Education News in India

Criteria for class IX promotions set in 12/May/2012
Easy walkovers from IX to X standard, at least in government-run or aided schools are over. A meeting of school heads, convened by the District Education Officer (DEO) on Friday decided to allow schools in Coimbatore to withhold those having attendance below 50%, and marks below 30% from being promoted to Class X. ..
CBSE instructs schools not to force Std XI kids to change stream 12/May/2012
Following a Delhi high court order, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has posted a circular on its website, stating schools, which start their Std-XI classes before the Std-X board results are declared, cannot force the students to change their streams after their scores are out. If they do, they cannot ..
Australian MP for strengthening ties with India 11/May/2012
On a two-day visit to Delhi, Australia’s minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP admitted that migration aids build ties between Australia and India. Bowen met a number of senior Indian ministers including P Chidambaram, union minister for home affairs and Kapil Sibal, union minister for Human ..
Grading service in education sector gains momentum 11/May/2012
With the need for differentiation increasing significantly in the Management Education Institute (MEI) sector, the MEI Grading Service offered by India’s major rating ICRA Limited has gained further momentum. Confirming the trend, ICRA has announced MEI Grading Services for the School of Business Management (SBM), ..
More indian students opting for research & higher studies 11/May/2012
According to the government the pursuit of research and higher studies is finding favour among Indians as an increasing number of students are enrolling for Doctorate programmes. Minister of state in Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry D Purandeswari said, "The trend of number of students ..
No noticeable adverse impact on JNV exams due to paper leak 11/May/2012
Investigations into the alleged leak of question papers for admission to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas indicate no "noticeable" adverse impact of these leaks on the conduct of examination, the government said. Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal gave this information was given in ..
Two Key education bills approved by Parliament 11/May/2012
Parliament passed two key bills to enable students of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research get their degrees and give eight new IITs their status through an Act of Parliament. The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2011, already passed by the Rajya Sabha, seeks to set ..
Increase in percentage of OBC students in IIMs, IITs 11/May/2012
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said during Question Hour that the percentage of OBC students among new entrants in IIMs and IITs in 2010-11 was 23.05 per cent and 23.61 per cent respectively, against 14.52 per cent and 20.38 per cent in 2009-10. Similarly, the percentage of ..
US welcomes Indian Professionals 11/May/2012
With India threatening to drag the US to the WTO against its discriminatory visa fee hike,a senior state department official has said professional Indians are welcome in America. Spokesperson of the US State Department Victoria Nuland said, "We understand that the demand (for ..
Govt. gives nod to IIIT at Kapurthala 11/May/2012
Punjab government gave the nod for setting up an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Kapurthala, an official spokesperson said here. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said Prakash Singh Badal also gave clearance for 50 acres of land for setting up this ..

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