Bangalore: Every weekend children of Koonankoppalu village in Karnataka eagerly await visiting teachers from India's tech hub to help them with mathematics, English and science. The village, arou

Toronto: Authors and educators are doing hyperactive children a disservice by insisting that hyperactivity has always existed. Canadian researcher Matthew Smith said not only is that notion wrong, it

New Delhi: Having a degree in law can apparently improve one's chances of getting a ministerial berth as nearly half of the cabinet members have studied the subject. Of the 33 cabinet ministers n

New Delhi: To curb the "menace" of corporal punishment in schools, a foundation was launched on Wednesday named after Shanno Khan, the 11-year-old Delhi girl, who died after slipping into coma followi

New Delhi: Now playing at a theatre near you: lessons in economic philosophy. A professor with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) has found two Bollywood hits to be much more than so

New Delhi: Do you enjoy reading books and can you usually tell which book will click in the market? If yes, then a career as a book publisher might just be right for you. These days book publishing c

New Delhi: Ever since the results of the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 examinations were declared on Friday, its helplines have been flooded by students depressed by their abys

New Delhi: "I am extremely happy with my result," said an overjoyed Dhruv Bhati. The 18-year-old scored 92.8 percent in his Class 12 board exams and he celebrated by distributing sweets to his equally

Chandigarh: One of the city's oldest schools - a well known all-boys institution at that - has quietly taken up the cause of the girl child. The effort of St. Johns High School certainly counts as

Pietermaritzburg: The Indian Premier League scholarship programme could not have come at a better time for eight-year-old S'bonga Zuma, who only started school at the Bisley Park Primary School he

New Delhi: The results are just a few days away, and some of the 1.45 million students expecting their Class 10 and 12 board examination scores are going through intense anxiety, depression and insomn

Bloemfontein: Of the many schools who have benefited from the Indian Premier League II (IPL) being played in South Africa, the Bartimea Combined School here has probably benefited most. As part of a

Sydney: One often hears about bullying among school kids, but an online survey has shown more than 99.6 percent of their teachers also face bullying by principals and executives.More than 800 support

New Delhi: Distressed about the school fee hike and the government's inaction in the matter, parents in the national capital sold vegetables and polished shoes as a mark of their protest on Saturd

Amsterdam: Scheduling more physical education time in schools does not mean children will increase their activity levels at home, a new study has found. The study discovered that those who got lots

New Delhi: If you thought politics was the preserve of the corrupt or the criminal, think again. The 15th Lok Sabha polls boast of a new breed of candidates who are professionals, well educated and mo