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The Irish Sun
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘She deserves that', say RTE Fair City viewers as Melanie's patience wears thin with Joan causing her to lash out
RTE Fair City viewers were all left saying the same thing after Melanie's patience with Joan wore thin after being picked up on a small mistake. On tonight's episode, Babs went viral after an unfortunate incident that later caused her to rethink her career. 2 Melanie reached the end of her patience with Joan after being overworked Credit: RTE 2 Joan was shocked when Melanie finally snapped at her Credit: RTE Ruby and Mondo met with Renee, who overwhelmed them with questions about the upcoming Lidl launch. They found some comfort knowing Renee would soon be too occupied on the shop floor to continue bothering them. And when Ray reminded Mondo of their holiday to the Isle of Man, Mondo worried he might have to cancel due to the intense workload of the Lidl launch. Meanwhile, Melanie struggled at work as Joan became more demanding, leaving her feeling overwhelmed. Read more on fair city Upon seeing her being overworked, Gareth suggested Melanie should improve her work-life balance. After being scolded for a small mistake Melanie snapped at Joan. Joan sent her home and later removed Melanie from a significant case despite her attempted apologies. After Melanie snapped at Joan, RTE viewers rushed to social media to share their reactions. Most read in News TV One viewer said: "Well said Melanie. She deserves that." Sinead wrote: "Joan's going on the warpath." A look at tonight's episode of Fair City Ciara joked: "Joan could do with a trip to St Catherine's." Another viewer added: "Joan will report Melanie over her results." Meanwhile, Babs had a breakfast roll thrown at her head after clamping someone's van. After the incident, Sharon urged Babs to report it, but she brushed it off, saying she was used to abuse in her job. CAREER CARNAGE Later, Liam encouraged Babs to consider a new career that aligned closer with her passions, which led her to tell Victor she might quit, to which he reacted coldly. Ruby stunned both Babs and Victor when she revealed that a video of the incident had gone viral online. Separately, James was unhappy with Holly and Milo's presence at the house while he attempted to sow discord between Holly and Emma by telling Holly that Emma secretly did not want her and Milo staying. And finally, Holly asked Emma would she be available to mind Milo on Wednesdays and Emma agreed as James insisted that she is being played by Holly.
Time of India
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
‘Smart' beginnings: TN returns to school today
Chennai: Digital intervention, along with improving reading, writing, and basic arithmetic skills, is the focus in the new academic year as state board schools will reopen on Monday after the summer vacation. With all govt primary schools equipped with smart boards, students will experience digital intervention from Class I onwards this year. Ahead of reopening, city schools have spruced up their campuses and conducted teacher meetings to plan academic activities. "Students will have a unique experience of digital intervention from Class I itself," elementary education director P A Naresh said. All primary schools are provided with smart boards, and middle schools have got hi-tech labs. "Increasing enrolment, sustaining enrolled students, quality intervention, and zero tolerance to Pocso-related offences will be our main focus this year," he further said. With already 1.85 lakh admissions in Class I in govt schools this year, enrolment could exceed four lakh as most parents will enrol their wards in June. For Classes VI to VIII, the state govt has announced a new 'Thiran' initiative to improve reading, learning, and basic maths skills. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like What Happens When You Massage Baking Soda Into Your Scalp Read More Undo "Improving reading and writing skills of students from Class VI to VIII in Tamil and English is our top priority. We have also instructed the teachers to use online resources for improving pronunciation and spoken language of students," school education director S Kannappan said. To improve basic arithmetic skills, teachers were asked to focus on teaching tables and repeating them every day. The state govt also announced curriculum and syllabus revision for all classes starting from 2025-26. However, citing pending dues from Union govt, the state govt has not conducted RTE admissions in private schools this year. About 70,000 students enrolled in 8,000 private schools every year. Schools such as MCC Higher Secondary School in Chetpet are planning to take foundational classes for exams such as NEET and JEE for students from Class IX and X during the new academic year. "For the lower classes, we are going to concentrate on reading, writing, and spelling contests in the first month," said G Jebadoss Thinakaran, school headmaster. Chennai corporation schools have set a target to increase admissions and improve performance in board exams. "Our priority is to improve our enrolment this year. We also want more top scorers in Classes X and XII board exams. We will try to implement the new initiative to improve reading and writing skills," said Padmaja R, headmistress of Chennai Girls Higher Secondary School in Saidapet. Other board schools, including CBSE, are planning to reopen after the summer vacation, between June 2 and 6.
