Education News in India

Home Minister concerned over use of drugs by students 17/Mar/2011
Home Minister P Chidambaram voiced concern over usage of drugs in rave parties and educational institutions, saying India has turned into a big market of narcotics. "Drugs are sold to students of many colleges and schools. This is as big as any internal security problem," he said addressing the ..
FIR filed as Khar school hikes fees 17/Mar/2011
With no proper Fee Regulation Act in place, another city school is now under the parents’ scanner. Parents of students from the St Elias High School, Khar, complained to the education department two weeks ago after repeated attempts to oppose a fee hike. The parents filed an FIR against the school ..
600 more MBBS seats in AIIMS clones by 12 17/Mar/2011
Come 2012 academic session, the medical colleges of the six AIIMS-like institutions will be open to MBBS students. The construction of the six medical colleges—each with 100 MBBS seats—will be over in August. However, the super-speciality hospitals, being built along with the colleges, will be ..
Puneite bags MIT award with mobile anti-spam technology 17/Mar/2011
City-based engineer Sagar Bedmutha is among 18 Indians awarded by MIT’s ‘Technology Review’ magazine for his innovation in blocking spam SMSes. Bedmutha’s technology is being used by over one lakh people across 110 countries since it was launched in last July. Bedmutha has also ..
Testing time for copycats: 3, 580 and counting 17/Mar/2011
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams are not over yet but the number of students caught cheating so far this year has almost touched 2010’s total. While 1, 918 copycats were hauled up during the HSC exams held across Maharashtra in 2010, according to ..
Maharashtra to fill up vacant posts of doctors soon 17/Mar/2011
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today assured to fill up vacant posts of doctors and medical officers in backward and rural areas of the state. "We are giving a priority to fill up the vacant posts of doctors and medical officers in backward and rural areas. The government has recently recruited ..
Madras HC dismisses petitions of private institutions 17/Mar/2011
The Madras High Court dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by private colleges, schools and other educational institutions challenging Tamil Nadu Government notification brining educational institutions under the Provisions of Employees State Insurance Act. The Government had issued a GO on November ..
Changing society, no role model lead children to crime: Experts 17/Mar/2011
An eighth-grader grievously slashes his teacher's face on being ticked off for cheating while a bunch of teenagers stab to death their schoolfriend over a trivial issue. The two instances of teen rage, which occurred here within days of each other, are reflective of rapidly altering environment and ..
Literacy rate in J&K rises by over 10 per cent 17/Mar/2011
The literacy rate in Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 65.57 per cent as against 55.52 per cent in 2001-02, state Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed revealed. "All the parameters of education have witnessed marked improvement over the years and the state is marching fast towards total ..
Now, get TET for that teaching job 16/Mar/2011
In a bid to improve the quality of education and teachers, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has now made it mandatory for those applying for teaching jobs to appear for the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). The much-awaited TET will be introduced from this academic year. ..

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