Archive for the Education Category

  • IIT Teachers Go On Hunger Strike On Pay Issues, Kapil Sibal Asks Them to Rethink

    IIT, or Indian Institute of Technology, is a chain of about about a dozen specialized autonomous engineering and technology institutes in India. About 1500 teachers from this prestigious institute are going on a hunger strike from Thursday over the issue of pay structure. They are however not boycotting their classes. The IIT’s are located in [...]

    Posted in Education - 24 September 2009 - No comment

  • Delhi School Stampede in Khajuri Khas: Children Killed, Who is To Blame?

    Five girls were killed and at least 27 other students injured in a stampede triggered by rumors about a short circuit due to water logging in a government-run school in Khajuri Khas, North East Delhi on September 10, 2009.
    The incident was reported from Government Senior Secondary School in Khajuri Khas.
    “Five girl students were killed in [...]

    Posted in Education - 10 September 2009 - No comment