Education News in India

Pune college to host seminar on Kashmir 18/Jan/2012
The Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, with the UGC, has organised a three-day national seminar: 'Voices of Kashmir' from February 3 to 5. This seminar is the result of a research project carried out by the students and faculty on 'Confluence of religion in Kashmir'. The main objective of the seminar ..
Syndicate or selection panel, who decides? 18/Jan/2012
The Kerala University administration is mired in controversies and is being constantly dragged into courts. After the posting of university assistants took an ugly course with the Lok Ayukta's observation about the appointments, it is the turn of the post of controller of exams to enter into a legal ..
MTech student commits suicide on Banaras Hindu University campus 18/Jan/2012
An engineering student of Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of his room in Dhanraj Giri Hostel on varsity campus on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Satyendra Singh, a student of MTech (VI semester). According to ..
Fear of entrance tests: Counselling must to help students fight exam .. 18/Jan/2012
Keeping in mind the approaching term-end examinations and entrance tests, the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is focusing on psychological counselling to help students handle the exam pressure. Recently, a BSc (final year) girl, Monica Verma, had committed suicide, which triggered concern among the varsity ..
Parents flay school fee increase in Steel City 18/Jan/2012
After the commotion over the random process of admission, schools are now at the centre of another controversy: fee hike. Schools have hinted at a tuition fee hike from the new academic session in April. The Jharkhand Unaided Private English Schools (JUPES) have unanimously decided to increase the monthly ..
University of Mumbai makes a mark in research fest 18/Jan/2012
For years, the University of Mumbai has lagged in participation from students in terms of research and publications, but this year was different. The university has emerged as a winner in the annual research festival, ‘Avishkar’, in which 19 universities took part. Data shows that the numbers of entries this ..
Testing children without teaching is a criminal act 18/Jan/2012
Innumerable studies have shown that our elementary school system is ruptured, that our kids cannot divide or subtract; they can’t apply what they learn in their science texts to everyday life. Whether students are not studying or teachers not teaching, whether the government is not spending enough on education or ..
Tamilnadu CM announces freebies for school students 18/Jan/2012
In a bid to increase enrolment and check dropouts at school level, particularly in villages, TN govt announced a series of measures, including free footwear and bags to the students. It allocated about Rs 491 crore for this. Students of Class 1 to 8 would receive two more sets of ..
Gateway to fine art schools and colleges 18/Jan/2012
If you posses a good voice and interest in music, there are several institutions that offer systematic approach towards music these days and thereby facilitating to become full-fledged musicians. Few hundred years back, those who were willing to learn traditional music stayed with their 'guru' and learned ..
IIIT to develop technology for converting speech into text msg 18/Jan/2012
IIIT of Hyderabad is set to develop a mobile technology that would accept speech as input and convert it into language and text, which can be sent as an SMS. According to Rajeev Sangal, Director of IIIT, the project, which has been funded by the Ministry of Information Technology, will be ready in the ..

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