The one-and-a-half year long selection process for the civil services examination generally begins in December every year. About three lakh aspirants from all over the country will take the plunge in the weeks ahead.
Some myths about this exam, that drain the energy of aspirants, need to be dispelled. ..
IGNOU has initiated steps to promote excellence in research, applications and satellite communications for education. It has set up a Chair on Satellite Communication Education in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Explaining that satellite communications will play a ..
Flexibility and innovation seems to be the driving mantra for the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in its silver jubilee year. The university has embarked on a wide range of programmes to provide seamless access to sustainable and learner centric quality education across the country.
Flexi ..
Kolkata: IEEE Kharagpur Section, IIT Kharagpur Student Branch will inaugurate IEEE TechSym - annual Students' Technology Symposium from April 3-4, 2010 at IIT Kharagpur, India.
"IEEE TechSym 2010 is an effort to bring together students and young engineers across the continents on a common platform; ..
Chennai: A state-level conference on primary education here on January 8 would focus on various topics, including teaching and learning in primary schools, school policies in primary classes and children's interests and needs, a top official of city based St John's International Residential School ..
It is always good to reach the examination center 1 hour before the start of schedule time. It will reduce unnecessary anxiousness caused due to any unpredicted delay in commutation. Arrange all the necessary articles for exams like pen, pencil, rubber, geometry box and hall ticket on the previous day of exam. ..
Ahmedabad: Premier B-School Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) faculty shall provide capacity building support for the Centre's ambitious project on PMESGD, approved by the Prime Minister in September last year.
"A group of 11 IIM-A faculty members and one from IIT-Mumbai shall be part ..
Moscow: The number of secondary school graduates in Russia may halve to 700,000 by 2012, Russian Education and Science Minister Andrei Fursenko has said. There were 1.3 million secondary school graduates in 2006, he noted.
'We not so much select best pupils as seek anyone to study at higher educational ..
Chandigarh: The Punjab Education Department would select at least five creative children for the ''Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research'' (INSPIRE) Award with a view to seed and experience the joy of innovation among students.
Disclosing this, a department spokesman said that the objective ..
New Delhi: Facing with shortage of faculty in varsities and technical educational institutions, the govt has set up a high-level task force to study the problem and suggest a way out.
The task force is headed by IIT Kanpur Director Prof S K Dhande. Its other members are IIM Lucknow Director Prof Devi ..