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GSHSEB yet to decide on 873 schools’ applications to open new classes

Wednesday 27 May '09

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board met on Tuesday to decide on the applications from 522 schools to start Class VIII and from 351 schools to start Class XI.
NACO plans to revive projects for single migrant workers

Monday 25 May '09

The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), which had wound up 20 per cent of its projects for single migrant workers in Gujarat nearly a year ago, now plans to restructure and revive them.
‘Economic slump taking toll on HIV+ people in state’

Saturday 23 May '09

The 10 incidents of suicide by HIV positive people in Gujarat in the last two months, as against five-odd such cases across the state in the last five years, have caught the authorities by surprise.
30% specialist posts vacant in community health centres

Saturday 23 May '09

Despite a host of health schemes in place for the rural population, the government health machinery in Gujarat has to do with less than 30 percent of the sanctioned strength of specialists in the Community Health Centres (CHCs).
State to have first commercial home for the elderly

Friday 22 May '09

Corporate-funded commercial old age homes may soon be a reality in Gujarat. The first of these will soon come up in the city, courtesy the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS).
Professional courses take toll on science colleges

Friday 22 May '09

The change in eligibility criteria for admission to professional courses like engineering and pharmacy has now started taking its toll on the colleges offering bachelor’s degree in science.
With no addition to seats, admission in govt-aided pharmacy colleges an ‘uphill’ task

Wednesday 20 May '09

Despite the introduction of the rule by which only B group students will be eligible for admission in pharmacy colleges this year...
Hindi medium students to be allotted books under SSA

Tuesday 19 May '09

For the first time, Hindi medium students will be allotted books under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan.
Kutchi weavers, bandhini artisans soon to get their craft patented

Tuesday 19 May '09

The Kutchi weavers, Jamnagar bandhini artisans and Ajrak printing craftsmen will soon join the league of the traditional embroiders of Kutch, who got their traditional craft patented last year.
Government-aided school first to introduce safety curriculum

Monday 18 May '09

The government-aided FD Higher Secondary School here will become the first school in the state to introduce the subject of ‘school safety’ in its curriculum from the new academic session onwards.
Compulsory English language may affect further studies in Hindi, Gujarati

Monday 18 May '09

With English language being made compulsory in Class XI and XII from this academic year, a shift in the pattern of choice of subjects might be in the offing.
Information on blood availability just a beep away

Tuesday 12 May '09

It will soon be possible to get details of the availability of specific blood groups in blood banks in and around your area through SMS.
Red Cross-run blood banks in Gujarat see drop in replacement

Monday 11 May '09

The Indian Red Cross Society-run blood banks across Gujarat have registered a drop in the replacement figures to 30 per cent in the last two years.
‘Nepal Tourism’ in India relaunched

Wednesday 6 May '09

India is an important market for Nepal and accounts for 27 per cent of the tourist traffic, according to members of the Nepal Tourism Board, who were in Gujarat to announce the relaunch of ‘Nepal Tourism’ in India.
Three coral species to be transplanted in Gulf of Kutch

Saturday 2 May '09

Under the World Bank-sponsored Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) project, which is meant for integration of sustainable livelihood and protection of environment in coastal areas...
Cases pile up as Labour Regulation dept fails to get employers’ representatives

Saturday 2 May '09

The tri-party Contract Labour Regulation and Abolition Board set up under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 in Gujarat has had no representative member from the employers’ union in the last 15 months.
Traffic comes to a halt at ISBT

Tuesday 28 April '09

Travelling on the main road just outside the inter-state bus terminus is proving to be a traffic nightmare and a major cause of harassment for commuters.
Poll duty: teachers get notice for not attending training sessions

Saturday 25 April '09

Puzzled over orders of election duty at more than one constituency concurrently, over 100 primary teachers in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation run schools have shot off letters to the corporation’s education officer.
GU exam expenses go up, candidates’ number decline

Friday 24 April '09

The number of students appearing for examinations at Gujarat University and its 300 affiliated colleges has decreased by 11,000 in the last three academic years, but the examination expenses by the university have shot up by a whopping Rs 2 crore.
Aided school staff to get pay benefits

Wednesday 22 April '09

The Sixth Pay Commission’s circular announcing the extension of benefits to the non-government grant-in-aid schools comes within 15 days as compared to a five to six months wait earlier.
Water contamination leads to Hepatitis E

Wednesday 22 April '09

While work on the stormwater drainage pipelines project at Hiravadi area in Ahmedabad has damaged underground sewage pipeline and the Town Planning 12 bore water pipelines...
Quake engineering labs project takes a backseat in absence of funds

Tuesday 14 April '09

Even as the January 26, 2001 earthquake gave birth to a new subject, ‘earthquake engineering’, which was introduced in various engineering colleges across the state in 2005...
Advantage not taken: Guj loses 2,000 seats under Central fee waiver scheme

Sunday 12 April '09

Gujarat has failed to grab an opportunity provided by the Union government’s Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) scheme, which targets the economically backward classes...
Health dept to set up state-level committee for human drug trials

Saturday 11 April '09

The state health department has decided to come up with an umbrella committee of all ‘Human Research Ethics Committees’ operating at individual colleges at present.
WHO guidelines a failure in Indian context

Monday 6 April '09

WHO guidelines for the treatment of CNS tuberculosis have turned out to be a complete failure in the Indian context.
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