Super 30 founder asks PM to begin ‘smart schools’ like smart cities
On Teacher's Day, Anand Kumar, the founder-director of Bihar's Super 30 urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to begin building smart schools, on the lines of smart cities, to give…
Lydia Sebastian, the 12-year-old who is smarter than Einstein
Lydia Sebastian, a 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in the UK has achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, surpassing even noted physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen…
Daily labourer’s daughter from Odisha cracks IES exam
A daily wage labourer's daughter from a remote village of Kendrapara in Odisha has cracked the coveted Indian Economic Service (IES) exam, this year. The 24-year-old Aparajita Priyadarshini Behera…
Railway man teaches for free!
A 50-year-old railway employee in Mumbai has been working as a teacher for scores of needy students and children of his colleagues for the past three decades, helping them crack…
Call me Mukherjee Sir, says President Pranab to students on Teacher’s Day
President Pranab Mukherjee interacted with school children today and said he would be happy if the students called him "Mukherjee Sir". The president spoke to the students of a…
Karnataka Board invites applications for SSLC exam
The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has invited applications for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination 2016. The board has invited applications from students who are studying for…
Indian students educated but not employment ready: Survey
On the occasion of Teachers' Day, Pearson India conducted the "Voice of Teacher Survey 2015". The group of teachers jointly expressed their opinion on the employ-ability quotient of the Indian…