Education News in India

Kapil Dev honoured with doctorate degree 16/Nov/2009
Chennai: Former cricket captain Kapil Dev was honoured with a doctorate degree by MGR University. The ace cricketer was conferred the degree for his invaluable contribution to the world of cricket during the University's 18th convocation ceremony. Speaking to reporters, he said: 'My mom thought his one ..
Indians top US international student chart for eighth year 16/Nov/2009
Houston: India position as the top sender of students to America for the 8th consecutive year, with a record 103,260 students enrolled in various US universities for the year 2008-09. According to the Open Doors report, released today by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the US ..
UP to train teachers to enhance primary English eduction 16/Nov/2009
Lucknow: For the teachers of government primary schools in Uttar Pradesh, its time to brush their linguistic skills. In a bid to improve quality of English education in primary schools, a special training programme for teachers across the state is being organised under Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan. 'A programme has ..
Open source software needs marketing 14/Nov/2009
Pune: There is a need for greater promotion of the use of open source software for information and communication technology (ICT)-based teaching and learning. Professor Kannan M Moudgalya of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), highlighted this on Monday. Moudgalya, who heads the ..
Right to answer scripts 14/Nov/2009
Kolkata: Students at Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) will be able to see their answer sheets after semester examinations. The decision was made a faculty council meeting. Students were currently only allowed to see their answer scripts if they had applied for permission through the Right ..
Improve quality of teachers 14/Nov/2009
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the lack of faculty, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked the academics and planners to address this problem of deficiency in the quality of teaching in schools, colleges and universities. Addressing the National Education Day function to commemorate the ..
Monash University builds on links with India 14/Nov/2009
New Delhi: Construction of an innovative Research Academy in Mumbai is the latest development in the 50-year relationship between India and Monash University, Australia's largest higher education institution. The Rs 40-crore collaboration between Monash and IIT-Bombay (IITB) is a concrete example ..
84th snnual meeting of the Association of Indian Universities inaugurates 14/Nov/2009
Amritsar: The education cannot be developed with competition instead co-operation and partnership is the need of the hour. Although finance is the vital part in the development of education but commercialisation of education must be avoided. These remarks were made by Prof Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman, University Grant ..
We have to focus on skills, knowledge: UP Governor 14/Nov/2009
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Governor BL Joshi today stressed on making optimum use of large population of the country by coming out with development strategy to focus on providing quality education and better health cover. 'We have to focus on skills and knowledge to be developed in the areas, where the ..
Class X, Plus-2 exams compulsorily in March 14/Nov/2009
Chennai: The state government is planning to conduct class X and Plus-2 examinations in March compulsorily from this academic year. This would be of much help to students and also enable the directorate of government examinations (DGE) to publish results earlier. Last year, the class X exams started in ..

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