Education News in India

SC allows MCI to hold common entrance exam but restrains from declaring .. 16/Dec/2012
The Supreme Court has given its go-ahead to the Medical Council of India (MCI) for holding the first-ever common entrance examination for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses but restrained it from declaring the results until further orders. The court also allowed various states, universities ..
Young parliamentarians lay emphasis on improving quality of education 16/Dec/2012
Young Parliamentarians pitched for improving the quality of education in India to ensure a great future for the country in the coming decades. Pointing out that India has the largest number of youth in the world, the leaders said that it was imperative to provide "uniform education" to all so ..
IIT Kanpur open its first overseas office in New York to deal with a range .. 16/Dec/2012
IIT Kanpur is all set to open its first overseas office in New York, for which a space has been provided by one of its alumnus. With this office, the prestigious institution hopes to deal with a range of overseas affairs including faculty hiring, fund-raising and entering into collaborations for research ..
Indian students show their mettle in the 8th Asian Schools Chess .. 16/Dec/2012
Indians proved their growing superiority in the age group championships as they won 12 Gold, 11 Silver and 9 Bronze out of the 42 at stake in the rapid event of the 8th Asian Schools Chess Championship here. A total of 415 players from 11 different countries are participating in this ..
Eighth Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic competition at Malaysia .. 16/Dec/2012
Two students from Kerala have won the first two places in the Eighth Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic competition held at Malaysia last week. Sneha, a third standard student, bagged the top honour while Samjo Francis Joseph settled for the runner-up slot, Padmini Varma, of Kozhikode Mind ..
Centre gives thrust to education sector in the 12th five year plan 16/Dec/2012
A top official of the Department of Science and Technology(DST) said that education and health sectors were given prority in the coming 12th five year plan, T Ramasami, Secretary, DST, Delhi, said, as the Centre wanted to make healthcare accessible and affordable to poor, more allocation was ..
Delhi government to set up 98 schools across the city 15/Dec/2012
The Delhi government has acquired land in 98 places across the city to set up schools, Education Minister Kiran Walia said. She said the government has completed formalities for construction of school buildings in 33 places. Walia said a total of 2,142 new rooms are being ..
Governor asks students and staff of Punjabi University to embark on .. 15/Dec/2012
Punjab Governor Shivraj V Patil exhorted students and staff of Punjabi University here to embark on goal-oriented research and teaching to enable youth take up future challenges and contribute in the nation's development. While addressing the 36th convocation of the varsity Patil, also the ..
Madras Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal asks Puducherry government .. 15/Dec/2012
The Madras Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) while criticising the practice of Puducherry Government resorting to ad hoc recruitment of lecturers on consolidated pay or hourly pay basis against regular vacancies, which are governed by Recruitment Rules framed under Article 309 of the Constitution said that ..
Odisha government to set up 8 more medical colleges under .. 15/Dec/2012
The Odisha government plans to set up eight more medical colleges under PPP (Public-Private-Partnership) mode in different parts of the state. Health Minister Damodar Rout said while replying to a question in the Assembly, construction work of two colleges have been completed. <br ..

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