Why should sex education be taught in schools

A Bihar school has been teaching Hindi and Urdu on the same blackboard. The unique arrangement has been made in a classroom at a school in Katihar, reports ANI. Kumari Priyanka, an assistant teacher at Adarsh ​​Middle School, told the news agency that the Urdu primary school had been shifted to the Adarsh school back in 2017. Both Hindi and Urdu are hence taught in the same classroom. A video shared by ANI shows lessons in both languages taking place simultaneously by two teachers. Another teachers sits at a table to maintain discipline among the group of children. Kumari Priyanka further said that Hindi is taught on one half of the blackboard and Urdu on the other half simultaneously. “Our school does not have enough classrooms and this is the reason we teach students in a single room,” she was quoted as saying. Kameshwar Gupta, District Education Officer, said that if enrollment of students in the Adarsh Middle School is less, then one classroom would be given to the Urdu Primary … [Read more...] about Bihar School Teaches Hindi, Urdu on Same Blackboard at Once Due to Classroom Shortage

South Korea's ongoing sex crime crisis forms the focus of a gripping new Netflix documentary— Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror. The latest program reveals just the tip of the iceberg of sex crimes in the Asian country, which can be traced back to a "deep-rooted gender inequality " and an increase in gender-based violence, Boram Jang, East Asia Researcher at Amnesty International, told Newsweek. "According to the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice, violent crimes such as murder, robbery and arson are generally decreasing in Korean society, but crimes involving sexual violence are steadily rising," Jang said. Released on Wednesday, the new Netflix documentary follows the exposé of a sexual abuse scandal that saw dozens of women—including minors—allegedly being blackmailed into capturing non-consensual , sexually explicit images and videos of themselves. The footage was shared and sold via online chat rooms—known collectively as the "Nth Room"—on … [Read more...] about ‘Cyber Hell’ only scratches surface of South Korea’s sex crime crisis

The sight of a fellow student being mocked during a school function five years ago is etched deep in Anoushka Jolly’s memories. But for this 13-year-old, that incident became the push to start a social initiative to stop bullying and provide a platform for students as wells as parents to report anonymously. The ‘Anti Bullying Squad (ABS)’, with help from educational institutions, social organisations and experts, has positively impacted over 2,000 students from over 100 schools and universities, said Jolly as she spoke about the digital platform, she formed three years ago. The Class 8 student has also come up with a mobile application called ‘Kavach’ and it allows students and parents to report incidents of bullying anonymously, giving opportunity to schools and counsellors to tactfully intervene and take action. The incident of the girl being bullied “got registered in my memory and I still cannot forget her face”, she was terrified and felt helpless, said Jolly, who was nine years … [Read more...] about 13-Yr-Old School Girl’s App to Fight Bullying in Schools Lands Rs 50 Lakh Funding Offer

The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) is likely to release the 10th and 12th results by May-end or first week of June. Even as the board is yet to announce the result date officially, many reports claim that BSER results will be out by next week. Once released, the RBSE Intermediate and high schools results will be available on the official website of the board at rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in. More than 20 lakh students took the Rajasthan board exams this year. The intermediate and high school exams were conducted from March 24 to April 26. The RBSE board exams were earlier scheduled to be held from March 3 but later postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read | ‘Nothing out of Syllabus’: Rajasthan Education Minister on Row Over Class 12 Question Paper Once announced, students can also check their results via SMS and DigiLocker, To save time, it can also be checked directly with News18.com by filling the form given below: Rajasthan Board 10th, 12th Result … [Read more...] about Rajasthan Board 10th, 12th Result 2022: Date and Time Update

The special operations group has arrested eight people in connection with the Rajasthan Police Constable 2022 paper leak. Earlier, it was reported that the screenshot of the question paper was circulated on social media platforms. The screenshot was allegedly taken from a school in Jaipur’s Jhotwara. The paper was leaked shortly before the second shift of the exam on 14 May. The paper on this shift will be conducted again, however, the new dates were not announced. the envelope of the paper was opened before time by the centre superintendent of Diwakar Public School, Jaipur. The recruitment exam was scheduled to be held from May 13 to 16. Over 11.53 lakh candidates had registered to appear for the exam, however, the question paper in one of the shifts was leaked for the govt recruitment exam. Over 2.75 lakh candidates were to take exam in the shift in which the exam was leaked. The paper, thereafter, was cancelled. As many as 4388 posts were to be filled through this recruitment … [Read more...] about Rajasthan Police Constable 2022 Paper Leak: Special Operations Group Arrests 8 People

