Education News in India

Weeklong academic cultural and social exchange initiative launched by .. 18/Mar/2013
St Xavier’s College, in association with Harvard University, is organising the Mumbai chapter of a national conference ‘Harvard College in Asia Programme’ (HCAP 2013). This conference is annually organised in the month of March when delegates from Harvard University visit six different countries ..
AICTE working on a mechanism to ensure quality higher education in the .. 18/Mar/2013
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is mulling a mechanism for ensuring quality higher education in the institutes, Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju said. Raju, who was speaking at the 27th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here, pitched for effective ..
Gems Education plans to start 50 schools over the next five years in India 18/Mar/2013
City-based Gems Education plans to start 50 schools over the next five years, and is setting up an exclusive education fund for the country, betting big on the private education market in India. Gems Education Group Chief Operating Officer and board member Dino Varkey, who hails from Kerala, told at the ..
India is working closely with Africa to enhance cooperation and setting up .. 18/Mar/2013
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said, India is working closely with Africa to enhance cooperation and will set up educational institutions in the continent. While addressing the CII-EXIM Bank conclave on India-Africa partnership here he said, "we are committed to build Indian ..
Night-time trips to the loo can result in being less productive at work 18/Mar/2013
Nocturia - where a person wakes up once or more in a night to urinate - leads to "notable work productivity loss", according to the study presented to the European Association of Urology congress in Milan. Nocturia reduced work productivity by 24 per cent - greater than the ..
Indulging in unhealthy eating behaviours can worsen the mood 17/Mar/2013
Researchers from the Penn State University found that college age women who were concerned about their eating behaviours reported that their moods worsened after bouts of disordered eating. Researcher Kristin Heron said, "There was little in the way of mood changes right before the unhealthy eating ..
Schools becoming uneconomic with falling population growth rate in Kerala 17/Mar/2013
As growth rate of population continues to fall in Kerala over the years, more schools have become 'uneconomic', a term used to describe schools which have insufficient strength of children in them. According to the Economic Review-2013 of the state Planning Board, 4,641 schools in the state come under ..
Government planning to do away with compulsory English language .. 17/Mar/2013
The government is mulling doing away with compulsory English language examination at mains level in the prestigious civil services test conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The Centre's move to make English language proficiency mandatory for qualifying the examinations had come under ..
IT sector to witness a low hiring this year 17/Mar/2013
S. Gopalakrishnan, Infosys Co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman has said hiring activity in the IT sector is likely to be muted this year. "Hiring position seems to be muted this year because many companies still have deep bench (strength), in other words their utilisation rate is still low," he ..
Gandhis teachings form an integral part of curriculum in China 17/Mar/2013
More and more people in China are evincing interest in Mahatma Gandhi and his non-violent movement as his teachings form an integral part of curriculum from pre-school to university, says a Chinese scholar. Quanyu Shang, who has translated former Indian diplomat P.A. Nazareth's "Gandhi's Outstanding ..

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