Education News in India

More than 1,000 schoolchildren to perform on Republic Day 16/Jan/2012
A folk ritual from Tamil Nadu to please the Goddess of health and rain, dance of the fishing community from Maharashtra and an Oriya ritual around 1,200 students from across the country will bring live the rich cultural persity during this year's Republic Day parade. Students in the age group of ..
Top B-school grads prefer profile of choice to package 16/Jan/2012
Majority of graduates surveyed from top management institutes like IIMs prefer a job profile of their choice to hefty pay packages, a study by industry body Assocham said. In the survey conducted by the chamber, about 83 per cent of the respondents said job profile of their preference would help ..
Orphaned children being denied free education: NGO 16/Jan/2012
With nursery admissions going on in the city, an NGO has written to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit drawing her attention to orphaned children allegedly being denied benefit of free education in private schools due to their non-inclusion in the "Disadvanated Group" category. <br ..
22 crore Aakash tablets required in future: govt 16/Jan/2012
The government has said it will require an additional 22 crore units of the world's cheapest tablet Aakash to move a step further in its endeavour to merge education with information technology. "Initially, we bought one lakh Aakash tablets but we need 22 crore more tablets in the coming years ..
AMUOBA to raise issue of land allotment for AMU centre in MP 16/Jan/2012
Amid reports that Madhya Pradesh government is not inclined to set up an extension centre of the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) here, its old boys association today held an emergency meeting and decided to raise the issue with the state government. The meeting of the ..
AICTE programme to boost industry-institute interface 16/Jan/2012
To boost research in technical institutes that benefit corporates too, the AICTE is finalising a programme that will enable industry to set up research centres in campuses where both teachers and students will be engaged for project work. About 50 top institutes will be identified where the research ..
Homeless US teen up for science prize gets a house 16/Jan/2012
Samantha Garvey and her family had been living in a shelter for several days when they got word the 17-year-old aspiring marine biologist had made it to the semifinals of the prestigious national Intel science competition. Now, with donations coming in and the county finding them rent-subsidised housing, ..
Pune varsity: Human Rights course mandatory in all faculties 14/Jan/2012
In a first in the educational field in Maharashtra, the University of Pune has introduced a compulsory course in Human Rights and Duties which will cover post-graduate studies in all its faculties. The University's decision follows a recent directive of the state government asking ..
IIIT likely to come in Tripura in 12th Five Year Plan: CM 14/Jan/2012
The Central government will take necessary steps to ensure setting up of an IIIT in Tripura within the 12th Five Year Plan period, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. "I told (Union HRD Minister) Kapil Sibal that we want any one out of the elite Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) or ..
Students lock college protesting Principals transfer 14/Jan/2012
Students of a polytechnic college at Kalna in Burdwan district shut the institute and sat on a dharna to protest the transfer of their principal. Students of the Kalna Polytechnic college locked the institute's main gate to protest the transfer of their principal Asit Kumr Manna to ..

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