Education News in India

Landmark Right to Education Bill passed 5/Aug/2009
New Delhi: Children would get the fundamental right to free and compulsory education with the passage of a bill, hailed as “historic”, by Parliament on Tuesday. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008, seeks to provide education to children aged between 6 to 14 years. ..
NCEMD likely to come up at NIPER 5/Aug/2009
New Delhi: The Centre has plans to develop medical device cluster near Ahmedabad and bring National Centre for Excellence on Medical Devices (NCEMD) at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), a top official said on Tuesday. Ashok Kumar, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, ..
Earn while you Learn scheme: ITI 5/Aug/2009
New Delhi: The implementation of "Earn while you Learn" scheme was approved by the Delhi Cabinet on Monday for maintenance of government buildings by Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) students. While addressing the media after the cabinet meeting, Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit said, "ITI ..
Poor students receive financial aid from Collector 5/Aug/2009
To motivate students the Vellore district administration has extended financial assistance to students hailing from poor families to pursue higher studies. The district Collector C. Rajendran distributed financial aid to two engineering students who got admissions under merit quota in Thant Perilla ..
NIPER to create 500,000 technicians 5/Aug/2009
New Delhi: The Centre has plans to develop medical device cluster near Ahmedabad and bring National Centre for Excellence on Medical Devices (NCEMD) at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), a top official said Ashok Kumar, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Government of ..
Yahoo-India signs three deal with college 5/Aug/2009
Bangalore: Yahoo!India Research and Development has signed a three-year deal with Madurai-based Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE) to encourage collaborative research in the field of 'cloud computing'. Chidambaram Kollengode, Director of Yahoo!India R&D, said, 'Yahoo was impressed with the research ..
Inter-faculty meet headed by Prof Yashpal 5/Aug/2009
Varanasi: The department of medicinal chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, organises an inter-faculty interactive meeting for teachers on August 7. According to Yamini Bhushan Tripathi, head, the meeting has been organised to discuss about the salient features of the ..
Bill Clinton addresses global Conference in IIT 5/Aug/2009
New Delhi: Former American President Bill Clinton will be among many top leaders to address the seventh Pan-IIT Global Conference being held in Chicago in October. Kapil Sibal, Indian minister for human resource development; Sam Pitroda, Indian Knowledge Commission chairman; Aneesh Chopra, America's chief ..
Historic' Education Bill passed 5/Aug/2009
The 'Historic' landmark bill - The Right of Children to free and compulsory Education Bill, 2009 (RTE), was passed in the Lok Sabha on August 4. The law is unique as while providing compulsory education, it would not fail any student till Class 8th while enjoining upon all government and private schools to ..
Civil Services Preliminary results announced 5/Aug/2009
Preliminary results of UPSC Civil Services exam and TNPSC Group-I were released on tuesday The Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) has announced the result of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2009 held on May 17, 2009. Results can be viewed at www...

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