Education News in India

BMC presents education budget of over Rs 1,800 5/Feb/2011
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today provided a surplus budget for education of over Rs 1,800 crore, with focus on quality education and scholarship programmes. The education budget of Rs 1,800.51 crore was presented by Additional Municipal Commissioner M M Adtani and Education Committee Chairperson ..
Acute shortage of government doctors in Jharkhand: Minister 4/Feb/2011
Jharkhand Health Minister Hemlal Murmu today said there was an acute shortage of doctors in government hospitals in the state. "Only 190 students pass out from the three medical college hospitals in the state every year as against the requirement of at least 3000. We have decided to increase the number of ..
Oscar worried over brain drain 5/Feb/2011
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Oscar Fernandes expressed concern over the brain drain from the country to the Western countries. "The talent generated in the country is being taken away by the Western countries and these people are helping build the nations. We have to ..
India's 3rd research station in Antarctic on track: scientist 4/Feb/2011
Work on India's third research station in the Antarctic region for undertaking studies on various subjects, including climate change, is on track and will be completed in two years, a top scientist said. Named 'Bharati', the research facility will also have earth station, to be built by ISRO, for enabling ..
Immigrants must know reasonable standard of English: Cameron 4/Feb/2011
Britain is planning to introduce tougher rules to ensure that immigrants specially from the Indian sub-continent have a "reasonable standard" of English, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. "Migrant families have an obligation to teach their children English before they start school. We ..
Sayajirao varsity demands help to students facing deportation 4/Feb/2011
The Students Union of Maharaja Sayajirao University (SUMSU) here have demanded immediate help to Indians students, who are facing deportation after being duped by a University in US. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chariperson Sonia Gandhi, SUMSU Vice President Nikita Gavende has requested ..
'Road safety' to be part of Punjab school syllabus 4/Feb/2011
The Punjab government wants road safety to be introduced as a subject in schools from the primary class level, a minister said. State Transport Minister Mohan Lal said that there was a need to introduce road safety as a subject in all government schools from the next academic session. ..
Keep parents out of corruption, Kalam tells students 4/Feb/2011
To make a corruption free society, former President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked students to ensure that their parents desist from corruption. "Corruption can be rooted out of society if every youth takes the responsibility of forcing their parents to desist from corruption at home," Kalam said. ..
Only 11 % youth in higher education, school heads concerned 4/Feb/2011
With only 11 per cent of the Indian youths enrolled in higher education, heads of various schools rued that higher education has lost its edge. "Only 11 per cent of the 110 million youths of India in the age group of 18-24 are enrolled in higher education. This certainly calls for a serious re-look," ..
Enrol poor family students or face action: govt to pvt schools 4/Feb/2011
The Human Resources Department of the Bihar government today directed private schools to give admission to students from poor families under the Right to Education Act or be prepared to face action. The private schools must abide by the REA by giving admission to students from poor families for which a ..

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