For over a decade now the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) — an annual survey of learning proficiency in primary schools in India — has been hammering the point that in spite of high enrolment, learning outcomes have barely improved. The proportion of Class V children able to read ... Read More »
DUBAI (Staff Report) – Pakistan has topped the ICC Test ranking for the first time after wet ground at the Queen Park Oval, Port of Spain, denied India the opportunity to defend the top spot which it had reclaimed from Australia last week. The result of the fourth and final Test means ... Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been most vocal in fighting terrorism — mainly of the Islamic militant groups based in Pakistan — in the last two years. India has been hectoring the United States and other Western countries to be firm against Pakistan which is seen by India to be ... Read More »
Over more than three centuries, the Duke of Westminster’s family holdings have survived some of the most severe stress tests imaginable: multiple wars, a score of wrenching recessions and a couple of dozen market collapses. Yet as countless far smaller and less wealthy dynasties can attest, no conflict, depression or ... Read More »
India’s Rio Olympics build-up was rocked by another dope scandal after shot putter Inderjeet Singh tested positive for a banned substance but alleged that his sample has been tampered with. 28-year-old Inderjeet’s ‘A’ sample has returned positive for a banned substance. The reigning Asian Champion Inderjeet tested positive for a ... Read More »
Amanda Spielman, banker-turned-academy chain adviser, will be the next Ofsted chief inspector, it has been announced. A few formalities are necessary, a cross-party coalition of MPs will talk to her next Wednesday before giving her the final nod, but presuming no funny business occurs Spielman is in. Overstating the importance ... Read More »
A blood test that’s used to check the health of a donor heart may not accurately predict if a heart transplant will be successful, a new study finds. Placing less emphasis on this blood test could increase the number of hearts available for end-stage heart failure, the researchers said. “Heart ... Read More »
The average overall performance of the state’s excessive school seniors dropped in math from 2013 to 2015, but held constant in analyzing, according to effects of a biennial take a look at launchedWednesday. The effects, from the country wide evaluation of instructional development, additionally showed a drop in the proportion ... Read More »
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., April 13 — There is no definitive test for asthma, with most diagnoses based on history and breathing tests, both of which researchers say lack definition and depend on patients having attacks before any type of treatment. Researchers at Penn State University found microRNAs, or miRNAs, in ... Read More »
Teachers have voted to ballot for a boycott of all primary school tests, after claims that children in England are the “most tested in Europe”. The National Union of Teachers’ conference heard warnings that schools had become “exam factories”. Delegates criticised “chaotic” changes to primary assessment and voted for a ... Read More »