On the first day of the second part of the Budget session, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a ₹1.42-lakh-crore budget, along with proposals for supplementary demands of grants for Jammu and Kashmir. This was followed by members of the Lower House taking up the bill for discussion. In today’s session, the House is discussing the Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Railways for 2022-23. Union Ministers Rajnath Singh has made a statement on the issue of the inadvertent missile firing, while Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar has briefed the Lower House about the situation in Ukraine, detailing the rescue of Indian nationals from conflict zones. Here are the latest updates: 12.00 a.m. Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day Speaker Om Birla adjourns the Lok Sabha proceedings until 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. 11.51 p.m. Get rid of rate of return system used by British: Nishikant Dubey to Railway Minister BJP MP … [Read more...] about Lok Sabha updates | March 15, 2022

Lakshmi Das recites eight lines from Kumaran Asan’s poem, ‘Chandalabhikshuki’ , starting with ‘Innale cheythorabadham...’ and posts it as a voice note on a WhatsApp group comprising her students. Within the next four days, they post their renditions in the same group. Lakshmi gives feedback to each of them. That is how Thiruvananthapuram-based Lakshmi has been taking Kavyakeli classes for 30-plus students for a month now. She is among the four experts who are taking lessons in Kavyakeli for more than 130 students under an initiative launched by Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan, a cultural centre in Thiruvanathapuram under Government of Kerala. The initiative was launched on April 15. Different from Aksharaslokam Although Kavyakeli is similar to Aksharaslokam as both entail recitation of Malayalam poems, there are some major differences. In Aksharaslokam, a quatrain with only Sanskrit meters ( vrutham ) are recited, while in Kavyakeli eight lines from a poem with Dravidian meters … [Read more...] about How Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram is promoting Kavyakeli

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 In civilian life, Taras Myronyuk conducted a Ukrainian orchestra that toured the world — including gigs in San Francisco — and taught music at a university in Kviv. But after Russia invaded his country this year , the 51-year-old father of three enlisted in the nation’s armed forces and is now a combat engineer with the rank of sergeant. In his company of 62 people, only two had body armor as of late March, he said. “Ballistic protection is the biggest need that soldiers have, as well as medical supplies such as tourniquets, all of which can save a great deal of lives,” he said via text message. Now, Myronyuk and his cohorts have a dozen ballistic vests, paid for by his nephew, Andrew Vasylyk, co-founder of San Francisco’s StartupSoft, which hires Ukrainian engineers to work remotely for U.S. tech companies. That’s obviously not enough. The scarcity of body armor is repeated among … [Read more...] about Ukrainian soldiers urgently need body armor. This San Francisco company wants to help

Tuesday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson defended prior statements regarding so-called great replacement theory pertaining to the U.S. electorate and how Democrats had openly claimed shifts in demographics would be to their political advantage. Carlson’s remarks come in the wake of the Buffalo, NY shooting in which the suspect allegedly used the theory for justification for actions. Many on the left had attacked the FNC host, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who Carlson called a coward for declining to appear on his FNC show. Transcript as follows: Last May, a 17-year-old high school senior called Payton Gendron received an assignment in his economics class. The assignment asked, “What do you want to do when you retire?” He answered, “Commit murder-suicide.” Gendron’s teacher immediately reported his threat to authorities who sent him to the emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation. Gendron was there for just 20 hours, as he … [Read more...] about Carlson: Democrats Have Decided Rather Than Convince You, They Will Change the Electorate

Ahead of the Karnataka SSLC Results 2022, good news for students. The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has decided to give grace marks to students. In wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and difficulties encountered during remote learning, KSEEB had decided to give 10 per cent grace marks to candidates in SSLC exams. If any student needs three marks each in three subjects, teachers can now make an exception and award the same from the grace marks kitty. Previously, this was allowed to up to five marks. The move is expected to take the pass percentage or number of students passing the exam up. Last year, Karnataka Board reported its highest ever passing percentage as all students barring one were promoted to the next class. While none of the male students failed the exam, the pass percentage among female students was 99.99. Only one student failed the exam after she took the exam from the wrong centre. While the pass percentage this year might be less than 2021’s … [Read more...] about Karnataka SSLC Result Tomorrow: Students to Grace Marks, Know Marking Scheme