Education News in India

First aid kits, attendants on all school buses from now 19/Apr/2011
First aid kits, fire extinguishers and a speed limit of 40 kmph are some of the rules that will make your child's school bus ride a lot safe beginning the academic season in June. It took the State two years to finalise the guidelines for school buses. Issued recently, the guidelines say all school buses ..
Queasy medical students get dissection breather 19/Apr/2011
Dr Anil Dhudhbhate, who works in KEM Hospital’s ophthalmology department, shudders at the memories of his first days as an MBBS student. “Preparing to dissect my first human body was a huge challenge,” he recalls. “I kept stalling the procedure for several days. When I finally did ..
Some varsity teachers on study board do not meet eligibility criteria 18/Apr/2011
Designing syllabi, recommending exam paper setters, suggesting PhD referees are significant jobs in any university. But at the University of Mumbai, some faculty who carry out these jobs are in the red for not meeting the criteria that have been laid down in the rulebook. An RTI application by a ..
State set to decide on education grant today 18/Apr/2011
Three higher education colleges from Mumbai are among 16 from the state shortlisted by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for a grant-inaid to upgrade the quality of education and teaching infrastructure. On Monday, the state cabinet will discuss a proposal for funding a portion of the ..
Research centres must be set up for teachers? 18/Apr/2011
Meet Rafiq Ahmed Sayyed, a resident of Dombivli who aims to become an IAS officer. He scored 91.8 per cent in the 2010 boards last year and stood first in Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan’s Sankara Vidyalaya in Dombivli. Rafiq says, “Being the eldest son, I want to do the best for my family. I never like being ..
Get coached, get job offer too 18/Apr/2011
Coaching academies boast of top-rankers and high scorers coming out of their stables. Now they will have something more to scream about: their placement record. The line between tutorials and the formal education sector has been blurring with each trespassing the other’s territory – ..
Private schools fee panel hears appeals 18/Apr/2011
The Private Schools Fee Determination Committee, headed by Justice K. Raviraja Pandian, heard the appeals of a group of schools in Chennai and neighbouring Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts here on Monday. As part of the process of hearing appeals from schools that had sought revision in the fee ..
Need for producing quality management graduates stressed 17/Apr/2011
Quantitative growth in management institutions is not sufficient and it is necessary to ensure that these schools produce management graduates of quality, C. Swaminathan, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University, said here on Saturday. Delivering the graduation day address at the SNS College of ..
Medical professionals must update knowledge, skills and attitudes' 17/Apr/2011
There is an imminent need for all teachers, in particular medical professionals, to update themselves periodically on knowledge, skills and attitudes, S.P. Thyagarajan, Pro-Chancellor-Research, Sri Ramachandra University, said here on Saturday. Pointing out the differences between continuing medical ..
Jayant Narlikar declines to be part of UGC search committee 16/Apr/2011
The search committee, set up by the Human Resource Development Ministry for identifying a chairperson for the University Grants Commission (UGC), has been unable to meet as one of the experts approached by the Ministry has declined the offer. Informed sources told The Hindu astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar ..

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