CHANDIGARH: Punjab has become the first state in India to introduce "Entrepreneurship" as a main subject for Class XI students, aiming to foster an entrepreneurial mindset among students, encouraging them to become job creators rather than job seekers.

AMRITSAR: In view of the incessant rains in the district, Additional District Magistrate cum Additional Deputy Commissioner Mr. Rohit Gupta has issued orders to close all educational institutions, schools, colleges etc. in the district tomorrow, August 27.

DHARAMSALA: Heavy rains continuing for the past two days have thrown normal life out of gear in Himachal Pradesh. The state government has ordered the closure of all schools and colleges today (August 25) in eight districts — Una, Kangra, Chamba, Hamirpur, Solan, Kullu, Bilaspur, Lahaul-Spiti and Mandi.

JAIPUR: Schools in 19 districts of Rajasthan were closed on Monday following a heavy rain alert. Continuous heavy rainfall has severely affected normal life in the state for the last two days.

JAIPUR: Heavy rain lashed Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur, affecting train services and normal life.

NEW DELHI: Several Delhi schools have again received bomb threat emails, prompting extensive search and evacuations of the staff and students, the authorities said on Thursday.

AMRITSAR: Mr. Vijay Dutt, Member of the Punjab State Food Commission, today conducted surprise inspections at various government schools and Anganwadi centers in Block Jandiala Guru and Block Rayya of Amritsar district. The inspections were carried out to review the ground-level implementation of schemes under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh challenging the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to pair and merge 105 government-run primary schools.

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has ordered the closure of all schools in five districts for two days in view of the red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and declared half-day schools in Hyderabad, while IT companies have been advised to enable work from home.

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alarming condition of government schools in Hisar district.

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand remains under a red alert with warnings of heavy to very heavy rainfall across several districts, as the monsoon continues to unleash devastation in the hill state.

DEHRADUN: A day after twin cloudbursts struck Uttarkashi district, sweeping away an entire village and triggering widespread panic, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a 'heavy rainfall' warning and a red alert for Uttarakhand.

ARNIWALA (Fazilka): In a path breaking initiative Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and National Convener of AAP Arvind Kejriwal on Friday unveiled the anti-drug curriculum to be introduced in Schools under “War Against Drugs” with an aim to make 8 lakh students aware against the menace of drugs.

NEW DELHI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday announced a substantial increase in the honorariums of key support staff working in the state’s education sector, including cooks, night watchmen, and physical education and health instructors.

JAIPUR: Due to a new weather system, many districts of Rajasthan have been experiencing continuous heavy rainfall for the past two days. The Meteorological Department has issued alerts for further heavy rains in the coming 48 hours, prompting precautionary measures across the state. As a result, school holidays have been declared in 10 districts.

NEW DELHI: Two schools in Uttar Pradesh's Agra received bomb threats via email on Wednesday, triggering panic, swift evacuations, and a massive security response.

NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is poised to launch a nationwide initiative to expedite the biometric update of Aadhaar cards for children through schools in the next two months. The initiative aims to cover over 7 crore children whose biometric details have not yet been updated.

BENGALURU: Responding to the case of a bomb threat email sent to more than 40 private schools across Bengaluru on Friday, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the government has taken the incident seriously and will introduce new legislation to curb the spread of false information.

NEW DELHI: Many schools in Delhi's Dwarka got bomb threats on Friday, making it yet another instance to rock the national Capital. The security establishment went into a tizzy and all investigations were started on a war footing as the authorities refused to take a chance with the safety and security of children.

KAITHAL: All private schools in the district remained closed on Wednesday to protest against the brutal killing of Jag vir Singh, principal of Kartar Memorial Senior Secondary School in Hisar. A meeting was held at the District Secretariat in the morning to express resentment on this murder. The representatives of all private schools participated in it.

BHOPAL: Heavy rains continued to lash eastern Madhya Pradesh for the second consecutive day, creating flood-like situations and severely disrupting normal life.

CHENNAI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast moderate rainfall at isolated locations across parts of Tamil Nadu, including the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, and Tiruppur districts on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: In a remarkable achievement, Punjab's government school students have once again showcased their academic prowess, with 474 students qualifying the highly competitive National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), announced S. Harjot Singh Bains, Minister of School Education, Punjab.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Education has issued instructions to prevent the spread of dengue and Chikungunya in schools across the country, local media reported.

CHENNAI: To improve pass percentages in Class 10 and 12 public examinations, the Tamil Nadu School Education Department has rolled out a new initiative to provide daily practice questions to students in government schools across Chennai.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday said that the marvelous results and outstanding results of 10th and 12th class in the state reflects that the state is heading towards becoming ‘Rangla Punjab’ with the youth playing a decisive role in it.

