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The 'paper' schools of Madhya Pradesh

At Biliya Primary School in Shajapur, there is a long single room where two teachers teach students between Standard I and V. "We have lined up Standard III students in one row. We dedicate half-an-hour to them. Then we move on to Standard II students. We allot 30 exclusive minutes to each standard," said Amita Joshi, a teacher at the school.

With schools like these, what will the 'Right to Education' bill achieve?

Rich given NREGA job cards in Bihar

It can possibly happen only in Bihar. The names of rich including chartered accountant, government employees, shopkeeper of Public Distribution System and even dead have been allotted job cards and they have drawn money as wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in the state.

None other than the Bihar Rural Development Minister Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha admitted this in the state assembly in a reply to an Independent Member of Legislative Assembly Kishor Kumar Munna, who brought this to his notice.

via news.rediff.com

Why is Bihar always in the news for all the wrong reasons?

Different punishment for male and female raggers?

Male students were fined Rs. 50,000 each, expelled from the hostel for 15 days, and barred from attending lectures for 15 days.

Female students were fined Rs. 50,000 each and expelled from the hostel (duration not known)

Female students had their scholarships withdrawn.
Males students had criminal cases filed against them.

The article says the male students were from BHU, while the female students were at IIT, Allahabad.

Is it too much to expect uniform punishment?