Postgraduates, graduates apply for Sweepers' jobs in India

Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh): Though India is projected as "India Shining" but the real facts are altogether different. Such is the high level of unemployment that graduates and even postgraduates - including an MSc in agriculture - are queuing up to apply for jobs as sweepers in in this satellite town of the national capital - and even wielding the broom to clean dirty roads and drains as part of the practical test.

Following an advertisement for 397 sweeper posts by the district administration of Gautam Budh Nagar, 1,076 applications were received. Among the applicants are more than a dozen postgraduates and graduates. Those selected would get jobs as sweepers in the villages of Gautam Budh Nagar. Read more........................Postgraduates, graduates apply for sweepers' jobs

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Barbers to give AIDS education

Barbers in Bihar state of India will henceforth not only trim hair, but also educate people on AIDS. Read more.....................Patna: Barbers to give AIDS education

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4,000 Barbers turn health educators

In Jharkhand state of India government over there is recruiting around 4,000 barbers to give free haircuts to poor children to improve hygiene and stop the children "looking funny", a senior government official said.

"We are hiring thousands of barbers as health educators in schools," Jharkhand human resources development minister Bandhu Tirkey said. Read more.......................Barbers turn health educators in eastern Indian schools

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In Bihar Only 21% teachers are Class X pass

Here is a report which tells the state of education in Bihar state of India, where only 21% teachers are Class X pass. If the teachers are not well educated & you can think the state of affairs of education in Bihar.

A study by the National University of Educational Planning & Administration (UNEPA) has found that about half the 47 lakh elementary school teachers in India have themselves not studied beyond the higher secondary level (Class XII). Read full report here.......................Only 21% teachers in Bihar are Class X pass

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Every 3rd illiterate in the world lives in India.

On the eve of a conference in New Delhi sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, acknowledgement came from Indian officials that India is home to 268 millions of the world's 771 millions illiterates. Now India is planning to spend Rs 6,000 crores (1.5 Billion US$) to make 85 per cent of Indians literate over the next five years.

Since Indian Independence, various governments have spent billions of dollars on such programs but the success rate is that every 3rd illiterate in the world still lives in India. Will this huge spending shall give some positive results in reducing the illiteracy in India??????????? Comments Invited.

Read more of it...........India home to a third of world's illiterates

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