The Hindu
10 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
No better time to reform RTE Act implementation
A recent furore over delay in opening the admission portal for Right to Education Act for the academic year 2025-26 has not only informed people about the existence of such an Act but it has also opened up a discussion for the regulation of the Act and its implementation. The Right to Education (RTE) Act, enacted in India on August 4, 2009, guarantees free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14. While the portal would usually be opened by mid-April and the admission process would end by May, the unusual delay of over a month has put the parents waiting for admission under RTE, at a crossroads. Despite facing dilutions, under RTE, a considerable number of students looking for education in private schools benefited, but the recent developments in the centre-State conflict in releasing fund meant for school education have directly affected the admission processes. Though the School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi recently said that he had written a letter to the Centre seeking details about the pending dues under the RTE Act, the State announced that it would bear the Centre's dues too. As the Madras High Court was hearing a case pertaining to the delay in admissions under RTE Act, based on a petition filed by V. Eswaran, an administrator of the Coimbatore-based organisation Marumalarchi Iyakkam, the court has directed the Union Government to submit details of funds due to Tamil Nadu under the 25% reservation quota mandated by the RTE Act. Anand Raj, a social activist based in Madurai, said that a Right to Information Act reply from the State government regarding the fund released by the Union government for the RTE Act from 2009-10 till 2018-19 revealed that while ₹20,300 crore was to be released, only ₹8,446 crore was released. He noted that the issue of Union holding back the funds meant for the Act was not a new one but had been in practice for several years. Apart from the political motivations which affected the implementation of the Act, the actual admission practice, on several occasions, has come under criticism, owing to the prevailing gaps in implementation. S. Umamaheshwari, an education activist, said that citing very minor differences, the private schools, awaiting reasons to reject applications under RTE Act, abruptly reject admissions. 'Though the State government reimburses the schools, private schools, wanting to escape other expenses for a student like books, uniforms, extra activities, find all ways to reject an application,' she alleged. While the Act has framed certain rules like location of the student's house within one km radius of the school, the same technicality was being armed to reject students, she added. With such technicalities in practice, rejections become much simpler for them, Ms. Umamaheshwari stated. Not just the rejection, but the harsh attitude of school administration towards students admitted through RTE and the discriminatory practices towards them force the parents to remove their wards from the school, she said. Subbaiah, a parent, whose son studied under RTE in a private school at Chrompet in Chennai from class 1 to 3, due to the demand for half payment of fees from the school, moved his son to a nearby government school. He said, as they demanded him to pay half the actual fees citing additional spending on school events, they could not afford to pay the fees. 'In the mid academic year, I had to remove him from that school,' he added. As he was uninterested in fighting with the school administration, he said he did not resist. Mr. Anand Raj, listing down the troubles the parents have to face from the schools, said that the school administrations degrade the students studying under the Act by identifying them in a classroom by calling out their names. While it would morally destabilise the students, exorbitant fees demanded for extra-curricular activities, workshops and study materials would eventually stress parents who mostly could not afford to pay them, he added. A School Education Department Government Order 173 section 8(2) dated January 8, 2011, clarified that textbooks, library, uniform, information and communication, technology, sports equipment among others should be provided for free of cost and no difference should be shown towards permitting students to access them. Citing the order, he alleged that most of the schools were not adhering to the G.O. 'Even many well-established schools frequently charge students for various reasons. After a certain time, the parents would have to stop questioning to safeguard the children's education,' he noted. A School Education Department official- private school wing said that the rejection of RTE applications for technical reasons has been reduced with the direct involvement of officials during the admission process. But he agreed that schools were charging the students under the RTE Act for various reasons. 'As the administrations say they were not paid by the government for the extracurricular activities and sports, we have to let them collect the fees unless it does not affect the students,' he stated. However, the official said that they were instructing schools not to exclude RTE students from any school activities and they have also been warned of actions that would follow.
