London: One in every five adults in Britain is functionally illiterate, or has insufficient reading and writing skills for ordinary practical needs, a report has revealed.It means up to eight million

Moscow: Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has said indigenous animated cartoons and fairytales should be revived and used more often to educate children."We don't need to copy any [forei

Washington: School teachers who went through an intensive meditation programme were less edgy or stressed, and more compassionate towards others, according to a new finding.Previous research has linke

Beijing: A top-tier high school in China is considering equipping its seniors with iPads, the first in China to do so.Starting in September, Nanjing's Jinling High School will provide the popular

New Delhi: Police's role often doesn't end with busting crime and jailing criminals. In a first of its kind initiative, Delhi Police has begun a coaching centre for students from economically

Washington: An innovative use of rhythm in a music-based programme enabled school kids score significantly higher on math tests than peers who received regular instruction."Academic Music" is a hands-

London: Children whose mother tongue is English are now in the minority at more than 1,600 schools across England, and Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati and Tamil are among the most common languages.The new fig

Washington: The failure of the United States to educate its students leaves them unprepared to compete and threatens the country's ability to thrive in a global economy and maintain its leadership

Paris: Children do better at school and feel more upbeat if they are told that failure is a just a part of learning, rather than being pressurized into succeeding at all costs."We focused on a widespr

London: A study in Britain has found that a lot of people here are completely ignorant about some of the basic facts related to their country such as the highest mountain or even the names of nations

Azamgarh: Even as Uttar Pradesh elected a new government in the hope for change, people of Azamgarh, especially its teachers, hope poor roads and electricity shortages will now be taken care of so tha

Beijing: Almost 80 percent of China's 50 million students rated as poor are boys - and a lawmaker has called for easier access to college education for them.Wang Ronghua, who is also director of t

Beijing: Students of a Chinese college can now open their accounts at a "morality bank" and earn virtual "coins" for doing good work. The initiative aims to encourage a spirit of volunteering among st

Nashik/Mumbai: A couple of years down the line, Mumbai residents may be dealing with cabbies and auto-drivers who are full-fledged graduates. Thanks to an open university, deprived sections of the cit