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The State government would appoint 14,377 teachers at all levels to improve access to higher education and ensure success of students in public examinations, C.Ve. Shanmugam, Minister for School Education, has said.
Moving the demands for grants for his department, Mr. Shanmugam announced that 2,682 ..
After obtaining permission from the Chief Minister, action will be initiated against former Minister K. Ponmudy, his team of officials and Vice-Chancellors (V-Cs) on charges of corruption in appointment of V-Cs, admission of students under government's discretionary quota in Anna University and irregularities in the ..
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The Kerala Higher Secondary Teachers' Federation (KHSTF) staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate here to raise their demands including creation of vacancies and payment of salary.
The KHSTF has been on an indefinite strike since August 18 raising the demands.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for finding technical and scientific solutions to complex problems affecting the society.
"Whether it is rapid urbanisation, climate change or energy security, our scientific and entrepreneurial energy should be channelled to spark a second green revolution, find ..
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government would consider recommendations of the Anil Kakodkar committee on the functioning of IITs after a council of the premier institutes looks into them.
Speaking at the 57th annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur here, he said, ..
As part of extending computer education in government schools, more than 9355 government aided lower primary and upper primary schools would be provided with broadband connectvity within three months, State Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb said.
Most of the schools had been provided with computer ..
Raising concerns over the high number of secondary school drop-outs from the Muslim community, the Bombay High Court asked the Maharashtra government to furnish a list of state-run as well as private Urdu medium secondary schools in Mumbai.
A pision bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice R P ..
The Kerala High Court permitted the state government to continue with the admission process for engineering courses.
Vacating its August 19 order of status quo, a bench comprising Chief Justice J Chelemeswar and Justice P R Ramachandra Menon, directed that the batch of petitions be posted for final ..