Education News in India

Ways to become software engineers 8/Jun/2010
Graduates in engineering especially in computer science and engineering, electronics and communication have much scope to become a software engineer by obtaining adequate training or additional higher qualifications like M.Tech. software engineering or a postgraduate diploma in software development . The computer ..
Are basic sciences losing ground? 8/Jun/2010
The Tamil Nadu Government has reduced minimum eligibility marks by five per cent for admission to Engineering courses from 2010-11 purportedly to widen opportunities for rural students, much to the relief of managements of self-financing engineering colleges. Last year, there were 51,000 vacant seats across the 440 ..
For a bright career in the armed forces 8/Jun/2010
The Union Public Service Commission conducts various competitive examinations for recruitment to different services in the government. We discussed in some detail the Civil Services Examination during the past few weeks. Let us now focus on some of the other UPSC examinations. “The security ..
Guidance programmes in Malabar towns 8/Jun/2010
The last two events in the series of guidance-cum-orientation programmes organised by The Hindu-EducationPlus at different centres in Kerala for the benefit of those seeking admission to courses in various professional streams through the Sate government's counselling process after taking the Common Entrance Test, are ..
Unease over revised draft of NCHER Bill 8/Jun/2010
Even as the final sitting of the task force that drafted the Bill on the proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research is scheduled at New Delhi on June 9, the dissatisfaction in the academic community regarding certain key provisions of the draft bill refuses to ebb away. At a ..
Indian, Canadian institutes sign MoU on food processing research 8/Jun/2010
The Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, for collaborative research and training in the field of food processing and exchange of faculty and students. The MoU was signed here by IICPT ..
Obama honours Indian American science teacher 8/Jun/2010
President Barack Obama has named an Indian American science teacher Radhika Plakkot as one of the 103 mathematics and science teachers for the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Plakkot, who teaches biology at the Huntingtown High School, Calvert County in ..
Right to education essential to prevent exploitation of children 8/Jun/2010
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said his government would strive for the development of children in tea garden, riverine (char) and tribal areas where a large number of the children are deprived of the Right to Education. Stressing on the importance of ensuring compulsory education for all children ..
'Education for all' campaign launched in Orissa 8/Jun/2010
As part of the 1Goal global campaign coinciding with the FIFA Football World Cup 2010, hundreds of social activists, educationists, students and sportspersons have started a signature drive in Orissa, seeking education for all, a campaigner said on Tuesday. The drive was kicked off here on Monday by ..
Kerala mulling education aid for kids of jail inmates 8/Jun/2010
Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Monday said the government is considering a scheme to provide financial assistance to children of jail inmates for their education. He said this while inaugurating a new surveillance system at the high security Kannur Jail. Later speaking to the sources, Balakrishnan ..

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