Education News in India

Ignou inks pact to promote indigenous knowledge 12/Jul/2011
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) on Tuesday inked a pact with NGO Shuri Foundation to promote the country's indigenous knowledge and traditions. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two aims to develop certificate, diploma, degree and skill training progammes in the subjects ..
Madras HC reserves order on Uniform System of School Education 12/Jul/2011
Madras high court on Tuesday reserved its order on the Uniform System of School Education (Samacheer Kalvi),after hearing the arguments of the AIADMK government. Guru Krishnakumar, additional advocate general representing Tamil Nadu in the Supreme Court appeared in the case and argued that the ..
Shiksha mitras to graduate to teachers 12/Jul/2011
The Mayawati government approved certain proposals catering to the social sector on Monday. The state gave green signal to regularization of the services of 1.24 lakh para-teachers in the state, besides appointing teachers on contract basis in around 70 boarding schools for children of Scheduled Tribes (STs). <br ..
Income ceiling for SC/STs, OBCs hiked 12/Jul/2011
The Karnataka government has enhanced the income limit for SC/STs and OBCs for education purposes. The revision for SC/STs has gone up from Rs 40,000 to Rs 2 lakh and from Rs 11,000 to Rs 44,000 for OBCs. "At least 12 lakh families will benefit from this, taking the total to 20 lakh,'' social welfare ..
Why HSC if you sat for CBSE school exam? 12/Jul/2011
You have exercised your option (for school exams) with open eyes,” the Bombay High Court on Monday reminded a CBSE student who had sought orders that would allow her to apply for the online admissions to first year junior college. “If you wanted to take admission in a good college, why did ..
Few opt to study in state colleges after Class X 11/Jul/2011
Students from outside Maharashtra may be attracted to the city’s degree colleges in large numbers, but at junior college level, the numbers are falling every year. Applications from outside the state ran into a few thousands a couple of years ago, but fell below 1000 this year. Academicians claim the long process ..
Making education cheaper will help alleviate poverty 13/Jul/2011
Making education cheaper and improving the standards in public schools will help in alleviating poverty, said Jatindranath Swain, Secretary, Food, Cooperation and Consumer Protection Department, here on Tuesday. Speaking at a seminar ‘Beyond SHGs,' organised by the National Bank for Agriculture and ..
Open schools offer flexibility and freedom 13/Jul/2011
S. Esther Rani's schooling has gone through many twists and turns. After studying till Class V in a Tamil medium school, she decided to join a CBSE English medium school. But she could not cope with the new syllabus and joined Class I to start all over again. “I was 15 years and studying in Class V. I decided to ..
Test Track 12/Jul/2011
L.L.B. entrance The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations has invited applications for an entrance examination to be held on July 31 at Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur, and Kozhikode for admission to the integrated five-year L.L.B. course offered in government law colleges in the State. This is a ..
Guidance Plus - The lure of leather research 12/Jul/2011
Taming of animals opened a new chapter in the history of civilization. Apart from meat and milk, animals gave fur and leather, which man used for clothing. Animal skin had to be processed for texture and durability. Scientific processing of leather came much later. Strong leather found several uses for footwear, body ..

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