Education News in India

Student dropouts affect CBSE schools 3/Aug/2010
Many schools following the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) stream of study in the State witnessed a unique phenomenon of student dropout this year. Unlike in the past, many students left the CBSE schools for State stream after their Class X. Many others who continue in the CBSE for higher secondary ..
The UPSC route to the Railways 3/Aug/2010
After all is said and done, engineering continues to be a desirable profession for several youngsters. Despite the mushrooming of engineering colleges in our country, many aspirants find it hard to secure seats in their desired disciplines and their desired institutions. There are instances of engineering graduates ..
The academic dimension of animation and visual art 3/Aug/2010
Animation, gaming and visual effects were always considered application-based skills, but the director of arts, design and humanities, Gylndwr University, Sion Hughes, says it also has an academic dimension integral to it. Mr Hughes was in Chennai to assess and evaluate the final-year graduates of Image ..
Gitanjali Devashray hosts debate, quiz contest 3/Aug/2010
Gitanjali Devashray, the nodal school for the Secunderabad cluster of the climate EduXchange India Programme being implemented together by TERI and Dell, hosted the city level competitions of debate and quiz. Children from about 12 schools participated in the city finals and debated if political will is more important ..
Can we have a classroom that does not have a class distinction? 3/Aug/2010
Do upper middle class people in a city believe that the quality of their child's education is compromised when they share classroom space with the children of construction labourers or domestic workers? This fundamental question is at the heart of the heated debate on a clause in the Right to Free and ..
Govt is shirking responsibility, say activists 3/Aug/2010
Much is being made of one clause in the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2010, that reserves 25 per cent seats in schools to children from disadvantaged sections. Several academics, however, feel that the core issue is that the RTE missed a big opportunity to strengthen the public education system and put in ..
Quality does not mean exclusion here 3/Aug/2010
The Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) schools have always had in place a system of education that combine ideals of quality education and access to all without discrimination. Very often, children of Group D government employees and jawans study along with those of senior officials in KV schools. V. Meenakshi, ..
Fisheries schools in State to be revamped 3/Aug/2010
Fisheries Minister S. Sarma said on Monday that the government has initiated steps to implement the Rs. 10 crore package for revamping 10 fisheries and technical schools in the State. In his address on the occasion of the distribution of educational and sports awards instituted by the State Fishermen ..
Everonn Education plans 500 centres 3/Aug/2010
Chennai-based education services firm Everonn Business Education Limited (EBEL) is planning to open 500 Indigrow Institute of Professional Studies (IIPS) centres by 2015. The company would invest Rs 1 crore in each centre. Launching its IIPS centre here on Monday, KSN Sukumaran, vice-president EBEL, said, ..
More medical colleges planned under ESI Corporation 3/Aug/2010
The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has decided to setup Medical Colleges, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (PGIMSR), Dental Colleges, etc. under their Medical Education Projects scheme. The plans involve the setting up of 12 PGIMSRs, 17 medical colleges and 9 ..

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