Education News in India

HRD taskforce to tackle faculty shortage in universities 10/Nov/2009
New Delhi: Having advanced the gross enrolment ratio in higher education to a highly ambitious 16% by the end of 11th Plan, HRD ministry has set up a new taskforce to come with a solution to deal with acute faculty shortage and work out an incentive plan aimed at better remuneration and greater societal respect. ..
Ruth Gee is new British Council regional director 10/Nov/2009
New Delhi: Ruth Gee has taken over as the regional director of the British Council’s operation in India and Sri Lanka and will be based in Delhi. In 2000, she joined British Council, the UK’s international organisation for education and cultural relations. Her previous career in the UK was concentrated in ..
TN universities to migrate to new grading system 10/Nov/2009
Chennai: All arts and science universities in Tamil Nadu are set to migrate to the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) system of evaluating students' performance in the examinations and do away with the existing practice of awarding marks including aggregate scores in degree certificates. The ..
PM to be chief guest at National Education Day function 10/Nov/2009
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the chief guest at the National Education Day function being celebrated on November 11 to commemorate the birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, an eminent educationist. Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura will attend the function as guest of honour. ..
NIJDT, NIFT to develop new courses 10/Nov/2009
New Delhi: The National Institute of Jewellery Design and (NIJDT) and the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) have joined hands to develop new courses and upgrade existing laboratories to cater to the current market needs. A Memorandum of ..
Rs 350 cr to set up NIT at Karaikal: Narayanasamy 10/Nov/2009
Porayar : The Centre would soon release an amount of Rs 350 crore to set a National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Karaikal, according to Union Minister of State for Planning V Narayanaswamy. Addressing a joint press conference at Karaikal (an enclave of union territory of Puducherry), with ..
Punjab to set up education and knowledge commission 10/Nov/2009
Chandigarh: In a bid to provide quality education accessible to people across the state, the Punjab government would soon set up an Education and Knowledge Commission. An assurance to this effect was given by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to a delegation of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, which ..
Oz announces new visa measures 10/Nov/2009
The minister for immigration and citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, said that from January 1 next year, overseas students who require a new visa to complete their studies at another school or college will be exempt from paying the A$540 (approximately Rs 22,447 INR) student visa application charge. ..
MCI admission norms violated 10/Nov/2009
Chennai: The govt that monitors students'admission to government and private medical colleges has allegedly violated admission norms in Madras Medical College and Madurai Medical College According to Medical Council of India's (MCI's) postgraduate medical education committee, Madras Medical College has ..
Self-financing BE colleges urge fee hike 10/Nov/2009
Chennai: Due to higher pay scales for the faculty as ordered by AICTE, many self-financing engineering colleges are on the verge of closing down as they face huge loss. According to Mr Jeppiaar, chairman of the consortium of selffinancing arts, science and engineering colleges, the state government's ..

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