Education News in India

Digital media has great scope 30/Jan/2012
Internet gives journalists access to citizen voices that are new and fresh, and therefore has a democratising effect,” says Nils G. Indahl, a journalist and academician. An associate professor of journalism at the Norwegian School of Creative Studies, Norway's largest journalism school. He recently conducted a ..
Theres lack of good mathematics books 30/Jan/2012
P.V. Arunachalam, founder Vice-Chancellor, Dravidian University, has been associated with development of mathematics for the intermediate syllabus in Andhra Pradesh for over 35 years. The renowned professor has played an important role in authoring mathematics textbooks for classes 6to 10 in the State syllabus. He has ..
Allow private accreditation: former UGC chairman 30/Jan/2012
The Central government should allow private accreditation and grant permission to assessment providing agencies, said Arun Nigavekar, former chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC). “It is long overdue. That is where healthy competition will start,” he said, while speaking at a national ..
Online learning set for big leap 30/Jan/2012
n the second and concluding part of his interview to The Hindu Education Plus, IIT-Madras Director Bhaskar Ramamurthi shares his thoughts with Ajai Sreevatsan and Vasudha Venugopal on online education, NPTEL usage and research initiatives. Are the IITs contemplating any new forays in the online medium?<br ..
Call centre at CBSE 30/Jan/2012
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon have its first call centre in Noida, the services of which are expected to begin from February 15. “In view of the demand from stakeholders about frequent two-way communication with the board, I have decided to establish a call centre at the board,” ..
Girls tend to develop language skills than boys 30/Jan/2012
Researchers have long agreed that girls tend to develop language skills faster than boys. Now, a study has come up with a biological explanation as to why female babies generally outpace their male counterparts. An international team, led by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, ..
Entrepreneurial managers 30/Jan/2012
Traditional MBA education like finance, marketing, etc, which is being taught for many years now, focuses on operating and running a business. However, it does not teach much about starting a business from scratch or how to develop a new business from within an existing organisation. This is exactly where ..
A real-life experience 30/Jan/2012
Said Business School at the University of Oxford has recently announced the launch of a pre-MBA internship programme , which is designed to introduce students to new work opportunities before they join the one year full-time MBA programme at Oxford. As to how it will help students, Derek Walker , director ..
A walk to remember 30/Jan/2012
Aparna Andhare, a postgraduate student of arts and aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), who curated art walks at the India Art Fair, shares her experience. Art has always interested me and a chance to hold curated walks was exciting for me. This is the second time that I curated walks at the ..
Education fair on February 9 30/Jan/2012
Edwise is organising the 12World Education Fair at The Lalit on February 9, Thursday (10.30 am-5 .30 pm). Delegates from several universities will be present at the event with on-the-spot offers, interactions , admissions, scholarships and application fee waivers. Some of the UK universities attending the fair will ..

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