Other School News
New classrooms to be constructed, with facilities for special needs children, after almost 50,000 students transferred from private to government schools.
The Calcutta International School and the Calcutta Boys School received bomb threats via emails, and a holiday was declared and the students sent home.
The state government last week issued an amended order, stating Hindi will generally be taught as the third language to students in Marathi and English medium schools from Classes 1 to 5, which triggered a controversy.
The event, running till June 26, showcases artwork developed during summer workshops held at 44 Delhi government school centres, where over 2,000 students were trained in music, dance, theatre, and fine arts.
The chief minister, citing students' poor general awareness, stressed the need for practical learning. Schools have been told to keep English and Hindi newspapers.
The night guard at the Block Resource Centre has been dismissed, and all other buildings and schools for the textbooks are sealed.
Tara Bhavalkar's views came in the light of the Maharashtra government's policy on including Hindi as the third language in Classes 1-5.
The Sainik Schools Society will accept proposals for setting up new Sainik Schools in the fourth round of applications from May 15 to June 14, 2025. Eligible NGOs, private schools and state government schools can apply at sainikschoolsociety.in.
Bomb threats were sent to the Gujarat High court, District and Sessions court in Rajkot, and a school in Vadodara. Efforts are underway to identify and arrest the sender.
The Emergency was added to NCERT textbooks in 2007 under UPA rule. In 2023, key portions were removed under the BJP's syllabus revision, drawing criticism over dilution of its historical impact.
