CM said that while the dropout rate has reduced significantly, the next target is to achieve zero dropout Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday launched the statewide ‘Samras Vidyasetu’ campaign from Ahmedabad to readmit school dropouts into the education system. Under the campaign, more than 80,000 dropout children across the state will be reconnected…
An AI-generated illustration shows a knife-wielding person. The illustration is a killing representation. Pune: The Bharati Vidyapeeth police on Tuesday morning detained four minor boys for allegedly hacking a 17-year-old, who was also in conflict with the law, to death near Katraj Lake around 10pm on Monday.The detained minors and the deceased, who are all…
Mumbai: In a major policy decision, minister of state for school education Pankaj Bhoyar announced on Thursday that secondary schools in rural regions of Maharashtra will now be permitted to have three teachers if the combined student enrolment for classes IX and X is 20 or more, relaxing teacher-staffing metrics for the 2025-26 academic year.The…
Dimapur: Dimapur commissioner of police Aotula T Imchen on Wednesday said reported Pocso cases in Nagaland increased from seven in 2022 to 15 in 2025, while the number of traced missing children reached 216 in 2025.Addressing the monthly Dimapur District Planning and Development Board meeting at the DC’s conference hall, Imchen said many missing-child cases…
Ahmedabad: Traffic junctions, railway stations and public places across the city came under the scanner on Monday as authorities launched a special child rescue drive. With Ahmedabad positioning itself as a contender for global sporting events such as the 2030 Commonwealth Games (CWG), the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Mahila Cell of Ahmedabad crime…
Lucknow: Despite having the largest school system in the country with 2.62 lakh schools, Uttar Pradesh has just 7,610 institutions where integrated school, from Class 1 to XII, operates, leading to transition inefficiencies and increase in risk of dropouts, shows the NITI Aayog’s report on School Education System in India: Temporal Analysis and Policy Roadmap…
Bhubaneswar: The incidence of child marriages is on the decline in Odisha, which was once infamous for posting a high number of such weddings in the country, with data showing at least one in three girls were married off during childhood.National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6 for 2023-24 reveals that 18.6% of women in the age…
Pune: The Maharashtra State Board of Open Schooling (MSBOS) is set for an expansion, with plans to introduce certification for classes X and XII. Currently, the board offers schooling only for classes V and VIII, with a modest enrollment of around 150 students.With this expansion, officials have set an ambitious target of enrolling one lakh…
