Education News in India

Delhi University to pioneer e-content development 28/May/2009
New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) is getting on the e-technology fast lane. The ministry of human resource development has handed a pilot project to the varsity which may lead it to becoming the national centre for e-content development. A.K. Bakshi, director of the Institute of Life Long Learning (ILL) under DU, ..
14 Indian American kids in 'Spelling Bee' semis 28/May/2009
Washington: Fourteen Indian American kids have made it to the semi finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest with three of them among top contenders for the title won by a boy of Indian descent last year. Indian origin kids who were among the 41 making the semi-final grade Wednesday included ..
DU aspirants confused over common test for English course 28/May/2009
New Delhi: Students aspiring to pursue graduation with honours in English in Delhi University are a confused lot as colleges are divided over the issue of a common entrance test for selection to the most sought-after course. While 12 colleges are participating in the Combined Aptitude Test for English (CATE), ..
Delhi govt to recommend its skills programme to other states 28/May/2009
New Delhi: Following the success of its school-life skills programme 'Yuva', the Delhi government is all set to recommend to other states to include it in their schools curriculum. 'Yuva programme would be recommended to respective education departments of all states so that they can include it in their schools ..
ODL to deal with next generation farmers: expert 28/May/2009
Coimbatore: Open and Distance learning can be used to teach the latest extension technologies to the new generation of farmers in the agricultural sector, suggests a global leader in agricultural research. 'Developed countries like the US are not in a position to teach agriculture through distance learning to ..
M.Phil holders must clear NET/SLET for lectureship 28/May/2009
New Delhi: M.Phil holders need to clear National Eligibility Test (NET) or State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) for take up lectureship. To ensure that institutions get quality faculty, the UGC has decided to bring in stricter norms for lectureship and introduce uniform regulation for Ph.D programmes. As ..
Plus two students did not receive mark sheets 28/May/2009
Madurai: As many as 300 plus two students did not receive their mark sheets even after the two-day schedule for mark sheet distribution was over The officials said some mark sheets were found to have not signed by the Director of School Education. As an alternative arrangement the online copies of the mark ..
DU: CATE for English - H on June 17 28/May/2009
New Delhi: The Department of English of Delhi University (DU) on behalf of the 12 colleges of the varsity will conduct the Combined Aptitude Test for English (CATE) for admission to the BA English (Honours) on June 17. Application form for the same will be available at the office of the Department of English ..
On-campus agitation dismissed 28/May/2009
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday disapproved of protests by students on college campuses scornfully wondering if the protesters think they were "Mahatama Gandhi" practising his act of resistance "satyagraha". A vacation bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Deepak Verma made ..
National ragging helpline by June 15 28/May/2009
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday issued guidelines for a national call centre to be set up to enable ragging victims from across the country to register their complaints by dialling a toll free number...

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 1 [2]3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next>>