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Monday, May 19, 2008

Mobile phones may lead to problem kids: Study

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Pregnant Mothers who use mobile phones are more likely to give birth to children with behavioural and emotional problems, suggests a landmark study The research on the use of handsets can have major implications on public health.

In the study at the universities of California, Los Angeles, and Aarhus, Denmark, researchers surveyed more than 13,000 children. It found that pregnant women using mobile phones even two or three times a day was sufficient to increase the risk of their babies developing hyper activity and difficulties with conduct, emotions and relationships.

Implications on the child's health could be even greater if the children themselves used cellphones before the age of seven.

These findings are in line with warnings against both pregnant women and children using mobile phones issued by the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection. The committee, Russia's radiation watchdog body holds that the danger posed by , the use of cellphones "is not much lower than the risk to children's health from tobacco or alcohol".

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Saturday, April 5, 2008

Your kid's school fee is set for a steep rise

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You are already paying more for your vegetables and grocery, now get ready to pay more for your child's school fees.

A group of 300 private schools, most of them in east Delhi, on Friday announced that they might soon increase their fees by up to 30 per cent. The announcement by the Federation of Schools could trigger similar fee hikes across the city .

The federation said the new fee structure would come into force once the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations are implemented.

Private schools in Delhi pay their teachers the same scale as government teachers. If the scale of government teachers rises after implementation of the pay panel's recommendations, private schools will a1so have to raise fees. "There wn be 20 to 30 per cent increase in fees as it is our only source of income," R.P Mallick, chairman of the federation, said.

S.L. Jain, chairman of the National Progressive Schools' Conference, another association of various prominent schools, said the fee hike might become necessary "But the hike will depend on various factors such as the present fee structure of a school, the budget and other individual specifications," Jain said. Most school authorities felt a fee hike was inevitable although Ameeta Wattal, principal of Springdales School, Pusa Road, said it was too early to comment. Usha Ram, principal of Laxman Public School, said: "The percentage of hike may depend upon what the government decides. But in order to retain good teachers we need to pay well." Gowri Ishwaran of Sanskriti School agreed.

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