JAIPUR: Amid easing tensions, schools, colleges, universities, coaching institutes, and Anganwadi centres have reopened on Tuesday in Jodhpur, Bikaner, Barmer, and Sri Ganganagar.

CHANDIGARH: Schools in five Punjab districts bordering Pakistan, except Gurdaspur, remained shut on Tuesday as a precautionary measure, officials said.

JAIPUR: Following the drone raids and Sunday night’s blackout across several border districts of Rajasthan, including Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Barmer, and Sri Ganganagar, on Monday, the roads were again bustling, and people were seen engaged in routine activities, reflecting a sense of normalcy.

NEW DELHI: The Centre, in a special briefing on 'Operation Sindoor' on Saturday, called out Pakistan’s brazen attempt to escalate the matter by repeatedly targeting India’s military as well as civilian centres and also slammed the state-sponsored propaganda machinery for spewing canards. The briefing also assured the nation that all of Pakistan's nefarious attempts had been thwarted by the alert Indian military.

JAIPUR: In light of escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the Rajasthan government has ordered the closure of all private and government schools in Balotra district starting from Friday, with holidays declared until further notice.

JAIPUR: A high alert has been sounded in all border areas of Rajasthan after India's airstrikes on Pakistan-based terror bases. Also, Bikaner and Jodhpur airports have been closed.

CHANDIGARH: In view of the prevailing situation, two international flights en route to Amritsar were diverted to Delhi on Wednesday, and educational institutions along the Pakistan border shut.

KUALA LUMPUR: A surge in the number of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) cases among school-aged children in Malaysia's northern Borneo state of Sabah has forced the temporary closure of five schools, according to health authorities.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to visit Meritorious and Adarsh schools established by the erstwhile SAD led government which along with other reformatory measures had taken Punjab to the number two slot in the national survey on school education instead of blindly following other models.

NEW DELHI: Delhi government will issue Covid guidelines for schools amid steady rise in the fresh Covid infections, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday

CHANDIGARH: On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, State Education Department on Tuesday ordered the private schools to immediately display the list of minimum three books/uniform shops in towns and 20 in cities to be shared with the District Education Officers (DEOs).

BENGALURU: Six schools situated on the outskirts of Bengaluru got bomb threats on Friday, said the police

NAWANSHAHR: Punjab Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Wednesday said that Punjab Government would make all-out efforts to bring back the glory of government schools in the state.

CHANDIGARH: Taking a major decision for the students studying in private schools across the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced that none of any private school would hike the fee during the current semester of academic session 2022-23 and these orders would come into force with immediate effect.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Defence has approved setting up of 21 new Sainik Schools, in partnership with NGOs, private schools and state governments for this academic year.

CHICAGO: Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the third largest school district in the US, lifted its mask mandate and introduced an optional policy.

NEW DELHI: Nearly 39.7 lakh students of government aided and private schools shifted to government schools during 2020-21. Similarly, there is also an impact of Covid-19 pandemic on enrolment in schools, showed a report released by Union Ministry of Education on Wednesday.

SYDNEY: The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) on Wednesday announced its decision to scrap mask mandate in schools despite a continued increase in new Covid-19 cases.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday inaugurated 12,430 new smart classrooms in 240 government schools of the national capital at Rajkiya Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Rajokri.

NEW DELHI: Days before polling in Uttarakhand, the BJP has claimed that the Congress is trying to bring hijab in schools of 'Devbhoomi'.

BHOPAL: After the controversy over wearing a headscarf or hijab in schools escalated in Karnataka, a statement in this regard by a Minister has sparked controversy in Madhya Pradesh.

NAWANSHAHR:With the Covid pandemic situation has improved, District Magistrate Vishesh Sarangal has allowed to reopen the schools from 6th class onwards, colleges, ITIs, libraries, coaching and training institutes have been allowed to open for physical classes from today (February 7) in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Online classes would continue to remain an option.

NAWANSHAHR: With the Covid pandemic situation has improved, District Magistrate Vishesh Sarangal has allowed to reopen the schools from 6th class onwards, colleges, ITIs, libraries, coaching and training institutes have been allowed to open for physical classes from today (February 7) in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Online classes would continue to remain an option.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday held a meeting to review the Covid guidelines that were in place in the national capital and eased several restrictions keeping in mind the sharp decline in the positivity rate.

AMRITSAR: District Magistrate Mr. Gurpreet Singh Khaira has extended the revised Kovid restrictions within the limits of District Amritsar till February 8, 2022.

