Education News in India

Healthcare spending pushing millions into poverty in India: WHO 2/Nov/2011
A significant chunk of Indian population about 3.2 per cent of total 1.2 billion peoplewill be pushed below poverty line (BPL) due to out of pocket spending in medicines and healthcare services, World Health Organisation (WHO) warned here today. "Most of Indians are spending ..
NCPCR notice to Meghalaya on child labourers 2/Nov/2011
Concerned over reports of child labourers working in dismal conditions in Meghalaya's coal belts, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) today asked the state to undertake mapping of schools in the area around Jaintia Hills district. NCPCR has asked the Meghalaya government to ..
Rare manuscripts being preserved at archival institute in AP 2/Nov/2011
Some rare Persian manuscripts and original texts on Ayurveda in Sanskrit are among the prized manuscripts being preserved at the Andhra Pradesh State Archives and Research Institute here. In order to carry out this preservation work, Manuscript Conservation Centre (MCC) was set up in ..
IITians can play with start-ups and get jobs too 1/Nov/2011
The Indian Institute of Technology at Powai has hit upon an idea to boost the spirit of entrepreneurship among its students. Its placement cell is weighing the option of helping students, whose start-ups have not taken off, to be placed in jobs after two years of experimenting with their ideas. As part of ..
Plan to set up chess school 1/Nov/2011
Maharashtra could become home to the country’s first residential chess school. Chess grandmaster Abhijeet Kunte has approached the government with a request to allot 20,000 sq ft land for setting up one such facility.Kunte said that the proposed facility will be modelled on the lines of similar chess training ..
In dire need of tribal residential school 2/Nov/2011
Sufficient number of schools, good hospitals and public transport and housing – these are priority areas that K. Roopa will focus on, when she becomes District Collector. Currently studying at the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) residential centre here, the little girl, who is barely 10, ..
Regulating, revitalising higher education sector need of the hour 2/Nov/2011
Governor K. Rosaiah on Tuesday said the Gross Enrolment Ratio in the country was worrying and far below the world average. Addressing the 7th convocation of SRM University at Kattankulathur, he said more than 70 per cent of India's population was below 35 years of age. “What is worrying is that our ..
Transforming the practice of teaching physics 2/Nov/2011
“Complex”, “theory-intensive”, “difficult to score' – these are the popular notions about high school physics, particularly among students following the State Board syllabus. Introducing more experiments and practical sessions will enrich Physics teaching in schools, ..
Where the questions count more than answers 2/Nov/2011
A few days ago when a group of girls at D.A.V Girls Senior Secondary School, Gopalapuram, was asked to think about subjects such the importance of a national water grid and why nuclear submarines are better than other submarines, most of them were slightly perturbed about how they would go about preparing for the ..
Why students no longer pursue CAT doggedly 2/Nov/2011
“In the MBA class I go to, most of the students are software employees,” says Nancy Paul, a final-year student of an engineering college. “Ten of us started preparing for CAT (Common Admission Test) a year ago but then as campus placements classes began, this took a backseat. Moreover, how many good ..

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