alone as an education report, released today, says increasing number of children in rural areas are also preferring the private ones.
IIT Techfest 2011: Solving GPS Inaccuracy Through Pratham
Ashish • 14 years agoPratham will be IIT's first initiative in sending a microsatellite into space solving GPS-related problems.