Education News in India

School asks magistrate to certify pupils character 7/Apr/2011
In a rude shock for parents of class ninth and tenth students days before the new academic session began on April 5, Andheri-based Prime Academy (ISCE) School sent a notice making it mandatory for the students to submit an undertaking of good behaviour sworn by their parents before a magistrate’s court. <br ..
Netherlands- another destination for overseas education 7/Apr/2011
Everyone is today eager to pursue higher education in some foreign universities, adding a special feather to their academic pursuit in life. ..
Bond a must, court tells MBBS grads 6/Apr/2011
It will be mandatory for fresh MBBS graduates to execute an indemnity bond of Rs five lakh that they will serve in a public hospital for a year after graduation and give an undertaking that they will not leave India for five years on acquiring the degree. The ruling was given by the Bombay high court on ..
IIT-JEE to put scanned answer sheets on website 6/Apr/2011
Each year, the joint entrance exam result buries the Indian Institutes of Technology under the Right to Information applications and legal cases. Lakhs of those who don’t make it to the IITs demand copies of their answer scripts, forcing the engineering colleges to usher in transparency. For years, ..
Third year BE results delayed 6/Apr/2011
University of Mumbai has not declared the results of first semester exams of third year engineering students though the exams were held on December 29 last year. The university has received several complaints from students because it already started distributing second semester forms. Vilas Shinde, ..
New chairman for education panel 6/Apr/2011
It's official now! The civic body’s standing and education committees will have a new chairman. Currently, the standing committee, which is one of the three statutory committees in the civic body and controls the BMC’s finances, is headed by the Shiv Sena. There were several candidates running ..
MCI plans to send docs back to lecture halls 5/Apr/2011
Medical Council of India (MCI) is all set to send doctors back to lecture halls, failing which they would lose their licence to practice. According to new rules, to be announced, the council is planning to make it mandatory for all doctors to attend 30 hours of continuing medical education (CME) every ..
Medical panels visit leaves state babus red-faced 5/Apr/2011
The road to seek approval for new medical colleges not only seems to be laden with setbacks but also some unpleasant surprises for the state government. Recently, the state was left red-faced when a Medical Council of India (MCI) team visited Nandurbar, the proposed site for a new medical college, only to ..
Arrogant schools deny rights for special children 5/Apr/2011
When it comes to dealing with learning disability (LD), Mumbai’s schools and colleges are downright medieval. Several parents of children with LD complain of taunts like ‘mental’ thrown at their children. As for government policies on LD, educational institutions seem to be oblivious of the law. ..
Student termed ineligible by varsity, HC raps college 5/Apr/2011
The Bombay High Court (HC) has come to the rescue of the students declared ineligible for a course they spent considerable time studying. Recently, hearing a petition filed a student of Khalsa College, the division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Mridula Bhatkar directed the Mumbai University as well as Khalsa ..

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