A regional centre of UNESCO for training and education in biotechnology will be set up in Faridabad to act as the focal point for cooperation in biotechnology among the member countries of UNESCO in the Asian region.

A three-day national conference on zoology called

Rajahmundry, Nov. 14: The education authorities under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan programme plan to start mini residential bridge centres (RBC) from January 2009 in West Godavari, in an attempt to rescue child labourers as well as school dropouts and provide them formal education.

The Festival of Lights - -Diwali

Liz Gross finds out the tough life in the river islands of Assam For a moment that afternoon, Dodhia seemed the most beautiful place imaginable. From their stilts, buildings made of wood poked out from languidly rolling expanses of neon-bright grass. But the water-weathered buildings betrayed the ephemera. Despite four foot stilts, flood waters reached the bottom of homes. The water that

Priscilla Jebaraj

CHENNAI: The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has tracked 8 lakh children in the State, who entered its programme in Class 1 in 2003. This May, 93.94 per cent successfully passed out of Class 5, having benefited from the improved infrastructure, additional teachers and activity-based learning brought about by the project.