New Delhi: From next month, if you see a child begging or even selling wares at a traffic intersection in the city, don

NEW DELHI: The country's progress report on education finally makes for happy reading. The Annual Status of Education Report on rural India released by NGO Pratham shows that only 2.7% children in the age group of 7-10 and 6.3% in the 11-14 years group are out of school squarely proving to the success of the government's flagship Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

New Delhi: Indicating a sharp rise in school enrolments in rural India, the Annual Status of Education Report released by NGO Pratham shows that only 2.7% children aged between seven and 10 years, and 6.3% in the 11-14 years group, weren

With varying statistics on the number of kids in child labour (between six to 100 million), the ministry of panchayati raj believes the government needs to follow the Kerala model and use panchayats to track down the status of every child drop-out.

Every school in Punjab, implementing mid-day meal scheme of the Centre, will have own kitchen.

The Centre has sanctioned Rs 77 crore to construct of kitchens in various schools in the state to implement the mid-day meal scheme.