Education News in India

A ray of light 11/Apr/2011
In a country where corruption has become a way of life, the last few days has seen an unprecedented anti-corruption movement by Anna Hazare, the veteran social activist. His pledge to fast unto death and to fight for the introduction of a tough law to stop corruption finally bore fruit, with the government conceding on ..
A question of autonomy 11/Apr/2011
In a step to grant more freedom to selected education institutions, the ministry of human resource development has invited mixed reactions from the world of academia. Colleges and research centres with a rich history, strong infrastructure and a large body of students are likely to be the beneficiaries of ..
First census in India conducted from 1865 to 1872 11/Apr/2011
What are the earliest evidences of a census in India? The Rig-Veda mentions a population count and Kautilyas Arthashastra has prescribed methods of collecting various socio-economic statistics which can be used by tax officials. The Mughals also maintained extensive records of land, production, ..
Dental Council of India urged to upgrade curriculum 11/Apr/2011
The Dental Council of India should follow the example of the Medical Council of India and upgrade the curriculum in dental education, Mayil Vahanan Natarajan, Vice-Chancellor, the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University said on Sunday. Inaugurating a skill update session on laser dentistry organised by the ..
NIOS offers Tamil as new language option 11/Apr/2011
Tamil will be offered as a new language option for students taking the higher secondary level examination through the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) from the coming academic year. Currently, English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu are the language options available for students. Introducing Tamil is an effort to ..
Five lakh aspirants appear for IIT-JEE 11/Apr/2011
Nearly five lakh aspirants sat for the Joint Entrance Examination of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT-JEE) in 131 cities across the country on Sunday, competing for roughly 10,000 seats in the 16 IITs and the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. The results of the test, conducted this year by the ..
JEE tests concepts, application, timing 11/Apr/2011
The three-hour wait outside Ethiraj College on Sunday morning, was not as agonising for Shanti Rajan, as were the last few seconds before her son, Raghunath. R, walked up to her and exclaimed, “Good that I attempted Chemistry first. It was a booster.” It was a big day for IIT aspirants, as ..
Power tariffs for Govt schools, hospitals in M'rashtra to drop 9/Apr/2011
Government-run schools and hospitals in Maharashtra may have to pay less for electricity soon. The Government is preparing a tariff proposal whereby the electricity rates for schools and hospitals will be lesser than the current rates, the Legislative Council was informed. "We ..
Haryana extends period of guest teachers 9/Apr/2011
The Haryana Government has decided to extend the period of engagement of guest teachers for one more year from April 1 this year to March 31, 2012, subject to certain conditions. While stating this here, a spokesman of Education Department said that after the expiry of the stipulated date that ..
DED asked to name schools that hiked fee after salary increase 9/Apr/2011
The CIC has directed the Delhi Education Directorate to make public names of schools indicted by the Comptroller and Auditor General for "excessive" fee hike after increase in salary for their staff as recommended by the 6th Pay Commission. The case relates to an RTI application seeking details ..

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