Education News in India

Parents' complaint against school 31/Mar/2011
A section of parents of class XI students of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Taylor's Road, are upset with the school management for detaining their children. A few of the parents have even filed a police complaint about the “injustice” meted out by the school. The parents have alleged that the answer papers have been ..
Plan to reform MBBS comes under censure 30/Mar/2011
Academicians and heads of medical institutions from across the country have given the thumbs-down to most of the path-breaking changes recommended in the MBBS curriculum by the Medical Council of India (MCI) earlier this year. A salient feature, shortening the MBBS course to four years from four-and-half years, came in ..
The enigma of IIT-JEE 30/Mar/2011
A world of billion-dollar possibilities, near misses, parental sacrifices, and conceptual learning, not to forget the hard work, dedication and assumptions of luck that go with it. Come this April 10, nearly 5 lakh students would attempt the much talked-about IIT Joint Entrance Examination. The fabled world of the IITs ..
For a barrier-free' higher education 30/Mar/2011
Physical barriers persist in preventing those with disabilities from having access to higher education. Creating awareness on this condition in educational institutions is the key to promoting higher education for persons with special needs. This was the outcome of a programme that was held in Coimbatore ..
Poised for a headstart 30/Mar/2011
The Indian Institute of Management - Tiruchi (IIM-T), thanks to the support provided by the mentor institution, the Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore, will have the distinction of being the first among the newly-started IIMs to take off with its own faculty. After a process of rigorous scrutiny, ..
Peer pressure may lead to wrong choices 30/Mar/2011
Satish Raju (name changed) who is now in the fourth year of his engineering in the ECE stream in a private college, joined engineering just because his friends had taken admission and had influenced him to take up engineering study, while his interest lay in the study of economics. Today, he is lagging behind with about ..
The call of pure science 30/Mar/2011
We always see a heavy rush for admission to science courses at the Pre-University level with students and parents queuing up before colleges. But the same trend does not continue at the undergraduate level where there are very few takers for basic science courses. Thanks to the mad craze for joining ..
Azim Premji varsity opens the door to students 30/Mar/2011
The newly formed Azim Premji University will start its academic programmes in July by launching three post-graduate courses — M.A. Education, M.A. Development and Master's in Teacher Education. Karnataka's first private university, aimed at developing outstanding professionals in the fields of ..
Emotional landmines 30/Mar/2011
Anger is an emotion that happens when an individual's emotional equilibrium is disturbed by external or internal factors. These can be trigger factors or predisposing factors. The trigger factors happen just before the angry outburst. Trigger factors may range from trivial triggers like someone cutting into traffic or ..
Revamp of teacher education mooted 30/Mar/2011
The age-old teacher education system in Kerala — often termed antediluvian by scholars —may be finally in for an overhaul. The expert committee appointed by the Kerala State Higher Education Council to review B.Ed. courses have come out with a draft report which recommends, among other things, extending the ..

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