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Hong Kong: Housewife gets 4-month jail term for bribing a primary school principal with HK $20,000 for her son’s admission
Principal Magistrate Ivy Chui Yee-mei acknowledged that the court understands the desire of the mother to ensure her son's admission to a good school. Still, the bribery was a dishonest act and it tried to tarnish the morals of society.
Assam: 1710 primary schools with a small number of students closed and merged with nearby schools as per amalgamation plan
As part of closing schools with poor results and low number of students, Assam govt has closed 1717 schools
Gujarat: School principal teaches Bhagavad Gita to over 1100 students free of cost, conducts online classes during summer holidays
Over a thousand students gather to learn Bhagavad Gita online from Naresh Mehta during the summer holidays.
‘U for Ugly’ row: West Bengal education dept suspends two teachers of govt-aided school following outrage over racist content in textbook
Two teachers suspended after a pre-primary textbook in West Bengal government aided school described dark-skinned people as “ugly”
West Bengal: Textbook for pre-primary children depicts the image of a black person as ‘ugly’, parents fume
West Bengal school's pre-primary book described the letter 'U' as 'Ugly' with a person of dark complexion in the picture.
Uttar Pradesh: Primary school terms a 9-year-old ‘characterless’ in his TC for complaining against teacher’s thrashing
This could jeopardise the child's future as this remark in the TC may come in the way of the child seeking admission in any other school.
Delhi school locks kindergarten girls in basement for hours due to alleged delay in fee payment
The parents have alleged that the girls were kept under inhuman conditions
South Delhi Municipal Corporation to install idols of Goddess Saraswati in 582 schools
They have also announced that Saturday would be a no bag no book day