The lagging performance of American schoolchildren, particularly among poor and minority students, has had a negative economic impact on the country that exceeds that of the current recession, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Pakistan should focus on a range of critical development issues, including health, education, skill building and social mobilisation, as well as important infrastructure to underpin the future growth, said a statement issued by the World Bank here on Tuesday.

Congress candidate from East Delhi constituency Sandeep Diskhit on Tuesday said the Congress is committed to ensure food security as it has promised to enact a Right to Food law.

The provincial population welfare department, in collaboration with the education and literacy department, has prepared a scheme to include

The Indian Space Research Organisation

Federal Minister for Education Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani has said that free education policy of the government has helped raised 30 percent increase in literacy rate in the country.

THE long-term economic potential of Bangladesh cannot be realised unless the people feel confident about the first item on most people

NITYA KOUSHIK
Mumbai, APRIL 17

NOW you can take a short-term post graduation course in wildlife management, if you want to serve a forest department or a zoo as a wildlife veterinarian.

Topics of importance of environment, fallouts of pollution and other environmental hazards should be included in syllabi from primary education till higher and professional education.