Education News in India

100-year-old dictionary project nears completion 13/May/2011
A 100-year-old project to compile the world's most comprehensive dictionary of Medieval Latin is near completion and will benefit a huge number of people ranging from linguists to those studying coins and family ancestry. Work started on the unique Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources ..
Chhattisgarh pre-medical test lifted from the web 16/May/2011
An innocuous internet search by a student has blown the cover of plagiarised and possibly leaked questions papers of an entrance test held for government medical colleges in Chhattisgarh. Kritika, a class 12 student appearing for the pre-medical test, returned home after a difficult zoology paper on ..
Government plans early battle against bottle 16/May/2011
The state government feels prevention, and not prohibition, is the best cure for alcoholism. It plans to take the battle against the bottle to schools and colleges by introducing it in the curriculum to create awareness. This, it hopes, will help reduce alcohol consumption. “The National Family ..
Now, they zero in on teachers for counselling 16/May/2011
Schools in the city are hiring BEd graduates not only for teaching but also for drafting their curriculum and counselling students. As the numbers of international schools in the city are on the rise, developing an internal curriculum to meet specific needs of the students is becoming a trend. So, ..
Planning it well 16/May/2011
Some children are already preparing for their board examinations. Don't be surprised! But the board examinations are almost a year away. Exciting plans Holidays used to mean playing with friends, going to your grandma's place or got to the beach, climb trees. ? Most of the time was spent in ..
Vocational streams offer bright avenues 16/May/2011
For R. Natesan (18), photography is a passion. But he will never get to go to a swanky photography school. Both of his parents are farmers in a village in Thanjavur district. In Chennai, he has been doing part-time jobs and studying for the past two years for only one reason – the Chennai Higher ..
Early decision sought on fees, syllabus from new government 15/May/2011
Managements of private matriculation schools have tuned their eyes and ears to news from the new State government. With a fortnight to go for the start of the new academic year, the managements are looking forward to a directive on the fees. And change in uniform, equitable syllabus (Samacheer ..
Private non-minority colleges cannot have 100% reservation? 15/May/2011
Private non-minority unaided professional educational institutions cannot have 100 per cent quota or the right to admit students of their choice from only a particular social group, excluding all other students from being considered for admission, the Supreme Court has held. A Bench of Justices B. ..
Over 3 lakh students to appear for MHT-CET 12/May/2011
Around 3.02 lakh students would be appearing for the Maharashtra Health and Technology Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET) on Thursday. The exam would be conducted in 786 centres across the state. This could probably be the last year for a state-based entrance test for medical courses with the centre deciding to conduct a ..
Civil Services topper made it in second try 12/May/2011
Eight of the top 25 rank-holders in the civil services examination for 2010 made the cut in their first attempt. Four, including topper S Divyadharshini from Chennai, made the cut in the second attempt. Nine, including the second and third on the merit list, got through in their third attempts. There are ..

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