Recently, the Afghan President Hamid Karzai mentioned that the lack of educational facilities and attacks by Taliban have kept five million school going children out of schools.
An allocation of RM2.4 million has been made by the CIMB Foundation for carrying out Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programmes in 10 rural schools nationwide, as an empowerment initiative.
With aim of reducing stress amongst students during their annual examinations, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made an announcement for class IX students to give half an hour extra.
In an innovative & ambitious move, Universal High, a chain of ICSE/IGCSE schools with presence in Malad, Dahisar, Tardeo, Thane & Nashik has introduced the very popular iPod Touch devices as a learning tool for its school children from Nursery onwards.