Mandarin school slammed for attracting students with 'sexy’ teachers
An online language ‘school’, which has deployed bikini-clad glamour models to help foreigners learn Mandarin, is facing criticism from feminists in China.
SexyMandarin.com, whose motto is, “Learning
Bomb explodes near school in southern Italy - Official
One person was killed and six people were injured when a bomb exploded near a school in Brindisi in southern Italy on Saturday, an official at the Civil Protection Authority said.
He said it was uncl
Punjab schools impart karate training to girl students
With an aim to build confidence and promote the art of self defence among girls, government schools in Punjab have started imparting karate training to students of upper primary classes.
Under the f
Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in anti-education attack
About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country's north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female e
India government comes up with anti-punishment guidelines for schools
A key government body on Monday unveiled guidelines to eliminate physical punishment and discipline schools after a survey came up with shocking findings on students being subjected to corporal punish
Nearly 1,500 Delhi schools lack fire safety clearance
It seems like a disaster waiting to happen with nearly 1,500 schools in the national capital lacking fire safety clearance.
"Till now we have issued fire safety certificates to 60 per cent of the sch
Japan sorry for suicide of PIO
Tokyo, Dec. 27: A Japanese university on Monday apologised to the family of an Indian student who committed suicide in 2007, after leaving a note saying he would kill himself because of bullying at sc
Maoists blow up school to protest Obama visit
Bhubaneswar: Maoist guerrillas on Monday blew up a newly constructed school building in Orissa's Malkangiri district to protest US President Barack Obama's India visit, police said. No one was injured
Obama, Michelle start Day 2 in Mumbai school
Mumbai: After a hectic first day in India's financial capital, US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle kicked off their second day at the Holy Name School on Sunday morning.
The couple wen
School throws out siblings for father's 'unruly behaviour'
Irked by their father's "unruly behaviour", two students were thrown out of a private school in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, police said on Tuesday. Class I student Toga D. Sangma and his eld