Education News in India

AIMA opposes Centre's move on CMAT 17/Dec/2011
Describing as discriminatory, the All India Management Association (AIMA) has opposed the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) announced by the Centre for admission to all management courses. The apex body of management professionals, AIMA, has been conducting the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) for the past two ..
Reality of our classrooms 17/Dec/2011
In the last two decades India has made impressive progress towards universalising access to primary school. Over 96 per cent of all children are now enrolled in school. Yet very often, we forget that children go to school in order to learn. Increasingly, empirical evidence suggests that enrolment in school does not ..
Bureaucratisation comes to JNU 17/Dec/2011
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), one of the few Indian institutions of higher education that have been resisting bureaucratisation, is about to give up. Its Academic Council recently approved the implementation of the University Grants Commission-dictated points-based system of evaluation for faculty recruitment and ..
Govt faces SC ire for not going ahead with CEE for MBBS 17/Dec/2011
Government today faced the ire of the Supreme Court for expressing its unwillingness to go ahead with the first-ever common National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for all MBBS courses across the country. The apex court said it will "not become party" to the decision of the government which ..
Tips towards job search 17/Dec/2011
In this era of technical advancement, searching a suitable job is tiring, weary and painful process, especially to the freshers’ coming from rural background who are first generation learners. In this swiftly moving world prior planning is very important for every venture. Similarly, job-searching ..
HC stays TN govt plan to shift Anna Centenary Library 17/Dec/2011
In a further setback to the TN government's plans to shift the 'world class' Anna Centenary Library from its present location to another, the Madras HC said the government should not construct a building for the purpose. On November 4 last,the First Bench comprising Chief Justic M Y Eqbal and Justice T S ..
TATA's Interactive Learning Disability Forum (TLDF) 2011 concludes 17/Dec/2011
TATA Interactive Systems (TIS) concluded its sixth consecutive annual TATA Interactive Learning Disability Forum (TLDF) in November, 2011 at Mumbai. The forum is aimed at creating awareness, promoting remedial measures for Learning Disabilities (LD) and share the latest global knowledge and advances ..
Jamia confers Doctor of Letters on Amartya 17/Dec/2011
Honouring the genius of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, the prestigious Jamia Milia Islamia today conferred the degree of 'Doctor of Letters' on him for his contribution to the domain of knowledge. Sen, whose work on welfare economics, particularly on the causes of famine, won him a Nobel Prize in ..
Casual leaves of Sarv Sikhya Abhyaan teachers enhanced 17/Dec/2011
The Punjab government today decided to increase the number of annual casual leave from 10 to 15 for 13,500 teachers working under the Sarv Sikhya Abhyaan (SSA) and Rashtriya Maadhmik Sikhya Abhyaan(RMSA). A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting between representatives of SSA and RMSA and ..
SAT orders not to exceed 50 pc quota ceiling in OCS exams 17/Dec/2011
In an interim order, the State Administrative Tribunal(SAT) today directed the Odisha government and the state Public Service Commission(OPSC) not to provide quota in excess of 50 percent to reserved categories in the posts of Odisha Civil Services for which advertisement was made recently. <br ..

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