Education News in India

Relax, and choose your job 23/Mar/2011
For years, the placement season at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management has been a race of sorts. With each trying to outdo the other, using it as a yardstick for greater excellence, several parameters have been used to judge who fared better: slot zero figures (this slot would have the most coveted companies ..
Kuruksastra '11 set to get more competitive 23/Mar/2011
Establishing proven talents and setting new benchmarks, Kuruksastra 2011, the fifth edition of the national cultural festival of SASTRA University, Thanjavur, will witness from March 24 to 27 befitting feats by participants from top institutions. The ‘culfest' as the organisers term it ..
Innovating for social development 23/Mar/2011
The success of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh heralded the social entrepreneurship movement. That revolutionary micro-credit system kept poverty out of villages to some extent to catch the imagination of the world. The concept is gaining popularity and momentum in India as the younger generation is keen on the idea and ..
Homework dampens holiday spirit? 23/Mar/2011
Many parents and children, who are about to plan their summer vacation, may have to allocate adequate time for what many schools call “holiday homework”. With more schools beginning to adopt the practice, some feel that it takes away the charm of a true holiday or break. For most schools, the ..
Adi Dravida schools set up ?expression box' 23/Mar/2011
Shanta's problems at home could not be shared with anyone, including her mother. But now she has found a channel to express herself in school, through the ‘expression box' placed in front of the headmaster's office. Some Adi Dravida Welfare (ADW) Schools in Chennai and a few other districts ..
Parents pitch in as teachers 23/Mar/2011
They do not necessarily have the prescribed qualification of a teacher but share a good rapport with children and have a passion for teaching. Meet the new-age parent volunteers, who are increasingly being preferred by schools as substitute teachers. Varsha Aswani has been associated with Sindhi Model ..
Cabinet clears Academic depository Bill 22/Mar/2011
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a Bill that seeks to create a national database of academic qualifications in DMAT format, which will authenticate and reissue certificates. The National Academic Depository Bill 2011 will now be tabled in Parliament. The database will be established in an electronic ..
Probe illegal college admissions: HC 23/Mar/2011
The Bombay High Court has directed the University of Mumbai to crack down on colleges granting illegal admissions. Hearing a petition filed by a Khalsa college student declared ineligible two years into her three-year course, a division bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice Mridula Bhatkar said the varsity may ..
Responses flood fee regulation Bill 23/Mar/2011
A month after the landmark Bill to regulate fees in private educational institutions was put up on the school education department’s website, the government received 560 objections and suggestions to streamline fee structures of aided and unaided schools. “The response was ..
Draft proposes stiff penalty for errant managements 23/Mar/2011
The draft legislation on fees of private unaided schools provides for stringent action against errant managements, including a fine of Rs five-lakh and\ or imprisonment of one-three years. “If the issue of fee hike is not resolved at the district or state level committee and the school ..

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