Come next academic year, and you may no longer be able to send your child to school in the comforts of a car or a private bus.
In a bid to decrease traffic congestion during peak hours, a committee of senior IAS officers, including U P S Madan of the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit, has drafted a proposal to mak
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ऑगस्टच्या पहिल्या रविवारी जगभर फ्रेंडशिप डे साजरा केला जातो आणि त्या पुढला आठवडा फ्रेंडशिप वीक. मैत्रिच्या या अनोख्या उत्सवानिमित्त...
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After his campaign against North Indians, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Monday asked English medium schools in the state to make Marathi a compulsory subject from first standard and shopowners to put up nameplates in Marathi in a month.
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After bomb threat, Juhu school wants kids to carry their own dabba; angry parents protest
On June 12, a peculiar notice appeared on the gates of Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu. Printed on A4 paper, it is addressed to parents and says, excerpted here:
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With World No Tobacco Day coming up on May 31, children playing freedom fighters like Gandhiji, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Lokmanya Tilak, Maulana Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sarojini Naidu, Subhash Chandra Bose and Rani Laxmi Bai are launching a new Quit India movement, called the ‘Quit Tobacco Movement’.
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Singer and musician Salil Kulkarni is soon going to open his music school in Kothrud. His aim would be to teach singing to young singers in all the age groups.
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The financial capital with its booming economy has a shocking revelation: Of the 1.3 crore people living in the city, around 60 lakh have claimed that their monthly expenditure is less than Rs 591.75.
Worse, they’ve said they do not own a telephone or fridge and that they find it difficult to access basic services such as toilets, schools and shelter.
Muslim scholars and academics want marathi language to be made compulsory in all Urdu schools, right from kindergarten. Such a step, they feel, will open up opportunities for students across Maharashtra.
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Call it the Marathi makeover. For, Urdu classrooms are realising the opportunity that lies ahead. DNA spoke to S E A Hashmi, member secretary, Maharashtra State Minority Commission, about the new initiative that Urdu schools are launching.
Most of the Muslims are very weak in Marathi. Most of the competitive exams for government jobs in the state are conducted in Marathi.Marathi is the officia
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"Maharastra Hamra Garjo Maharastra Hamraaaaa !!!". rnrnYo kay hai manhtay Rav.Hye Geet Aplye bihari Pavne Mannar Hayyet Maharastra Dina Nimita.Bhojpuri madla amitabh(asa jo swatalach mahun gheto)to Ravi Kishan mannar hay yo Maharastra Geet.rnrn:-DrnrnIn marathi there is one song for school Childrens "Chaddi Lage Cham Cham Vidya Ye ee Gham Gham." In short it means "Latoon ke Bhoot
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rnrnOut of the 3,304 computers introduced in 49 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run schools for the use of secondary and higher secondary students, nearly 70 per cent are not in working condition.rnrnOver the last three years, 3,304 computers were donated to the civic body by Reliance, Ster
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The subject will be introduced in the syllabus of class IX and XI. The books are educative and won't be too graphic. Teachers will be given appropriate training before they begin imparting the knowledge to students. Government i also introducing a law where action can be taken against those (parents) who deprive education to childrens.
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This can be called an official admission of the state’s failure to curb loadshedding. Admitting that the problem of power cuts has grown out of proportion, the state government recently issued an order to offer finance to all aided schools and colleges to purchase inverters.
Alarmed by the soaring drop-out rate among the girl students in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) schools - every year a whopping 12,000 of them opt out of studies - the civic body has decided to give every girl child Re 1 for each day of their attendance. The scheme will be launched from April 1 for the 1177 BMC-run schools in Mumbai.
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