Education News in India

First phase of Athulyam' literacy scheme over 2/Apr/2011
The LEAP (Lifelong Education Awareness Programme) District Mission has successfully completed the first phase of its ‘Athulyam' literacy programme for illiterates and school dropouts in 10 grama panchayats and two wards of the city Corporation. Fourth class equivalency certificates will be ..
DU introduces semester system in Germanic & Romance Studies 2/Apr/2011
Delhi University's department of Germanic & Romance Studies today gave a green light to the semester mode in undergraduate courses, the DU administration said but the teachers opposing the semesterisation cried foul claiming it to be an act of "manipualtion". Germanic and Romance Studies was one of ..
TN engineering application to be available from May 16 2/Apr/2011
The Vice Chancellor of Anna University, Mannar Jawahar stated, " Application forms to Tamilnadu Engineering Colleges would be available from May 16". In Tamil Nadu, 486 Engineering colleges function with about 1 lakh 90 thousand seats to offer every academic year. Among which 65% seats are ..
India will attain total literacy in the next 10 years: Sibal 2/Apr/2011
With the literacy rate in the country climbing to 74 per as per provisional 2011 census, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal exuded confidence that India will attain total literacy in the next 10 years. He said the Census figures have shown that India would be able to achieve education for all in the age group of ..
Extra marks for questions with errors in SSC English paper 1/Apr/2011
State education board students can take heart. The Maharashtra government has decided to award a mark each for two questions with “errors” in the SSC English paper. An announcement to this effect was made by Fouzia Khan, minister of state for school education, in the legislative council on ..
Medical teachers to go on leave over promotion issue 1/Apr/2011
All teachers in public medical colleges plan to go on mass casual leave on Wednesday if time-bound promotions are not implemented by the BMC. The Full-timer Teacher’s Association has been asking the BMC to implement the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines of 2009, which states that the ..
Words out: Literacy rate up but well short of plan panel target 1/Apr/2011
India’s literacy rate has touched 74 per cent, according to the provisional results of the 2001 Census, up from 65 per cent in 2001 and just 52 per cent in 1991. But this is well short of the target set by the Planning Commission to achieve a literacy rate of over 85 per cent by 2011-12. Only 10 ..
Intellectuals slam ban on Gandhi book 1/Apr/2011
Intellectuals and Gandhi kin have come out against demands for a ban on the controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi, saying banning is not a “democratic response”. The Gujarat government has already banned the book, ‘Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India’, by ..
ISB executive board to choose new chairman 1/Apr/2011
The executive board of the Indian School of Business which will meet tomorrow in Hyderabad is likely to appoint a new Chairman, after the business school’s founder Rajat Gupta stepped down amid insider trading charges in the US. This would be probably the first time since ISB came into existence in ..
Delhi HC issues notice to city govt, school on fees hike issue 1/Apr/2011
The Delhi High Court sought a response from the city government and a private unaided school on a group of parents'plea for an order restraining the school from increasing the tuition fee for the next academic session. Issuing notices to the Directorate of Education, Delhi government, the Comptroller and ..

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