Education News in India

Corporal punishment will not be tolerated 25/Apr/2009
Chennai: Firmly instructing the collector across the country to hold meetings with all school heads and convey that no form of corporal punishment will be tolerated, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has made it very clear. The commission chairperson, Shanta Sinha told that these ..
MK Varsity offers course for the unemployed 25/Apr/2009
Madurai: A new one-year self-employment certificate course in electrician is being organised for the benefit of educated unemployed youth. The course offered by the Department of Adult Continuing Education and Extension of Madurai Kamaraj University. The course would commence on April 29, 2009 and ..
Online facility for MAT Exam 25/Apr/2009
New Delhi:The Management Aptitude Test can take up through online from September The All India Management Association (AIMA), decided to conduct MAT examination through online from september due to an increase in the number of students appearing for the exam. The MAT examination held four times a year ..
Classroom Training for Bank PO and Clerical Exams - T.I.M.E 25/Apr/2009
T.I.M.E entrance coaching institute launches a training course for Bank PO and Clerical exam aspirants. The Triumphant Institute of Management Education (T.I.M.E) coaching session is scheduled for two -three months.Two stages of evaluation in - written test and a GD and Personal Interview round for selection in ..
Don't banish English, Amartya Sen tells Mulayam 24/Apr/2009
London: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday criticised Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's campaign pledge to banish the use of English in Uttar Pradesh, saying such a move would only deepen existing divisions between the haves and have-nots in the state. "I don't know what Mulayam Singh ..
Death due to corporal punishment : autopsy indicate epilepsy 24/Apr/2009
New Delhi: Shano Khan, the 11-year-old schoolgirl who died after allegedly being meted out corporal punishment by her teacher, could have suffered an epileptic attack leading to her death, the autopsy report on the girl has hinted, according to Delhi Police on Thursday. "We are trying to corroborate the ..
A.K. Mehrotra nominated for Oxford's new teacher for poetry 24/Apr/2009
London: It is a 300-year-old post at the venerable Oxford University and previous occupants include W.H. Auden, Matthew Arnold and Seamus Heaney. Now Indian poet and teacher A.K. Mehrotra's name is doing rounds as Oxford's new professor of poetry. "With a week to go before nominations for Oxford's new ..
Global publishers target India to overcome recession 24/Apr/2009
London: Recession-hit readers in the US and Britain are spending less and less on books, forcing English language publishers to eye overseas markets, India in particular, to stay afloat. While the US and Britain are still the largest markets for English language publishers, growth has petered out. The US market ..
Grooming, personality important for good grades 24/Apr/2009
Washington: Can personal traits such as physical attractiveness and personality fetch success in school? If so, which aspect of one's appearance can help grades the most? It's a combination of grooming and personality, a new study has found. The study by researchers from the University of Miami Health Economics ..
TN University offer poverty eradication programme 24/Apr/2009
Tamil Nadu: Bharathidasan University in Tamil Nadu (TN) has designed a programme to eradicate poverty in all the eight districts in central TN falling under its jurisdiction, said Vice-Chancellor, Dr Ponnavaikko. To start with, the university would conduct a test for skilled unorganised labourers such as ..

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