Education News in India

Hope to see you in school on Day One: Government to girls 3/Jun/2011
The government will undertake a statewide drive for enrolling kids in school with a special focus on girls. Invitation letters asking girls to attend the first day at school will be hand-delivered to families of 74.87 lakh girls already enrolled with the school education department. “The schools reopen shortly. We ..
Four IIMs set to get full autonomy 3/Jun/2011
The IIMs at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Indore and Kozhikode would be among the first four to have amended the Memoranda of Association that would make them fully autonomous in all respects – from appointment of directors to setting up of campuses and making salaries flexible. The HRD ministry has referred the amended ..
Dental students demand reverting to four-year course plus internship 3/Jun/2011
Over 4, 000 dental college students across the country have signed an application demanding that the five-year long BDS course be converted to a four-year course plus a year’s internship – as it used to be until 2007. Students representatives from Government Dental College, Mumbai, submitted the signed ..
Where are the principals? 7/Jun/2011
Government Arts and Science colleges are struggling to compete with private colleges run professionally across Tamil Nadu. To add to the woes of the government institutions, there are no officially-designated principals in 61 out of the 62 arts and science colleges run by the government. As the senior ..
Humanoid developed by BITS Pilani team wins international honour 7/Jun/2011
Continuing its winning streak, AcYut 4, the humanoid developed by students of BITS Pilani has won prizes at both Robocup Iran 2011 and Robogames 2011 held in Tehran and San Francisco respectively. At these events, AcYut 4 displayed advance technical abilities and motor abilities in both autonomous and non-autonomous ..
Think beyond the conventional 7/Jun/2011
Plus Two students face a series of entrance examinations from the day they complete their public examinations. Parents are a worried lot. What next? This is the biggest question. Is it not time to come out of the conventional mindset? The choice of courses must be left to students based on their aptitude. ..
The Hindu EPlus counselling on June 15 7/Jun/2011
The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling for 2011 will be held at various centres in the State from June 12. Presented by Vignan University, the counselling will be held at six major locations in the south coastal region from June 15 to June 19. The counselling will be held at Vijayawada on June 15, at Guntur and ..
Education Plus career counselling on June 15 7/Jun/2011
The Hindu Education Plus will organise a career counselling session for prospective engineering and medical students in Visakhapatnam on June 15, to address various academic and career related queries that the students face post Eamcet. The Hindu has been organising the session for the last seven years, and it has ..
Anna University of Technology-Chennai barred from going ahead with .. 6/Jun/2011
The government has asked Anna University of Technology- Chennai not to go ahead with the recruitment of faculty scheduled from June 7. After the government decided to restore the affiliating status of Anna University-Chennai, the fate of the five Anna Universities of Technology formed during the previous ..
Winning against all odds 6/Jun/2011
Velankanni's feat is record breaking. You may wonder what she has done. Velankanni is from the Narikoravar tribe and as a rule the people of that community do not send their children to school. But Velankanni has made a difference. She has today completed her Std. X and hopes to continue her education. ..

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