Education News in India

IIM-T to sign pact for exchange programmes with foreign institutes 24/Jan/2012
Indian Institute of Management–Tiruchirapalli will have faculty and student exchange programmes with foreign institutes with the soon to be signed MoU with six institutes. As per MoU, it will have exchange programmes with two each in France and USA, and one each in Sweden and Singapore. ..
Guidance Plus: The Northeast and a scientific bellwether 23/Jan/2012
Among the various regions of the country, Northeast India has several unique features. By the Northeast, we mean the area covered by the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. It has China on the north, Bangladesh on the southeast, Bhutan on the northeast, and ..
Spare the mice, use the mouse 23/Jan/2012
Who has not heard stories of students losing consciousness while conducting a laboratory experiment involving dissecting an animal or insect? Practicals, being a pre-requisite, force the students to carry out the dissection, irrespective of how uncomfortable they are, or how cruel they find the whole ..
Different Strokes: To dissect or not 23/Jan/2012
Animal dissection as an aspect of Zoology curriculum is about 90 years old. However, the new UGC guidelines on phasing out animal dissection have started a debate about whether there is an effective way of learning the ropes without getting an opportunity to dissect real animals. While some students ..
The UGC guidelines on dissections 23/Jan/2012
Here are some of the UGC guidelines: Recommendation 1: All institutions of higher education to strictly adhere to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. All educational institutions coming under the purview of UGC shall ..
Agriculture entrance examination 23/Jan/2012
The Indian Council for Agricultural Research has invited applications for the all-India entrance examination for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in agriculture and allied subjects. All seats in the B.Tech. dairy technology course in the National Dairy Research Institute and 15 per cent of the seats ..
Ranchi: Digital classes give rest to chalk & duster 23/Jan/2012
This year has brought a complete change in the system of education at Greater Triveni Public School, a plus-2 level institution of the district. For the smart age students, the school has introduced digital classes for the first time in the district, free from chalk and duster. The digital smart classes ..
N-medicine has a bright future 24/Jan/2012
I am studying class 12 bio science group, I would like to know about career opportunities in nuclear medicine and nuclear medicine technology K. Sai Lakshmi, Erode Ans: Nuclear medicine combines chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer technology, and medicine in using radioactivity to ..
Act before its too late 24/Jan/2012
A recent survey by the Pratham Education Foundation revealed that just 26.1 per cent students in class 3 were able to read a class 1 level text and only 26 per cent cleared the semester examination conducted by Anna University of Technology, Chennai. The Assessment, Survey, Evaluation and Research (ASER) ..
RTE fails to improve country?s education system 24/Jan/2012
When the Right to Education Act was enforced in April 2010, it looked like millions of schoolchildren could dare to dream. The Act guarantees access to schools, a target that has been met, with the enrolment rate at 90% among children in first grade. The Act demands schools to meet certain requirements, ..

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