By C.M. Paul Nagrakata, 7 June 2026: At a requiem Mass held in the Diocese of Jalpaiguri alumni of parish school recalled the contribution of Bartholomis Tirkey, former Headmaster of St. Mary’s Boarding High School, Champaguri, Nagrakata. A pioneer educator in the Dooars, he upgraded a modest village school intoContinue Reading
Dublin: A report on a survey of 214 religious education teachers in Ireland is raising alarm that students who practice a religion, particularly Catholicism, are being bullied for their beliefs. In Ireland, religious education is a compulsory subject for all pupils. The survey studied teachers in post-primary schools, which areContinue Reading
Vijayawada: In a distressing development for Andhra Pradesh, several Anglican schools, which did decades long yeoman service in taking free education to the most oppressed sections of the society, have shut down over the years. Even as these schools shut down one after the other, there was gross inaction andContinue Reading
Schools asked to take measures to preempt any ‘inappropriate’ and ‘illegal’ activity through IT enabled devices in schoolsContinue Reading
Indore: Last year, a 13 year old, 4th class girl went to the school in Kalyanpura area of Jhabua district with a bottle of poison to end her life as she was unable to bear the agony of alleged sexual harassment by a school teacher. This was not a singleContinue Reading
