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State owes private schools rRs.r2,500 crore towards RTE fees

India, Feb. 2 -- Independent self-financed schools across Maharashtra are showing a reluctance to register for admissions under the 25% quota of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, citing long delays in... Read More


RTE enrolment hit as schools await Rs.2.5k cr reimbursement

MUMBAI, Feb. 2 -- Independent self-financed schools across Maharashtra are showing reluctance to enrol students under the 25% quota of the Right to Education (RTE) Act due to long delays in fee reimbu... Read More


Row erupts over declaration of political link in TISS polls

MUMBAI, Feb. 1 -- Students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have raised fresh objections to an undertaking that candidates must sign while filing nominations for the ongoing Students Co... Read More


Fresh row at TISS over Student Council election undertaking

India, Jan. 31 -- Students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have raised fresh objections to an undertaking that candidates must sign while filing nominations for the ongoing Students Co... Read More


TISS polls: Row over declaration of political link

MUMBAI, Jan. 31 -- Students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have raised fresh objections to an undertaking that candidates must sign while filing nominations for the ongoing Students C... Read More


BMC floats tender for new BMC school in Lalbaug

India, Jan. 30 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a tender for the construction of a ten-storey municipal school building at Sai Baba Path in Abhyudaya Nagar, Lalbaug, after re... Read More


Monorail roadblock cleared, BMC school will be rebuilt

MUMBAI, Jan. 30 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a tender for the construction of a ten-storey municipal school building at Sai Baba Path in Abhyudaya Nagar, Lalbaug, after r... Read More


SRA expected to hand over 6 school buildings to BMC before June

India, Jan. 29 -- Ten buildings meant for BMC schools have been caught in a long-running dispute between the civic body and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), leading to an acute shortage of cla... Read More


Student bodies miffed with TISS' draft student council constitution

Mumbai, Jan. 29 -- Nearly two years after student unions were suspended at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, the institute has decided to bring back student representation. On Ja... Read More


A day in the life of overworked govt school teachers

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- M Ashish, a primary school teacher at a zilla parishad school in Wardha district, starts classes at 10am. Although classes end at 12.30pm, Ashish is not even halfway through his wor... Read More