Lack of seriousness, non-implementation of policy leave mental health initiatives in limbo in schools Chennai: The school education department’s efforts towards the psychological well-being of school students are being stalled due to the non-implementation of the mental health policy introduced three months ago, the lack of qualified counsellors, and irregular tracking of existing mechanisms.There are…
M V Govindan said UDF govt’s budget was hollow Thiruvananthapuram: CPM state secretary M V Govindan said the budget speech of Chief Minister V D Satheesan was an open declaration of the UDF govt’s plans to open all sectors to private capitalists. Govindan said the budget sought to placate corporates but failed to address the…
Ronald Colaco, an NRI and philanthropist, and Arathi Krishna, MLC, meet CM DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru on Tuesday Mangaluru: Following leadership change in the state govt, the long-pending call for a sector-specific ministry for non-resident Indians has come back into focus.On Tuesday, Ronald Colaco, an NRI and philanthropist, along with MLC, and AICC secretary in…
Chennai: Schools reopen on June 4 after the summer vacation, and a section of govt school heads have been given a four-day deadline to fill all vacant teacher posts in their institutions by hiring temporary staff through school management committees (SMC). Over the past two days, chief and district education officers have instructed several school…
