Education News in India

MP to recruit over 95 thousand teachers 25/Aug/2011
To meet the huge requirement of teachers following the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the state government has decided to appoint 95,599 teachers in various categories. The decision to sanction 95,599 new posts of teachers was taken by the state cabinet at a meeting ..
Medical teachers promotion norms relaxed 24/Aug/2011
The overwhelming vacancies in state-run medical colleges have forced the government to relax norms for promoting doctors-cum-teachers to fill up hundreds of vacant posts. Cynics may call it a quick-fix solution, but the state says that patients would definitely benefit from the decision that promises to add over 250 ..
IITs to scrap joint management test 24/Aug/2011
For the first time ever, all the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have jointly decided to discontinue the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) that they conduct for admissions to their post-graduate management degree programmes (MBAs). Instead, admissions to these courses will be based on scores in CAT conducted ..
Talking Business 23/Aug/2011
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Case Development (CTLC) at the Indian School of Business (ISB) and Richard Ivey School of Business (Ivey), The University of Western Ontario, today announced the results of the ISB-Ivey Case Competition 2011. Over 220 faculty members representing more than 75 business schools had ..
Recruitment Mantras 23/Aug/2011
JIS Group Educational Initiatives brought to the students of engineering and managements sSquare, the second Annual Industry Institute Partnership Summit, where recruitment gurus from across India had come together to advise the students on recruitment and corporate life. Present at this summit was Sutanu ..
Robots Rule 23/Aug/2011
‘Solar Powered Crop Harvesting Robot’ wins Intel India Embedded Challenge 2011. It comes as recognition for India’s embedded technology innovations. More than 1,600 entries were received from all over India for the second annual contest. A grand prize of Rs 10 lakhs was awarded to ‘Solar Powered ..
Cardio Calling 24/Aug/2011
The 18th Annual Conference of the Indian College of Cardiology (ICCCON 2011) was held in Kolkata for the very first time, recently. Many renowned cardiologists and cardiac surgeons attended this conference from the nation itself and from abroad including countries like the UK, USA and Australia. The ..
High on Health 24/Aug/2011
Two leading entities have collaborated to offer a one-year full-time residential programme – ‘Executive Diploma in General Management and Health Care (ExD-GMH)’. Faculty will jointly teach the programme from XLRI and Apollo Group. Graduates from any discipline with minimum three years of experience can ..
Development Efficient 24/Aug/2011
The CII Young Indians Team of XLRI, Jamshedpur, seeks to provide a platform for young minds to engage in Nation building initiatives. These include socially relevant developmental projects in the areas of education, employability, youth affairs and health. Established in 2008, it already boasts of having undertaken ..
2-year-old children understand complex grammar 25/Aug/2011
Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have found that children as young as two years old have an understanding of complex grammar even before they have learned to speak in full sentences. Researchers at the University's Child Language Study Centre showed children, aged two, sentences containing ..

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Jan'11 Feb'11 Mar'11 Apr'11 May'11 Jun'11 Jul'11 Aug'11 Sep'11 Oct'11 Nov'11 Dec'11

<< Prev 3 4 5 6 7 [8]9 10 11 12 13 Next>>