Education News in India

Students enrolled in regular degree course can now pursue an additional .. 4/Jan/2013
An expert Committee of the UGC has recommended that students enrolled in a regular degree course can now pursue an additional degree simultaneously under open or distance education mode from the same or different university. However, they cannot undertake two regular degrees at the same time. The ..
Centre to introduce a bill in the budget session to provide more funding .. 4/Jan/2013
The Centre is planning to introduce a bill in the budget session of Parliament to provide more funding to universities set up by state governments, Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju said. "Universities can either be created out of Acts of Parliament or an Act of Legislatures. All the Universities ..
States accelerating the infrastructure needed for enforcing the Right to .. 4/Jan/2013
Noting that "a lot of acceleration" has taken place in states for creating the infrastructure needed for enforcing the Right to Education Act, Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju said the Centre would work with state governments to achieve the objective of the landmark legislation. "I think ..
President asks scientists to help the country bag the long overdue Nobel .. 4/Jan/2013
Pointing out that no Indian has won a Nobel Prize in science in over eight decades, President Pranab Mukherjee today asked the scientific community to work in a "time-bound" manner to help the country bag the "long overdue" prize in this field. "...it has been 83 long years ..
Cold wave forces Delhi Government to close all schools under it until .. 4/Jan/2013
In view of the intense cold wave conditions in the city, Delhi Government ordered all schools under it to remain closed until January 12. Education Minister Kiran Walia said all schools run by Delhi Government, municipal corporations, Delhi Cantonment Board, and recognised aided and unaided schools ..
PM calls for greater investments in popularising science to help establish .. 3/Jan/2013
With the country facing challenges in the roll-out of genetically-modified food and nuclear energy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said these issues cannot be settled by faith, emotion or fear but by structured debate. Pitching for a scientific approach to understand these issues, Singh called for ..
Evolve an educational system with a scientific culture and increased focus .. 3/Jan/2013
President Pranab Mukherjee emphasised on evolving an educational system which imbibes a scientific culture and increased focus on innovation to compete in a globalised economy. He also called upon the scientific fraternity to work in a "time bound manner" to help India win a Noble Prize in ..
Infants can discriminate between vowel sounds even before they are born 3/Jan/2013
Babies begin learning language in the womb from the mother, say scientists who found that infants can discriminate between vowel sounds even before they are born. Previously, it was believed that newborns begin to discriminate between language sounds within their first months of life. ..
Authorities direct government and private schools to suspend classes up to .. 3/Jan/2013
With intense cold wave sweeping the Jaipur district, authorities today directed government and private schools not to hold classes up to 8th standard till January 12. The timing for students of classes nine to 12 had also been rescheduled, District Collector T ..
PM says transformation of the agricultural sector should be the top .. 3/Jan/2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said transformation of the agricultural sector should be the top priority of the country's public policies including those on science and technology. He also said that complex issues related to genetically modified food, nuclear energy or the exploration of outer space cannot ..

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