Education News in India

State sends principals back to classes to teach 3/Nov/2011
There is more work for principals who exclusively shouldered the burden of administering a college. The state government has pushed them back to the classrooms, mandating that they must teach for at least four hours a week, which translates to six lectures. The decision was taken after the government felt ..
High-level meet to discuss law on illegal colleges 3/Nov/2011
The higher and technical education department has called a high-level meeting of ministers to build consensus for the introduction of the Maharashtra State Unauthorised Institutes and Courses Prohibition Act (MSUICP). The Act aims to stop ‘illegal and unauthorised’ institutes and courses in ..
Student suicides soar 26% in 5 years, education system blamed 2/Nov/2011
Here’s a compelling argument for education reforms in the country: student suicides have increased 26% from 2006 to 2010, with Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai accounting for most victims, in that order. And this is just the official data. While 5,857 student suicides were reported in 2006, the figure ..
Students pushed to perform 2/Nov/2011
Over the past decade or so, Maharashtra and West Bengal have mostly interchanged positions at the top of the students suicides list, a phenomenon even educationists find it tough to explain. Delhi, as a city, alone accounted for 133 deaths in 2010, while as a state, it accounted for 166 deaths. “The ..
Now, state seeks bar on new engineering colleges 2/Nov/2011
The state has written to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the umbrella body for professional courses, to not entertain applications for setting up new engineering colleges in Maharashtra. When admissions closed this year, over 37,000 engineering seats in Maharashtra remained vacant. ..
Cusat examinations postponed 4/Nov/2011
Cochin University of Science and Technology has postponed the examinations scheduled for November 7 and 8. An official release said that the B.Tech. seventh semester examinations scheduled for November 7 had been postponed to November 18. Other examinations scheduled for November 7 that have been ..
Inclusive education on the rise 3/Nov/2011
There is a steady increase in the number of disabled children attending regular schools in State. Various steps taken to help Children With Special Needs (CWSN) has resulted in the number going up from 1,59,373 in 2010 to 1,85,909 this year. The figure may not be ..
Mylarappa appointed BU Registrar 3/Nov/2011
In a rapid turn of events, controversial academic Chikkamelurappa alias B.C. Mylarappa, took over as Registrar (Administration) of Bangalore University (BU) here on Wednesday. Prof. Mylarappa, who was Chairperson of the Sociology Department, replaced R.M. Ranganath, who will now go back to his parent ..
IIMs to face audit every three years 3/Nov/2011
The IIMs will face an external social audit and peer review of their performance every three years, so that the government can “identify aberrations and take corrective measures”, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said after a meeting of the heads of all 13 IIMs here on Wednesday. This would mean that ..
Setback to 44 deemed universities 3/Nov/2011
The 44 deemed universities facing de-recognition on the basis of the Tandon committee report suffered a set back with the Centre informing the Supreme Court on Wednesday that there was no ground to interfere with the conclusions of the committee report. The panel appointed by the Human Resource ..

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