Education News in India

CBSE to evaluate students on non-scholastic aspects 20/May/2011
Of 10 lakh class X students who were to write the CBSE board exams this year, 5.5 lakh dropped out since the exams were optional. Nevertheless, the Central Board of Secondary Education will issue report cards to all students, factoring in internal assessment by schools of the students who did not appear for the national ..
Many ICSE schools to extend classes to std XII 20/May/2011
Admissions to junior colleges will not be a matter of concern for many Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) students after their results from the next academic year. With the process in state-run junior colleges becoming tedious for most students from Delhi-based boards, many ICSE schools in the city are ..
US and India announce funding for clean energy research and development 20/May/2011
Fulfilling an important step of the Partnership to Advance Clean Energy announced by president Obama and prime minister Manmohan Singh last November, India and the US have announced funding commitments of $25 million each to support the US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC). ..
Government nod for Tagore schools in UK universities 20/May/2011
In one of the biggest initiative on Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, government has agreed to set up Tagore Centre for Global Thought at the India Institute of King’s College, London and Scottish Centre for Tagore Studies at Edinburgh Napier University. The proposal by Sunil Khilnani, ..
Now, school bus owners threaten 40% hike in fee 20/May/2011
Several households are feeling the pinch following the hike in petrol prices, but things are set to get worse for parents of school-going children. In a statement released on Wednesday, the School Bus Owners’ Association (SBOA) sought to increase the school bus fee by over 40% in the new academic year. <br ..
Law students get no paper for 30 minutes 20/May/2011
First-year law students of the five-year LLB course at Government Law College (GLC) spent 30 anxious minutes on day one of their examination waiting for their question paper. The question paper is sent by the University of Mumbai. While the college officials claim that the university sent them the paper ..
Litigation against postponement of 'Samacheer Kalvi' scheme in TN 25/May/2011
A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Madras High Court challenging the Tamil Nadu Governments decision not to implement the Equitable Standard School Education ('Samacheer Kalvi') scheme in the current academic year. Advocate K Shyam Sundar submitted in his petition that in accordance with ..
IIM professors term Ramesh's comments 'simplistic 24/May/2011
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's remarks that faculty of the premier IITs and IIMs are "not world class" prompted a retort from the teachers who termed them as "simplistic" which showed "tremendous ignorance". Ramesh kicked up a controversy earlier by claiming that ..
Goa govt to decide tomorrow on MOI in elementary education- 24/May/2011
Goa government will formally announce its stand tomorrow on the medium of instruction (MOI) for elementary education in the state amid speculations that the Congress meeting in Delhi on the issue has decided upon English. "The consultations in Delhi are over. But the final decision has ..
CBSE compartment exam on 16 July 24/May/2011
CBSE compartment exams for class XII students who failed in one subject in the All India Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (AISSCE) will be held on July 16 to qualify for admission into colleges this academic year. Accordingly, around 3,595 candidates in the Chennai region, around 5.86%, will ..

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