Articles from India
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Standards and working conditions 28 March 2011 The need to overcome the teacher gap in India
In September 2010, Mireille de Koning, from EI’s Research Unit, set off on a visit to four states in India to undertake research on teacher training for non- and under-qualified (contract) primary teachers. She spent her time meeting with policy makers and teachers about the main challenges to quality teacher...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 12 November 2009 India alters foreign school rules citing WTO compliance
Backtracking on earlier commitments, the government of India announced last month it will not require foreign educational institutions to meet quotas or adhere to caps on tuition fees.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 September 2009 Indian union recommends more practical teacher training
EI affiliate, the All India Primary Teacher’s Federation published a study on the effectiveness of in-service training for primary teachers in two of the country’s states. Research was carried out in Bihar and Tamil Nadu, the third and seventh most populous states in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 August 2009 Education now a right for Indian children
The Indian government has approved a landmark bill which guarantees free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill was unanimously passed in the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper House of Parliament in late July and was successfully voted...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 July 2009 India passes Right to Education Bill
India has passed a landmark bill providing for free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14. In a vote held 20 July, the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper House of Parliament, gave unanimous approval to The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 21 January 2009 New Indian Higher Ed Regulations Would Violate GATS
India’s higher education regulators are proposing new rules to combat an influx of low-quality, private higher education providers into the country.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 April 2008 EU-India Free Trade Talks Stall
Talks between the European Union and India on a bilateral free trade agreement may not be completed by the end of year as originally planned.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 March 2008 India: The need for sex education in schools
Since the first case was detected in the 1980s, AIDS has become one of the largest killers in the world. Every day, some 7,200 young people are contracting HIV in the world. In India, 15% of HIV/AIDS patients are children under 15 years of age. At a time when HIV...
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Equity and inclusion 28 November 2007 Spotlight interview with Ambet Yuson (BWI - India) : "We have pulled 15,000 children out of work… and quadrupled our membership"
India is the country with the largest number of working children in the world. Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) is attacking this exploitation through community involvement and the building of schools. Ambet Yuson, BWI's regional representative in Asia Pacific, tells us about this trade union strategy that has allowed...
Spotlight interview with Ambet Yuson (BWI - India) : "We have pulled 15,000 children out of work… and quadrupled our membership" -
Trade union rights are human rights 17 October 2007 India: Sex Education in Schools
Since the first case was detected in the 1980s, AIDS has become one of the largest killers in the world. Every day, some 7,200 young people are contracting HIV in the world. In India, 15% of HIV/AIDS patients are children under 15 years of age. At a time when HIV...
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 May 2007 India: Teachers' unions condemn ban on sex education
In March the state government of Maharashtra, India announced its intention to ban sex education in schools across the state. The Indian teachers' union AIFTO immediately condemned the move as a "retrograde step in the otherwise progressive state of Maharashtra." If the ban goes through, the state will join Karnataka,...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 May 2007 Interview with Mrs. Sulbha Donde
Sulbha Donde is the Chairperson of the Women’s Network at EI's member organisation, the All India Primary Teachers Federation (AIPTF).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2007 Indian Teachers' Unions step up efforts to amend the Right to Education Bill
Teachers’ unions in India are lobbying hard for changes to be made to the draft Right to Education Bill.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 February 2007 Indian students collect five million signatures
Five million signatures collected by the Students' Federation of India (SFI) from across the country demanding the protection of public education were submitted to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on January 22, 2007.
Indian students collect five million signatures