The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has registered 27,50 and 31 cases of corporal punishment in school during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 (till date) respectively and has also taken suo-moto cognizance of 10 such incidents since January,

The HRD Ministry is mulling close co-operation with the recently set up UID Authority. The HRD Ministry is keen on this as this will provide all school going children and teachers with a UID number, so that a countrywide monitoring

Hokkaido JALT (Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). January 24 (Sun), 14:00-16:00 in Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan. Mary Virgil-Uchida.