"Cover a wound with coffee powder to make it heal faster." This was one of the responses by a teacher in a city school in a pre-test questionnaire on how to provide first-aid to students.
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Schools in Chennai not equipped to tackle medical emergencies
Posted by Sri (#3) 453 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)US-style debating for IIT-M student polls
Posted by Sri (#3) 453 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
The Indian Institutes of Technology may not be known for campus politics, but this year, for the first time, students in IIT-Madras are adopting American-style debates among contestants and rooting for a preferential vote system for posts with multiple candidates.
Sleep right and eat smart to ace exams
Posted by Sri (#3) 460 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Come exam season and the first things that students tend to forget is that they need a nutritious diet and enough sleep.
Parents to get back excess money from school
Posted by Sri (#3) 460 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Parents of nearly 2,000 students going to Anita Methodist Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Vepery, will soon receive Rs.1,000 from the institution.
French as a subject may be discontinued
Posted by Sri (#3) 460 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
It is going to be the last few years of French being offered as a second language in schools affiliated to the State government. Under the Tamil Nadu Learning Act 2006, Tamil was made compulsory for students of class I from the academic year 2006-07
GenX wants learning to be fun, say school heads
Posted by Sri (#3) 464 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
CHENNAI: Principals from some of the city's prestigious schools on Thursday gathered here to discuss ways to change the education system.
Schools told to start admissions in May
Posted by Sri (#3) 492 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Parents can finally heave a sigh of relief. The school education department has directed the schools to start the admission process in May putting an end to the confusion.
75% of second year engineering students fail in one paper
Posted by Sri (#3) 492 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Nearly 75% of second year engineering students in 170 colleges in and around Chennai have failed in at least one paper in the third semester.