JAIPUR: Going with the new guidelines issued by the state government, schools from class 10 to 12 reopened from Tuesday in urban areas across the state.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said "a generation of children will be left behind if we do not open schools now".

AMRITSAR: HDFC Bank provided 240 computer sets and 18 smart class projectors for computer labs in the schools run by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.

NEW DELHI: Congratulating Himachal Pradesh for providing tap water connections at 100 per cent schools and anganwadi centres, Union Drinking Water and Sanitation Secretary Vini Mahajan said that this will help in reducing water-borne ailments among children.

NEW DELHI:A total 194 schools have been registered till now for affiliation with the Sainik School Society and application process is underway, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday.

RUPNAGAR: In response to call of ‘No School, No Vote’ campaign launched by Federation of Private Schools and Association of Punjab,the faculty of local St. Carmel School including teaching and non-teaching staff members protested the close down of schools in view of third wave of Covid-19 Pandemic.

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Monday announced that all schools and colleges in the state will be closed till January 26 in view of the increasing cases of Covid-19.

CHANDIGARH: Senior Leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema while commenting sternly on the pitiable condition of the state in the field of public education said that the ruling Congress and SAD-BJP governments have pushed Punjab universities, colleges, schools and other government educational institutions to the brink of collapse under a deliberate conspiracy.

CHANDIGARH: With the spike in Coronavirus cases, the Chandigarh administration on Thursday decided to impose night curfew in the Union Territory from 10 pm to 5 am daily.

CHANDIGARH: With the spike in Covid-19 cases, Punjab on Tuesday imposed statewide night curfew daily from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. and ordered closure of all educational institutions till January 15.

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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday gave approval to upgrade 229 schools to different levels viz. 46 Elementary to Middle schools, 100 Middle to High schools and 83 High to Senior Secondary schools.

CHANDIGARH: In order to provide quality school education and bring the Government schools in sync with the modern times, the Punjab Government is undertaking special efforts. As part of these, it has been decided to provide 4361 tablets to the libraries of 872 Government Senior Secondary Schools in the State.

CHANDIGARH: The Education Minister Pargat Singh today released Rs. 8.25 crore for the construction of 275 new rooms in the Government schools.

NEW DELHI: With the shutdown of schools in many states including Delhi, lakhs of students are falling out of the eduction system. According to an estimate, out of two crore students who dropped out of school across the country, more than 20 lakh comes from Delhi alone.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday clarified that it never asked the Delhi government to shut schools, during the hearing of a case regarding severe air pollution in the capital, rather only asked for reasons behind the change in their stand on reopening schools.

NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden announced a country-wide plan to administer Covid vaccine booster doses for all adults, keep schools and workplaces open, expand free-at-home testing, new protocols for international travel, and bolster response and supply of treatment pills to prevent hospitalisation and deaths.

CHANDIGARH: Even though the Punjab government did not hand over the list of the best 250 schools to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as part of the challenge between senior AAP leader, Delhi's Education minister and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh on the education system; but Manish Sisodia went two steps ahead and himself reached to take the stock of the primary school of Makrauna Kalan, the maternal grandfather’s (nanke) village of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in his Assembly constituency of Chamkaur Sahib.

NEW DELHI: The Union education ministry has said that a total of 26.45 crore students have been enrolled in pre-primary and higher secondary education in 2019-20, which is 42.3 lakh more than 2018-19. Along with this, the Gross Enrolment Ratio has also increased at all levels in school education, the ministry added.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has directed to hold parent-teacher meetings in all the schools on 1st and 2nd July 2021 for planning and further improving the education level of the students from pre-primary to XII classes.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the Delhi High Court order allowing private unaided schools to collect annual fee and development charges from the students for the period after the lockdown ended in the national capital last year.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Youth Development Board chairman Sukhwinder Singh Bindra today said that to channelise energy of youth in right direction and to help them clear stress, a special “Happiness Programme” for youth would be started in all schools, colleges and universities of the state. He said that he would soon meet Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh regarding this and assured that this programme would be launched at the earliest.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Wednesday, said that the Congress government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has continuously been working for the overall improvement in the field of school education and apart from other reforms and new initiatives; the infrastructure of government schools was also being updated.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday directed the health authorities to start vaccination of teachers, non-teaching staff and students in18-45 age group from all schools and colleges from June 21, to enable educational institutions in the state to open safely.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has released an amount of over Rs. 40.26 crore for the development of school infrastructure.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Education Minister, Vijay Inder Singla, today advised his Delhi counterpart, Manish Sisodia to first check fact regarding the status of " Learning Level and Quality" parameter in the " Performance Grading Index" released by the Union government before stooping so low to unnecessarily politicise the issue.

