Education News in India

A celebration of free thinking 3/Oct/2011
If creativity involves rearranging what we know in order to find out what we do not, innovation is giving it a shape and a name. Not only is the Centre for Innovation (CFI) at IIT- Madras meant to be a student-run lab, it is also being set up by a student team, guided by the faculty and alumni. Amidst ..
PG diploma in Energy Management in distance education mode 3/Oct/2011
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, has inked a memorandum of understanding with Indian Institute of Energy Management, Chennai, to offer a post-graduate diploma in Energy Management in the distance education mode. The course will focus on achieving and maintaining optimum energy procurement ..
Dual degree through distance education 3/Oct/2011
The Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras, has introduced a dual degree system wherein graduates and postgraduates could pursue another degree at the same time through distance education, said university vice-chancellor G. Thiruvasagam. At the academic council meet, he said as per the ..
Investments key to improve education 3/Oct/2011
The president of All India Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisations (AIFUCTO), A. James William, was on a visit to Coimbatore. He spoke to The Hindu-EducationPlus on issues relating to higher education. On quality of teachers Quality of teachers largely depends on the ..
Court quashes MCI notification 3/Oct/2011
The Madras High Court has quashed a Medical Council of India (MCI) notification and a rule in a prospectus providing reservation only to lower limbs locomotor disabled persons for admission to MBBS course. In his order disposing of a writ petition from an MBBS candidate, Justice D. Hariparanthaman said ..
How all this projects an unhealthy practice 3/Oct/2011
“Every body emits a certain radiation. Your robot will have the sensors that signal whenever the radiation is over a limit,” explains V. Elumalai to a group of engineering students. A month ago, they approached him with just the project title allotted to them – ‘A Robot that detects live bodies ..
Teachers oppose open course exam process 1/Oct/2011
The Kerala Private College Teachers Association (KPCTA) Kannur University regional committee has demanded that the university rescind the move to use question papers meant for internal assessment to conduct open course examination. Association regional secretary Jayachandran Keezhoth said the alleged move ..
Comprehensive Evaluation System- a boon to school students 1/Oct/2011
With TN govt sugggesting CES in schools from next year, educationists feel that unless the faculties are effectively equipped with right balance and firm protocol set-in for the evaluation pattern, the system would give way to several lapses. With TN govt sugggesting CES in schools from next year, ..
HC reserves orders on Alagiri trust college's plea 1/Oct/2011
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court reserved its orders on a petition by an engineering college set up by a trust in which Union Minister M K Alaigir is a member challenging rejection of affiliation to it by the Anna University of Technology. Justice S Manikumar reserved the orders after ..
Early to bed can stop children from putting on weight 1/Oct/2011
Parents, please note sending your children to bed early may stop them from putting on weight and thus help them stay slim, says a new study. Researchers recorded the bed and waking times of 2,200 youngsters, aged nine to 16, and found that those who went to bed late and got up later were 1.5 times ..

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