Education News in India

India's examination system is faulty: experts 22/Apr/2009
New Delhi: Calling the Indian examination system faulty, education experts at a seminar on Tuesday said the system of examination here fails to create questioning minds. Amit Kapoor, chairman of the Institute of Competitiveness who was one of the panellists, said that students in schools and colleges ..
US-based, Sarita Mandanna debuts with high records 22/Apr/2009
New Delhi: Sarita Mandanna, a US-based Indian author, has created ripples in the publishing world as her "Tiger Hills" has received the largest advance Penguin India house has so far paid for a debut novel. David Godwin Associates Limited., the Britain-based literary agency, has sold "Tiger ..
DU proposes national centre for e-content 22/Apr/2009
New Delhi: Delhi University has submitted a Rs 105-crore proposal to the government to set up a National Centre to generate econtent. The proposal is to convert DU’s existing Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL) into a national centre that will be responsible for generating e-content for the recently launched ..
PTA approval required to hike tuition 22/Apr/2009
New Delhi: The Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely stated that no school would hike their tuition fees without the consent of Parents Teacher Association general body. The minister said that parents could insist for an early meeting in case school authorities are hesitant to organize PTA meeting. ..
Indian writer, Sankar, admired at London Book Fair 22/Apr/2009
London: Fortyseven years after he created a sensation with his best-selling novel about a hotel in his native Kolkata, Bengali writer Sankar is kicking up a literary storm in the West. Sankar, whose real name is Mani Sankar Mukherjee, has turned out to be the surprise triumph of the ongoing London Book Fair - ..
Anna University: 3 new PG courses 22/Apr/2009
Vellore: The Anna University is going to offer three new PG courses in MBA in Hospitality Management, ME in Space Technology and a PG course in Advanced Architecture from upcoming academic session. P Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor of the varsity, announced this. Anna University has launched ANUSAT , a ..
IGNOU releases 09' calendar 22/Apr/2009
New Delhi: The Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has brought out its calendar for the academic year 2009-10. The various organisations - government and semi-government, private, partner institutes that want their staff to be ..
MAT to go online from September 22/Apr/2009
New Delhi: The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is all set to go online this September. The All India Management Association (AIMA), responsible for conducting the exam, has taken this decision as a result of an increase in the number of students appearing for the exam. “AIMA conducts the MAT exam four times ..
IIM C starts exec course for railway officers 22/Apr/2009
Kolkata: The Railway Board of India has commissioned IIM Calcutta to start at 12-week executive general management course for 60 students. The course, which runs from April 6 to June 26, 2009, is part of the 18-month training programme for Indian Railway Service Probationer Officers. ..
Irish Link for Kolkata schools 22/Apr/2009
Kolkata: Queens University in Belfast is planning a tie-up with four schools in Kolkata. “There has been very little in collaboration between schools and institutes of higher learning in India,” said Dr S Kumar, Director, India Initiative, Queens University, Belfast. ..

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Jan'09 Feb'09 Mar'09 Apr'09 May'09 Jun'09 Jul'09 Aug'09 Sep'09 Oct'09 Nov'09 Dec'09

<< Prev 3 4 5 6 7 [8]9 10 11 12 13 Next>>