New Delhi:

Following complaints of embezzlement of funds and non-achievement of the purpose for which they were opened, the Haryana government has decided to shut down over a thousand Alternative Innovative Education (AIE) centres in the state that had gone over six months old.

Focusing on education, infrastructure and tourism, Sikkim is all set to become a model state for India

Participants visit demonstration farm site to observe encouraging changes brought on by the application of suggested remedies. The Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group has been running 12 such farmer schools-Amit Dwivedi

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Sanat K Chakraborty | Shillong

The ruling Meghalaya Progressive Government (MPA) has decided to create a dedicated cadre service to streamline, run and manage the State's burgeoning education administration. This was one of the key features of the draft education policy approved by the Cabinet on Monday.

Sustainable agriculture literacy can alleviate the problem of agriculture in India. We need to educate the farmers. Farmer schools can be a good measure of sustainable agriculture literacy - report of Amit Dwivedi

Pioneer News Service | Lucknow

The two-day national seminar on 'Challenges and issues before NREGA in Uttar Pradesh' was inaugurated by Agricultural Production Commissioner (APC) Anis Ansari. The seminar was organised by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Lucknow University, in collaboration with the department of Rural Development.