Education News in India

Schools roping in parents of children to offset lack of good teachers 4/Feb/2013
Schools in the suburbs seem to have everything - vast open spaces and cheap labour. But, they are plagued by the lack of good teachers. Schools are offsetting this disadvantage by roping in parents of children seeking admission. A number of schools fall back on parents and involve them in classroom ..
DU contemplating introducing grade system instead of marks in the four .. 4/Feb/2013
Delhi University's taskforce working on devising the four-year undergraduate programme in one of its recommendations has proposed introducing grades instead of marking. No concrete steps have been finalised till further meeting of the taskforce. According to Ajay K Arora, member-taskforce and principal , ..
School children create 17 km. painting on the theme of Vivekanand and his .. 3/Feb/2013
Over 35,700 school children here today created a world record by making a 17,855-metres long painting on the theme of 'Vivekanand and his vision of Bharat'. The programme was organised as part of the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The children started painting on cloth at ..
Delhi HC seeks guidelines for empanelment of law schools from SC Registry .. 3/Feb/2013
The Delhi High Court has asked the Supreme Court Registry to submit within two weeks details of any guidelines for empanelment of law schools whose students can apply for the posts of research associates with it. The court sought the guidelines as it did not get a desired answer from additional solicitor ..
60 per cent of second-year Anna University students fail in the .. 4/Feb/2013
This year, nearly 60 per cent of second-year Anna University students have failed in the mathematics paper in their third semester. “In a class of 75 in electronics and communications engineering (ECE), nearly 50 have arrears in mathematics and this is supposed to be the brightest class, as many of ..
Companies are moving away from classroom sessions to groom employees 3/Feb/2013
Departing from traditional classroom sessions, many companies are making employees work in difficult projects to hone their skills as part of efforts to nurture talent, according to global HR firm Hay Group. The emerging trend, seen across sectors, comes against the backdrop of challenging economic and ..
Not all dairy products are equally beneficial in promoting bone strength 3/Feb/2013
Consuming milk and yogurt can give you healthier hip bones than cream, according to a new study led by an Indian-origin scientist, which found that not all dairy products are equally beneficial in promoting bone strength. The study by researchers at the Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) at Hebrew ..
Emotional behaviour in childhood may be linked with heart disease in .. 3/Feb/2013
Emotional behaviour in childhood may be linked with heart disease in middle age, especially in women, a new research has claimed. The study found that being prone to distress at the age of seven was associated with a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease in later life. Conversely children ..
Over 60 students at the Harvard University implicated in one of the .. 2/Feb/2013
Over 60 students at the Harvard University have been forced to withdraw and several others disciplined after being implicated in one of the largest cheating scandals that shook the Ivy League institution last year. Dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael Smith said more than half of the 125 ..
Quality education means overall development including good infrastructure 3/Feb/2013
Last year was a year of achievements for Ranchi University, claimed the vice-chancellor of the university, L N Bhagat, on Friday. "Quality education does not just mean teaching students. It also means looking into their overall development and providing them good infrastructure," said Bhagat. ..

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