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In India, poor kids are illiterate despite 4 years of education: Unesco report

Manash Pratim Gohain,TNN | Jan 29, 2014, 05.10 AM IST NEW DELHI: In India, even after completing four years of school, 90% of children from poorer households remain illiterate. And this also holds true for around 30% of kids from poorer homes despite five to six years of schooling. Besides, only 44% of ..... Read More

Army man assaults 14-month-old baby in Bangalore

The child is the daughter of Dharamveer's colleagues. The colleague had left the child with him, asking him to take care while he went out. That is when the accused assaulted the child. Pratiba Raman Bangalore, January 28, 2014 | UPDATED 05:47 IST A 14-month-old baby was allegedly sexually assaulted by an Army personnel ..... Read More

India has the highest population of illiterate adults: Unesco

At 287 million, India has 37% of the total population of illiterate adults across the world, according a Unesco report Photo: Mint New Delhi: The world will miss its goal of universal education by 2015, with millions of children and adults still to be schooled, ..... Read More

Gujarat’s tribal areas too ditch their girl child

Bharat Yagnik,TNN | Jan 29, 2014, 03.44 AM IST AHMEDABAD: Over half a century ago, Gujarati scholar and demographer Pravin Visaria had highlighted excess mortality and biases associated with girl child and warned that skewed sex ratio would pose a serious problem for India. Even five decades later, Gujarat ..... Read More

Andhra Pradesh government orders inquiry after NDTV report shows child labour at brick kilns

South | Written by Uma Sudhir | Updated: January 22, 2014 14:37 IST HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government has ordered an inquiry after an NDTV report showed children working alongside adult labourers at a brick kiln near Hyderabad. State Labour Commissioner Dr A Ashok ordered the inquiry after it was discovered that ..... Read More