Education News in India

IGNOU launches diploma in women and gender studies 10/May/2012
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Thursday launched a post-graduate diploma programme in women and gender studies, a university statement said. The one-year programme will commence from July. It is being offered by IGNOU's School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS). ..
NET aspirants wary of new format 10/May/2012
For most aspirants of the National Eligibility Test (NET), the format introduced by the University Grants Commission this year, means they need to be thorough with the theory part of the syllabus. M. Nathiya who submitted her application form on Wednesday, said, “This year there is no descriptive ..
MU to withdraw science courses 10/May/2012
The 155-year-old University of Madras, which launched its courses through distance education mode two decades ago, has decided to withdraw several post-graduate science courses, including M.Sc (physics), M.Sc (chemistry), M.Sc (botany) and M.Sc (zoology) from the ensuing academic year. University ..
Academic Website to answer student queries 10/May/2012
Finding that classrooms are not the best place to deal with shy students, a physics teacher of the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom has come up with an innovative website to reach out to them and others who may have queries on the subject. To his delight the academic website has become a hit with the email ..
Coaching class to groom future civil servants 10/May/2012
Writing entrance examinations for, and getting admitted to, either engineering or medical courses has become the single point agenda of most students. Even parents are reluctant to encourage students take up alternative careers. The importance of a new project started by the Viswa Prakash Central School, ..
St Xaviers College Kolkata to start Bengali Honours course 11/May/2012
There is a little bit of Rabindranath Tagore everywhere and more so in Kolkata. In keeping with this, St Xavier’s College (SXC) Kolkata is all set to start a Bengali Honours course in remembrance of their former student and vice president of alumni association in 1927. Rev Fr Dr J Felix Raj SJ, principal, SXC and ..
Efforts to have common curriculum for all open universities 10/May/2012
IGNOU is making efforts to have a common curriculum for all the Open Universities (OU) in the country. The move has been made to meet the national agenda set by MHRD to have quality education, while pushing the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education. The university’s Inter University ..
Aim of RTE Act to provide quality education 10/May/2012
Educationist Mahabaleshwara Rao speaking at the district-level workshop on Karnataka Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2012, organised by the Department of Public Instruction, said that the aim of the Right to Education (RTE) Act was to provide quality education to children. Dr. ..
Education minister gives grace marks to failed students 10/May/2012
The failed Class IX students of Byculla's Antonio Desouza High School and Worli's Sacred Heart High School will be given grace marks, school education minister Rajendra Darda said on Wednesday; if some students do not pass even after this, their answer sheets will be re-evaluated by independent examiners. ..
SC students doing professional courses to get financial assistance 9/May/2012
Department of Adi Dravidar Welfare launched "Dr B R Ambedkar Financial Assistance" to those SC students joining professional colleges after getting selection through Centralized Admission Committee during the 2012-2013 academic year. As part of the programme, the government had framed ..

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