As part of the measures, school bosses have banned pencil cases and brought in plain school bags to stop students envying each other's belongings.

Boston school officials have voted to permanently close the Mission Hill K-8 School in Jamaica Plain following an investigation into sexual misconduct.

The process of distribution of free school bags to more than 20 million (2 crores) students enrolled in classes 1 to 8 in government, government-aided and social welfare department schools has ...