Education News in India

India only 7th best in GMATH 21/Jan/2011
‘Where there is a will, there is a way'— is perhaps easier said than done. We always need someone to show the way. Anand Kumar has been that someone in many lives. Here's proof that Indians have a flair for mathematics. Indians scored higher than the global average in GMATs quantitative ..
Steering through success 20/Jan/2011
Through an innovative initiative called ‘super 30', he has towed hundreds of underprivileged students out of poverty and led them into IITs. What started as a classroom activity in Bihar has now sparked into a revolution echoing across the globe. “Education is an empowering weapon and every ..
Games they play 20/Jan/2011
Manuj Dhariwal was good at playing games. The joke among his friends went, ‘Give Manuj three things and he will build a game with it'. And he made no mistakes. A game he started building in 2005 is changing the way Hindi is being learnt in many schools. More than 12,000 kits of Aksharit, the Hindi ..
Ensure quality faculty in engineering colleges in Kerala 21/Jan/2011
The Federation of Associations of Managements of Unaided Professional Educational Institutions has said that inspections should also be conducted at government-controlled self-financing engineering colleges in the State to ascertain the quality of teaching faculty. Reacting to the Kerala High ..
IMA to oppose Rural Health course 20/Jan/2011
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has described as “unfortunate” the endorsement of the Union Government's decision to start a Bachelor of Rural Health course at the meeting of State Health Ministers in Hyderabad on January 12-13. Calling it a retrograde step, the IMA members said ..
56 Indian-Americans semi-finalists in Intel competition 21/Jan/2011
Fifty six high school students of Indian-American community were named amongst the 300 semi-finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search which is considered as America's most prestigious pre-college science competition. California has the highest number of the semi finalists, 41 out of which seven are Indian ..
Free education for EWS children upto class XII in Delhi 21/Jan/2011
Delhi Govt has decided to provide free education up to class XII to children belonging to economically weaker section in the city though the Right to Education Act makes it obligatory to offer free education only upto class VIII. With the decision, Delhi perhaps became the first state in the country to ..
Kalam favours imparting science education in mother tongue 21/Jan/2011
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has favoured imparting science education to children in vernacular languages to encourage creativity and enable easy grasp of the subject. Interacting with students at the Dharampeth Science College during its golden jubilee function here last night, Kalam said, "I studied ..
IIT council meeting on Jan 22 21/Jan/2011
Creation of an 'open access institutional repository' for IITs and making the selection process of IIT directors more broad-based are among key issues to be discussed at the IIT council meeting here tomorrow. The Anil Kakodkar Committee report to suggest a roadmap for IIT autonomy, the T Ramasami ..
GoM on suggesting ways to strengthen vocational education 21/Jan/2011
A group of state education Ministers will constituted to suggest ways for strengthening vocational education at all levels on the contours of the proposed National Vocational Education Qualifications framework (NVEQF). The decision was taken at a meeting here to discuss policy reforms on vocational ..

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