Ramya Kannan and Priscilla Jebaraj

CHENNAI: According to a government order, a school has no business to turn any student away. But whether integration into the mainstream, especially of disabled students, is smooth and beneficial for the student is still a matter of debate.

Manmohan Singh By the time you read this, some of the jostling for the key positions in the Cabinet will be over. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will be ready to begin its second innings. And everyone will be keenly watching if Manmohan Singh unveils any big bang steps to

New Delhi: Industry chambers Ficci and the CII both announced their respective 100-day agendas for the new government. Expressing satisfaction with the new government, Ficci

New Delhi: With Arjun Singh

In a bid to learn from the Chinese agricultural practices, the Karnataka Government has decided to send a team of farmers to China, who will study the main cropping patterns there. The Government has also allocated a budget of Rs 7 crore that would be spent on sending farmers

The second batch of farmers from the state will leave for China on June 10 for studying farming methods, cultivation of crops, marketing of produce among others in the land of the orient.

As New York City officials prepared to reopen 20 public schools shut down because of the swine flu, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg warned on Monday that further closings would not slow the march of the virus.

Mohali: The future of young impressionable minds in government schools in Mohali district seems to be bleak in the view of the dire straits of elementary education.

Boasting of several institutes of national repute, this adjoining district of Chandigarh still has several schools which lack drinking water, toilets, teachers and buildings.

COIMBATORE:

A new government is at our doorstep. Here's a list of things it needs to do in the first 100 days of power.

Action 100: Social Sector
1. Set up ministry for skill development
2. Tackle malnutrition
3. Launch national mission for female literacy
4. Beef up NREGA, launch plan for urban poor
5. Pass Right to Education Bill
6. Amend Land Acquisition Act