Tag: Primary Education

Bhubaneswar: Raising major concerns for the State government, a yearly survey report on the standard of primary education across all the States has revealed decline in quality of education. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) (Rural) 2018 revealed that only around 58% children studying in class V have knowledge of Class II texts. The […]

Bolangir: Though the State government claims to have rolled out various schemes to boost primary education in the State, the ground reality totally paints a different picture. The students in different parts of the State are mainly suffering due to lackadaisical attitude of the officials at the grassroots level. The Gualbadi Primary School under Saintala […]

Koraput: None of the slogans of ‘vikas’ or development of the Centre or State has reached the children of this upper primary school at Sorispadar in Semiliguda in the district. Far from basic facilities like toilets, electricity and quality education, students of different classes here are forced to share a single blackboard. While the UP […]

Khurda: Huge shortfall of classrooms at primary and upper primary levels has raised concerns over the poor condition of school education in the state. One such school under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan highlighting the problems is the Diniyari Project Primary School under Begunia block of Khurda district which has only two classrooms for the 110 […]

Bolangir: Even though Odisha government has rolled out various programmes like ‘Sabhiye Padhantu, Sabhiye Badhantu’ (Let’s all study, let’s all grow) to ensure primary education to children in Odisha, the scheme has apparently failed to achieve its goal across many schools in the State. The poor infrastructure of Dudumdarha Primary School under Nandupala panchayat in […]

Mayurbhanj: From mid-day meals to free books and uniforms, the State Government is doing it all to boost primary education in Odisha. But such schemes fail to reach the beneficiaries due to callousness on part of officials on the field. The Siripur Primary School in Udala area of Mayurbhanj district is the glaring example of […]

The State School and Mass Education Department on Wednesday extended the last date for admissions into elementary and secondary classes in view of the unabated rise in the COVID-19 cases.

Lucknow: Eight-year-old prodigy Rashtram Aditya Shri Krishna has been granted special permission by the UP Board to be admitted in Class 9 directly. He is set to appear in the high school examinations at the age of 10 in 2021 from M.D. Shukla Inter College in the Nakhas area here. According to the rules, a […]

Hyderabad: Primary education in mother tongue can boost children’s self-esteem and creativity and it should be made the primary medium of instruction at least until class 5, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday. Educating a child in a language that was not spoken at home can be a big impediment to learning especially […]