Education News in India

Panel says no to bifurcation of varsities 11/Mar/2011
The three large universities in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur are, in all likelihood, not going to be divided geographically. The expert committee, appointed by the government, has instead suggested that sub-campuses be formed to handle the administrative work. This should free universities from the role of a college overseer ..
States urged to increase allocation for education 13/Mar/2011
The Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry on Sunday urged the State governments either to increase allocation towards education or to retain it at existing levels to help the country reach the target of spending of six per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on education. Addressing a ..
MCI aims to roll out new MBBS curriculum by month-end 13/Mar/2011
The Medical Council of India (MCI) will give final shape to the proposed revision in the MBBS curriculum at a two-day meeting in Delhi beginning on Monday and aims to roll out the new curriculum later this month, Chairman, Board of Governors, MCI, Shiv Kumar Sarin said on Sunday. “The bottom line of ..
Revised NCHER Bill incorporates ?agreement' 13/Mar/2011
Incorporating the provisions of the ‘agreement' arrived at with the expert group of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to resolve the turf-war over the jurisdiction of medical education, the Human Resource Development Ministry-created task force has revised the Higher Education and Research Bill ..
Accreditation a recognition for school's transparency 13/Mar/2011
Systematic documentation, clear channels of communication, transparency in procedures and accountability of the staff for different matters pertaining to academics and administration – Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) in Anna Nagar now has a comprehensive system in place to ensure these. The National ..
Spare yourself the nightmare 12/Mar/2011
A trend of the times is the enormous confidence that families have in the educational system. The tragedy is that the confidence is frequently misplaced. The apparent success of a few in landing lucrative posts in IT, engineering or management seems to have triggered a veritable tsunami to the portals of privately-run ..
Ensure faculty are qualified: VC 12/Mar/2011
The University of Madras has asked affiliated colleges to ensure the faculty in their institutions are qualified as per the prescribed norms set by the University Grants Commission (UGC) by June. At a meeting of college secretaries and principals, university Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam said that ..
Stress on autonomy to improve quality of higher education 12/Mar/2011
The two-day Universities of India 2011 Global Higher Education Summit began at Mamallapuram on Friday with speakers stressing the importance of autonomy and removal of controls for improving the quality of higher education. Confederation of Indian Industry and Mindlogicx, a higher education solution ..
No Indian university in global top 200 11/Mar/2011
Harvard has been ranked as the top university in the world for the sixth consecutive year, while none of the Indian institutes of higher education figure in the latest edition of The Times Higher Education, world reputation ranking report. The United States dominates the rankings of 200 world class universities...
Harvard is world's top university 12/Mar/2011
Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the US, has been ranked as the world's top varsity. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology made it to number two, with the University of California Berkeley coming in at number four in the list of top 10 most highly regarded universities ..

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