Education News in India

Madras University offers free PG diploma 5/May/2011
In an attempt to innovate, the University of Madras has decided to offer a post-graduate diploma programme free of charge along with the post graduate degree offered in its departments from the coming academic year. Talking to reporters on Wednesday, Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam said PG students ..
University to offer part-time IT course 5/May/2011
Bharathidasan University will launch Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology exclusively for teachers of schools across Tamil Nadu associated with the SUITS programme (School-University-Industry Tie-Ups Scheme) in the current academic year, its Vice-Chancellor K. Meena said on Tuesday. The ..
CAP will nullify drawbacks of conventional admission process: VC 4/May/2011
A series of meetings arranged by the Mahatma Gandhi University with stakeholders in order to facilitate the smooth implementation of the Centralised Allotment Process (CAP) for undergraduate courses commenced here on Wednesday. Inaugurating the deliberations with the principals of affiliated colleges at ..
What next? 4/May/2011
The Std XII students have finished their exams a month ago, but are they free to take a break from studies? The answer is a big NO. They have been packed up and admitted to coaching institutes for engineering or medical entrances. If you ask most students in Tamil Nadu, what their aim is; the answer will be to ..
No change in eligibility marks for engineering courses 4/May/2011
The State government on Wednesday said there would be no change in the eligibility marks prescribed for admission to engineering courses in Tamil Nadu for the coming academic year. The government had fixed the minimum marks at 50 per cent for general category students, 45 per cent for those from the ..
Tri-Valley University president indicted on visa fraud allegations 4/May/2011
The president of the California-based Tri-Valley University, Susan Xiao-Ping Su, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on the allegations of visa fraud and money laundering that affected nearly 1,500 Indian students. Ms. Su, 41, was taken into custody on Monday morning at her Pleasanton, California, ..
The intricacies of shuffling batches 4/May/2011
One of the first things that upset Riddhi Dugar on getting the progress report card was that her best friend would not be in the same section in the new class as her. A month later, the class III student of Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram is happy in the new environment. “I have made new friends. I play with my ..
On A Growth Track 2/May/2011
The International School of Business (ISB), Kolkata in association with The Times of India, presented a panel discussion on ‘Strategy for Inclusive Growth’ at Science City auditorium on April 29. The event was part of the ISB Kolkata Signature seminar series. The topic for the evening was ..
11 lakh students suffer as engineering entrance question paper leaks 2/May/2011
The tenth edition of the annual All India Engineering Entrance Exam was put off by two-and-a-half hours across the country after the question paper leaked in Lucknow early on Sunday. It taxed its 11.18 lakh takers a lot more than it intended to; for, by the time they put pen to paper at noon, they were bent out of shape ..
Easy questions make up for harrowing wait 2/May/2011
When 11.18 lakh engineering aspirants walked back into their examination halls after recovering from the morning jolt of the AIEEE paper leak, they just wanted to end the tumultuous day on a brighter note. Fortunately for them, the undemanding questions made it easy. Most students said that physics questions were the ..

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