CHANDIGARH: Reacting sharply to the utterances of the Delhi Education Minister, Manish Sisodia, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla said that the desperation of Manish Sisodia was quite visible and understandable as paid clamour about the rosy picture of Delhi Schools in media by the AAP government had comprehensible been exposed.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to stay a single-judge order, which had allowed unaided private schools to collect annual and development fees from the students for the period post the lockdown in Delhi in 2020.

OTTAWA: Former Canadian Senator Murray Sinclair has called for an independent investigation into the sites of indigenous residential schools across the country.

CHANDIGARH: In order to inculcate creative interests in the students of government schools, teachers have started online summer camps in various government schools under the leadership of Education Secretary, Mr. Krishan Kumar.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education and Public Works Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Tuesday, released the list of best government schools for the session 2020-21 on the basis of overall grading. Mr. Vijay Inder Singla said that the ranking of the schools has been divided into three categories; middle, high and senior secondary schools and top performing schools from each district would be given a reward of Rs. 5 lakh, 7.5 lakh and 10 lakh, respectively.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has announced the results of the test conducted on April 11 for the recruitment of teachers in Meritorious Schools.

NEW DELHI: Both the government-run and private school administrations in the national capital have recommended that the Class XII board exams (CBSE board) should be canceled in view of the severe pandemic situation, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, said on Saturday.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Saturday, said that all schools including government, semi-government and private schools across the state will remain closed for summer vacations from May 24 to June 23.

AMRITSAR: Akal Takht has asked the Australian government to revoke its decision of banning the ‘kirpan’Criticising the decision of Australian government for implementing it before having any community consultation, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh said the decision of Aussie education minister Sarah Mitchell was an immature one.

NEW DELHI: The supply of food items under government schemes to Industrial training institutes (ITI) will be treated at par with supply of mid-day meals to schools and not attract GST.

NEW DELHI: Walk-in vaccination for those aged 45 and above kicked off at 97 Delhi Government-run schools on Monday. Those without any smartphones or unable to register online for vaccination will also be able to get jabbed at these centres.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government will raise a demand before the Union Government for additional funds under the mid day meal scheme to feed all the students at the government and aided schools in the state.

 MOHALI: Oakridge International School organized workshops for 25 schools of Nepal and North India. 371 teachers from these 25 schools participated in 'Virtual Job Alike Session'. The teachers of Oakridge International School presented 25 sessions which enriched the learning of the community that helps children to gain conceptual clarity through experiential learning.

CHANDIGARH: To ensure smooth functioning of the schools, Punjab School Education Minister, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has given approval to change the blocks of 27 primary schools.

CHANDIGARH: The school education department has warned of strict action against private schools inviting parents of students in schools for parents- teachers meeting.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has extended the deadline for admission in meritorious schools of the state.

CHANDIGARH: As a result of the relentless efforts made by the Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla to improve the quality of education and provide better infrastructure in the government schools, about 13000 schools have been converted into smart schools so far. As a result, enrollment in government schools has been on the rise continually from last two years. During the current academic session 2021-22, the enrollment has increased more than 15% than the previous year.

CHANDIGARH: To address the problems faced by the students and their parents regarding admission in schools, the Punjab Government has waived off the condition of transfer certificate for admission in schools.

CHANDIGARH: With the spike in coronavirus cases in Haryana, the state government on Wednesday announced summer vacation in all schools till May 31.

SEOUL: The South Korean Education Ministry on Wednesday declared a three-week intensive period for checking Covid-19 norms in all schools, universities and private educational facilities amid surge in infections.

KOLKATA: Considering the unprecedented spurt in Covid-19 cases, the West Bengal government has announced that all the state-run schools will remain closed from Tuesday till further notice.

JAMMU:With J&K logging 1,526 new Covid cases on Sunday, authorities ordered closure of all universities, colleges and schools in the Union Territory till May 15.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has decided to start Gender Sensitisation Project in government schools across the state. The aim of this project is to sensitize students in various ways.

GUWAHATI/AGARTALA:With the surge in the number of Covid-19 cases, several northeastern states have taken diverse steps, including imposition of night curfew and closure of educational institutions, to prevent the spread of the dreaded virus.

LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is making learning 'fun' in schools.
The state government, in collaboration with HCL Foundation, has launched the State Open Resources Programme (SORP) to enable teachers to develop a student-friendly pedagogy and make learning fun at government primary and upper primary schools.

NEW DELHI: Amid the surge in Covid cases in the national capital, the three BJP-ruled municipal corporations in the city on Thursday offered to set up isolation centres at their schools and community centres.