Ritu Sharma is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express' Gujarat bureau. She writes on education in Gujarat and earlier Chandigarh for over ten years. She has also written covered state administration, the BJP, health, urban development, women and child development, railways, heritage and weather.
November 18, 2013 02:50 IST
3rd round of appointments in past two years.
Mon, Nov 18, 2013November 11, 2013 04:10 IST
This year the programme will introduce District Early Intervention Centre in each district.
Mon, Nov 11, 2013November 07, 2013 04:31 IST
The new schools are coming up in economically backward areas of east,south and north zones of Ahmedabad.
Thu, Nov 07, 2013October 30, 2013 04:42 IST
Mothers of secondary school students will now be roped in to improve their performances.
Wed, Oct 30, 2013October 25, 2013 04:13 IST
Education and social justice departments conduct camps that reveal errors in appointments of primary teachers.
Fri, Oct 25, 2013October 14, 2013 03:31 IST
After government school teachers,now faculty members of government colleges in the state are under Education departments scanner.
Mon, Oct 14, 2013October 10, 2013 04:50 IST
A government girls primary school teacher in Chikhodra village of Anand district has written to Chief Minister Narendra Modi urging him to scrap a controversial dress code.
Thu, Oct 10, 2013October 10, 2013 03:48 IST
Modi had given these appointment letters among the 3,000 teaching assistants.
Thu, Oct 10, 2013October 08, 2013 04:37 IST
225 Taluka Primary Education Officers created
Tue, Oct 08, 2013October 05, 2013 04:28 IST
In the last decade,the number of Urdu medium municipal schools have declined by about 33 per cent in Ahmedabad.
Sat, Oct 05, 2013September 23, 2013 03:01 IST
Govt takes action after getting complaints of principals not taking classes,only executing administrative job
Mon, Sep 23, 2013August 27, 2013 03:21 IST
This latest set of rules was handed out along with the appointment letters to more than 6,500 newly appointed vidya sahayaks on August 23.
Tue, Aug 27, 2013August 20, 2013 05:06 IST
Schools with 70% Class X,XII results will get 100% grant
Tue, Aug 20, 2013August 09, 2013 04:56 IST
Taking note of recent complaints of arbitrary fee hike by private schools,the state Education Department has framed rules for secondary and higher secondary self-financed schools.
Fri, Aug 09, 2013August 06, 2013 04:25 IST
Over 2 lakh candidates declared not qualified this year
Tue, Aug 06, 2013August 05, 2013 04:35 IST
If willing,they must submit undertaking assuring DEO of good results in Class X board exams
Mon, Aug 05, 2013July 29, 2013 04:14 IST
The Gujarat government has launched a pilot project called the student-first school development scheme from this month in secondary and higher secondary government schools across the state.
Mon, Jul 29, 2013July 27, 2013 03:17 IST
Some lose increments,some transferred to other districts
Sat, Jul 27, 2013July 24, 2013 04:43 IST
Only 2.5% of the 2,000-odd seats reserved in reputed private unaided schools of Ahmedabad district for students from EWS (Economically Weaker Sections) families were occupied at the end of the admission process for this year
Wed, Jul 24, 2013July 22, 2013 04:36 IST
In order to stop discrepancies,the state government has made the disbursement of scholarships to students,from Class I to PhD,mandatory through bank accounts only.
Mon, Jul 22, 2013July 20, 2013 04:12 IST
Taking note of the prevailing discrepancies in distribution of free books to students of scheduled caste,scheduled tribes and other reserved categories the state education department has ordered the formation of a task force to identify defaulters
Sat, Jul 20, 2013July 16, 2013 03:09 IST
In a pilot project to be implemented by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) wing,under the state education department,students from Class VI-VIII in government schools will be introduced to smart boards,tabs and digital content
Tue, Jul 16, 2013July 16, 2013 03:09 IST
In a pilot project to be implemented by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) wing,under the state education department,students from Class VI-VIII in government schools will be introduced to smart boards,tabs and digital content
Tue, Jul 16, 2013July 11, 2013 05:10 IST
The state education department has decided to develop new schools and subsequently convert existing ones into environment friendly green schools in order to improve retention and enrolment in government schools.
Thu, Jul 11, 2013July 11, 2013 05:05 IST
The 136th Jagannath rath yatra on Wednesday celebrated the Indian Army with several tableaux dedicated to the Uttarakhand tragedy and the rescue and relief operations undertaken
Thu, Jul 11, 2013