Hans India
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Denied Education: Private Schools Flout 25% RTE Quota in Jogulamba Gadwal
Gadwal: The All India Ambedkar Yuvajana Sangham, led by District President Macharla Prakash and Gattu Mandal President Balgera Mojesh, has issued a strong demand for strict implementation of the 25% free seat quota under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 in all private schools across the district. Speaking at a press briefing, Prakash emphasized that private schools are blatantly violating Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act by denying free admission to children from economically weaker sections and instead charging exorbitant fees ranging from ₹20,000 to ₹1 lakh. "Education is a constitutional right, not a privilege. If schools continue to ignore the law, we will organize a district-wide agitation,' Prakash warned. Despite previous petitions to the District Collector — who has assured support and promised implementation this year — not a single private school in the district has complied, according to the organization. The Sangham demands: Immediate enforcement of the 25% RTE quota. Transparent admissions and action against schools charging illegal fees. Awareness campaigns to inform parents of their children's rights. District-level monitoring committees for RTE implementation. This press release is intended to urge both officials and the public to take immediate steps to protect the educational rights of disadvantaged children.
The Irish Sun
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘I can't wait to release it' says RTE star Blathnaid as she reveals major career move ahead of birth of second child
RTE star Blathnaid Treacy has said she "can't wait to release" her new podcast as she revealed her career move ahead of the birth of her second child. The Advertisement 3 Blathnaid Treacy spoke to The Irish Sun at the Platinum VIP Style Awards Credit: Instagram / @blathnaidt 3 Blathnaid Treacy is expecting her second child Credit: Instagram / @blathnaidt 3 Blathnaid is launching her own podcast Credit: Instagram / @blathnaidt Blathnaid has been overjoyed with the news and speaking at the Platinum VIP Style Awards, she told The Irish Sun: "It's going brilliantly. The show is number one on the station, which is phenomenal. "It's so amazing to see a weekend show flying and I have such a fabulous production team." The radio star then revealed that she's working on her very own podcast behind the scenes, called The Triple Effect. She said: "I cannot wait to release it. It's called The Triple Effect, and it takes a look at the kind of long-term ripple effects of certain situations and having certain encounters in your life." Advertisement read more on blathnaid treacy "So I've had Senator Lynn Ruane already on, Jarlath Regan, I'm going to be having Georgie Crawford, I had Ray Goggins on and we're going to keep adding more and more people. "We've got And while Blathnaid is hoping to launch her new venture this summer, she isn't putting "too much pressure" on her as she's currently 17 weeks pregnant with her second child. She explained: "I want to have a few kind of banked before I start releasing. We've got nearly seven of them done already. Advertisement Most read in Celebrity "The first episode is with Blathnaid and her partner, Charlie Moon first became parents on June 28, 2023, when they , Nancy, into the world . RTE star Blathnaid Treacy shows off incredible Dublin home renovations They revealed just earlier this month that they are expecting their second child together. Speaking about her pregnancy, Blathnaid said: "I think I'm starting to feel the baby move. It's kind of exciting. Advertisement "I do [know the sex], I nearly let slip there! I'll probably end up like letting it slip by accident. All of my family know. I need all the information I can." Blathnaid also said this time around has been "completely different" for her saying: "I feel like so good. 'HASN'T A CLUE' "I was really unwell actually. "I think when you're first pregnancy, because it's also brand new, maybe you're a little bit more attuned, but then when you're second pregnancy, you're so busy with your first child, so you don't have time to like indulge in the really sick feelings because you're just so busy running around. Advertisement "But I feel really good now. For the first nine, ten weeks, I was very nauseous, like constantly, but that's gone now. I'm fine." And when asked how Nancy feels about becoming a big sister, Blathnaid said: "She hasn't a clue on what's going on. We're kind of trying to tell her and she's no idea what it means. "She'll be two in four months when the baby arrives. Hopefully she'll understand what's going on by then."
