Education News in India

World Innovation Summit for Education 2012 3/Dec/2012
The fourth edition of the World Innovation Summit for Education 2012 (WISE) brought together more than 1,000 academic , corporate, political and social leaders from over 100 countries at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha to explore the theme, 'Collaborating for Change.' How can the world, ..
Alumni of IIT Roorkee launch an online funding platform under the name .. 3/Dec/2012
In an initiative to fund student projects, the alumni of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, has launched an online funding platform under the name 'Student Alumni Association of Roorkee' or SAAR. It is an interactive technology-enabled transaction platform (www.saar.org...
Analysis by IIT shows that students attending coaching are more likely to .. 2/Dec/2012
Even as half of the successful candidates to the IITs this year had prepared for the exam on their own, an analysis shows that success rate was high among those who went for coaching. In all, 3,80,779 candidates who had done self-study appeared for the test, and 12,867 of them qualified. On the ..
Right of an educational institution to either admit or deny admission is .. 2/Dec/2012
An educational institute is "well within" its right to deny admission to a successful candidate if his entry adversely affects its discipline, the Delhi High Court has ruled. "The right of an educational institution to either admit or deny admission is beyond dispute and no student ..
Huge opportunities for real estate players in the education sector 2/Dec/2012
Lack of physical infrastructure in the education sector, which has become a key focus area for the government, provides huge opportunities for real estate players, says a survey. "The quantum of physical infrastructure and real estate development required to address the aspiration of GER (gross ..
Scientists develop closest model to a functioning human brain 2/Dec/2012
Scientists claim to have developed the "closest model" to a functioning human brain ever created and it is advanced enough to pass a basic IQ test. The simulated brain - which runs on a supercomputer, has a digital eye which it uses for visual input and a robotic arm that it uses to draw ..
Digital learning solutions can help in making education more effective 2/Dec/2012
A seminar on digital education was organized on Sunday wherein various school principals and eminent speakers took part and briefed about intervention and necessity of digital education in schools. The guest speaker was Satyanarayan Patel, founder and chairman of Vidyasagar School and Pragya Girls School...
HRD Ministry brings relief to schools strapped for space in big cities by .. 2/Dec/2012
The Ministry for Human Resource Development has relaxed the infrastructural requirement under the Right to Education Act, 2009, that earlier mandated every school to have a playground on its premises thereby bringing relief to schools strapped for space in big cities. Henceforth, it would be considered ..
Lack of transport prevents disabled children from attending school inspite .. 2/Dec/2012
Though enrolled at Drishti Samajik Sansthan (also know as Drishti), five-year old Sapna, a child with multiple-disabilities living in interiors of Bakshi ka Talab (BKT) is unable to come to school as there is no means of suitable means of public or private transport. As a result, she is deprived of the learning through ..
Academic wants change in pattern of education system in India 1/Dec/2012
Prominent academic Shomie Das called for change in the pattern of the education system followed in India, saying that the country needs the next generation of thinkers and leaders who can contribute to the society and the world. Inaugurating the fifth campus of his international school in Greater Mohali, ..

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