Education News in India

Lessons in netiquette 9/May/2011
Schools are realising that teaching the rules of math, science and languages may not be enough for today’s students growing up in the cyber world. The schools are now including internet etiquette or ‘netiquette’ in their curriculum. So much so that it’s now becoming common place to see students ..
Balbharati goes online 9/May/2011
To tackle perennial shortage of its textbooks, Balbharati has decided to upload them on its web site (www.balbharati.in) in the PDF format. Starting from June the textbooks for Std I to VIII will be available online free of cost. The PDF files will contain all the illustrations and exercises that the ..
Medical interns call off hunger strike 9/May/2011
Medical interns called off their seven-day hunger strike on Sunday, after they were assured of a hike in their monthly stipend by the government. Vijay Kumar Gavit, state medical education minister, told the interns that a fresh proposal would be drafted and put up in the next cabinet meeting. <br ..
New facility at MIT with $1 million grant from Lord Paul 13/May/2011
A new facility for students and faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, built with a one million-dollar grant from Labour peer Swraj Paul, was opened on Friday and will be the new home for its School of Management. The grant was made through the Ambika Paul Foundation, ..
Revised Kakodkar panel report to be placed before IIT Joint Council 13/May/2011
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on Thursday decided to place the “re-worked” version of the Kakodkar Committee report on autonomy for Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) before the IIT Joint Council for a final decision. The revised report is not too different from the ..
Confusion marks AIEEE 12/May/2011
After repeated postponement and rescheduling of the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), the examination eventually held on Wednesday confronted many hitches. Many students were denied entry into SBOA School and Junior College, the examination centre, as they had not registered online ..
India's major strength is higher education? 12/May/2011
It was a proud moment for the parents of the 1,602 students of Sathyabhama University who on Wednesday received appointment orders to launch their careers in the corporate world. The students, recruited by software and multinational companies during campus placements, received the appointment orders at ..
SET exam on August 14 12/May/2011
The State Eligibility Test (SET) for aspiring college teachers will be held on August 14 at 50 centres in 10 places, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University C. Swaminathan told a press conference here on Wednesday. Candidates who had completed their post graduation with 55 per cent marks are eligible to apply for ..
Need for Common School System stressed 11/May/2011
The need to campaign for a Common School System was underscored by educationists and academicians at a seminar on ‘Common syllabus to common schools', organised by the State Platform for Common School System here on Tuesday. The meeting called for establishing a strong public education system...
Are centums the mark of academic excellence? 11/May/2011
This year, higher secondary students of the State have scored maximum number of centums not only in maths, physics, chemistry and biology, but also in subjects such as economics and statistics. Examiners rarely give centums in economics and statistics, say teachers and students. In Chennai district, for ..

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