Education News in India

Making the mark 9/Oct/2009
Kolkata: Students who are not satisfied with their Higher Secondary (HS) marks will get a chance to re-sit for select subjects or have their answer papers re-evaluated. The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has introduced a system known as Grade Improvement Programme (GIP)...
Interactive response software assess students without remotes 9/Oct/2009
Mumbai: SMART Technologies announces SMART Response CE, interactive response software that allows flexible, automated assessment in 1:1, computer-enabled classrooms. SMART Response CE is the latest in the company's line of interactive response systems. Instead of hand held remotes (clickers), students can use their ..
Laggards may lose a year 9/Oct/2009
Kolkata: West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) may hold a 12-month preparatory course for students who have not scored well in JEE. The proposal was floated after complaints of falling standards among engineering students and JEE. There were 3000 vacant seats in private ..
Festival of Egyptian Films inaugurated at AAFT 9/Oct/2009
Five days festival of Egyptian Films inaugurated by H.E. Mohamed Higazy, the Ambassador of Arab Republic of Egypt in India at Asian Academy of Film And Television at Noida Film City. Some of the best films including Elmaseer-The Destiny by Youssef Chahine , Malek Wa Ketaba-Heads And Tails Directed by Kamla Abu ..
New Delhi: Accusing the govt of commercialising public-funded institutes, .. 9/Oct/2009
Kolkata: Up for debate: teachers’ evaluation at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. If a proposal from the ministry of human resource and development (MHRD) is accepted by the elite B-school, the institute will have to put in place a system to measure the performance of professors to implement pay hikes. ..
JNUSU protests HRD Ministry decision on fees 9/Oct/2009
New Delhi: Accusing the govt of commercialising public-funded institutes, the student's union of JNU protested the decision of the HRD Ministry. Hundreds of students held a ..
Restore Teacher's respect - Sibal urges UNESCO 9/Oct/2009
Paris: HRD minister, Kapil Sibal has called upon UNESCO to commence a world-wide campaign to restore the respect of a Teacher in society. Giving the keynote address at the first ministerial plenary forum at the 35th UNESCO General Conference in Paris today, he said that it would be in the fitness of things if we ..
India to institute Norman Borlaug Chair at IARI 8/Oct/2009
Washington: To honour Norman Borlaug's invaluable contribution in Green Revolution, India will set up a Norman Borlaug Chair in Agricultural Biotechnology for Crop Improvement at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) at Pusa in New Delhi. The announcement in this regard was made yesterday by MS ..
Pitroda submits reports for reforms in higher and elementary education 8/Oct/2009
New Delhi: IT czar Sam Pitroda has been appointed as the Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Infrastructure, Innovation and Information. 68-year-old Pitroda, who was appointed to the new post yesterday, will have the rank of a Cabinet Minister. Pitroda, who is also the Chairman of the ..
Manipal University welcomes applications from CIE students 8/Oct/2009
New Delhi: Manipal University has announced its recognition for students holding qualifications from University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). Their decision grants Cambridge International A Level equivalence to 10+2 level of Indian education boards, and opens the way for CIE students to progress ..

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