education

Harpreet Toor cites education in Council bid by AnnMarie Costella, Chronicle Reporter 10/14/2010 Harpreet Toor says that improving education is the key to creating jobs and reducing crime. Harpreet Toor says increasing the quality of education is best way to improve the...

Faith schools only serve to alienate members of society September 8, 2010 by Hannah Davies ~ The Journal Source: Sep 8 2010: AS CHILDREN...

Five-judge bench to hear plea on law on free education New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday referred to the five-judge constitution bench a bunch of petitions challenging the validity of the law providing free and compulsory education. A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said...

http://thelangarhall.com/activism/good-pr/ Good PR Posted by RP Singh on 07 6th, 2010 Many years ago, I attended a demonstration where thousands of Sikhs gathered in the city. Onlookers were curious as to who we were and why we had gathered. As I was handing out...

Working towards a Caste free society The Sikh Education Forum based in Birmingham held its first ever conference on the Caste system recently at the Nishkam Centre, Birmingham. The half-day thought-provoking event examined the origins of the Caste system in the Indian context and how it...

The first commissioned officer in the Indian Army from Jagadhri in Haryana, Col Jasbir Singh Bhutter bid goodbye to fatigues in 1988 to realize his long-cherished dream of uplifting the education system and preserving Sikh heritage in his hometown, where his ancestors had moved from Punjab...

Sikhs, police partner for cultural education Published: Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010 - 12:46 am Last Modified: Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010 - 1:13 am LIVINGSTON Life changed dramatically for Sikhs living in the U.S. after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Though they...

Education - imparting knowledge - is a joint responsibility of parents,teachers and schools. It is more important in today's environment of ultra-fast electronic, radio, TV and other types of communications. Sensitivity, with care and understanding towards parents who have a critical role in...

Sat Sri Akaal! The Sikh Foundation, is proud to present our two latest contributions to our Opportunities & Challenges section. We hope you find their writings as inspiring as we do. The authors also would love to hear your feedback! Also if you are working in the Sikh Academics sector and...

Education is now a fundamental right of every child Education is now a fundamental right of every child- Hindustan Times The Right to Education Act came into force today with Doordarshan telecasting the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the nation announcing the operationalisation...

This last week a news story caught my eye. It told of a pilot who landed his plane before reaching the destination. The reason? A 17-year old Jewish passenger had wrapped his tefillin on for prayer during flight, and because the crew hadn't known what it was, they had panicked, thinking...

Tarlochan: Sikh leaders should focus on education Attar Singh Tribune News Service Patiala, December 30 Tarlochan Singh, Member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana, today flayed the role of the Sikh leadership in not giving proper...

Need for Reforms in Eduction in India - Randeep Kaur Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to the other. Next in importance to freedom and justice is education without which neither freedom nor justice can be...

source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=44&id=70867&Itemid=1&sectionid=4&secid= <TABLE id=fullstory border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=center><TBODY><TR><TD class=contenttitle>PM says he is aam aadmi, education vital for...

On behalf of the Sikh Research Institute, the Sikh Coalition invites you to Sikh Education Conference (SEC) to be held in Basking Ridge, NJ on 26-27 September. SEC is a forum for educators to influence what's & how's of Sikhi education and experience teaching methods. This is a MUST ATTEND for...

CA Kirpan Education Bill Passes 36-0 Full Senate Vote September 2, 2009 September 1, 2009 (Sacramento, CA) - AB 504 - a proposed law that would train law enforcement personnel about...

June 3, 2009 (Sacramento, CA) - The entire California State Assembly yesterday passed a proposed law that would train law enforcement personnel about Sikhs and kirpans. The bill now goes on for a vote by the California State Senate, and then to the Governor's Desk to hopefully be signed into...

At a time when claims of turning even the most backward region of Punjab into nothing but California are unending, here is a new survey that underlines the massive urban-centric skew. Only 3.71 per cent of students enrolled in professional colleges of Punjab are from a rural background, a...

The literacy percentage of Sikhs across India as per Census 2001 was 60.55 percent. The percentage of Jains was 84.1%, Christians 69.46%, Buddhists 62.16%, Hindus 54.92% and Muslims 48.05%. The percentage of literacy is not a race amongst...

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