Dipti Sonawala

In a meeting held on April 3, a decision to improve amenities in students’ hostel was taken by university officials.

Students’ Grievance and Redressal Cell has asked the college to refund the money collected from the complainant.

The landmark Right of Children to Free & Compulsory Education (RTE) Act was introduced in Maharashtra in 2010, but most schools are flouting the law that mandates reserving 25 per cent of their seats for poor children.

The university has focused more on allocating funds towards various development projects, for which Rs 10.82 crore has been allocated.

Of the 1.6 crore collected around 1.3 crore will be used to pay for the lecturers’,artists’ travel fare and fees of some artists.

Teachers from 500 unaided school divisions in Mumbai stand to benefit

Over a lakh people are expected to visit the technological and innovation fair at IIT Bombay

Only 160 of 1,880 Madrassas in the state have applied for the Rs 2.5-lakh aid under the ‘Dr Zakir Hussain Madrassa modernisation scheme’ ;deadline extended again

FDA finds 4 times the prescribed colour in cupcake samples from school

Academicians criticise move,say schools will resort to profiteering

Palash Sen made the comments during concert at Mood Indigo.

Palash said: “Some students took offence to what I said. I apologise for that. It was meant to be humour."

The move,however,has invited criticism from activists and academicians.

School stops scheme; claims number of students who took ill inflated

As the board exam approaches,the girl’s case is still pending with no decision taken on it yet.

The varsity has also sought an explanation from the six colleges for the goof-up.

They said ashram shalas across the state need to be checked thoroughly by the state government.

The girl was denied permission to appear for board exams privately since it is meant only for those students who have left school in the month of July.

A young photojournalist was gangraped by five men in the Shakti mills compound on August 22 .

Was hearing case of minor’s rape in a school bus,mid-day meal issue

493 children were taken ill after they consumed cup cakes provided by the school.

As many as 493 children were taken ill Monday after they consumed cupcakes provided by the school as mid-day meal.

The state’s school education department has been sitting on the revised guidelines on the mid-day meal scheme.

The school,BMC,agency and school education dept blame each other.