Education News in India

AICTE slaps Rs 2 lakh fine on Nagpur varsity 11/Aug/2011
The Nagpur University (NU) has paid a fine of Rs 2 lakh to All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for failing to renew approval of its institution, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology (LIT), sources close to the varsity said. LIT's batch for the academic year 2010-11 was not approved by ..
Kerala cabinet approves General Education Policy 11/Aug/2011
The Kerala Cabinet approved a comprehensive general education reform package to resolve issues and problems of teachers in government and government aided-schools in the state. Under the package, over which government would incur an expenditure of Rs 264 crore, problems of 10,000 teachers who had ..
Thomas for including food wastage as subject in schools 11/Aug/2011
Concerned over the large amount of food being wasted at marriages, parties and social gatherings, the Food Ministry has written to the HRD Ministry as well state education ministers to include food wastage as a subject at school to create awareness among the youth. In a letter to HRD ..
Policy decisions can't be changed for political reasons: SC 10/Aug/2011
Dismissing Tamil Nadu government's plea on the Uniform Education law, the Supreme Court ruled government cannot effect policy changes for political considerations on mere change of guard as it would be in conflict with the rule of law. Rejecting Jayalalithaa government's bid to amend the TN ..
Bihar CM urges students to protect environment 10/Aug/2011
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked students to take a pledge to work for protection of environment. "We should take a pledge for protection of environment otherwise it will end the existence of living being on the earth," Kumar told a students' function ..
Kerala Govt not keen on declaring pvt medical admission exam illegal 10/Aug/2011
The Kerala government informed the high court that it may not be in the interest of anybody to declare as illegal at this point of time the entrance examination conducted by self-financing medical college management association. The government also said that in the best interest of students, it was ..
Post graduate diploma in food science, processing in TNAU 10/Aug/2011
Directorate of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University would offer a PG Diploma in Food Science and Processing during this academic year. The course would impart information on the preservation and value additiion techniquies of food processing, a university release said.<br ..
HC directs varsity to consider plea for affiliation on merits 10/Aug/2011
The Madras High Court bench here directed the Anna University of Technology to consider the representation of an Engineering College, run by a Trust in which Union Minister M.K.Alagiri is a trustee,for affiliation based on merits and as per the university's statutes. Disposing of an appeal filed by ..
MOU signed with centre for strengthening statistics mechanism 10/Aug/2011
The state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Centre for strengthening the statistics apparatus in Bihar. The MOU was signed by the Centre's Ministry of Statistics Joint Secretary Arvind Kumar and the Principal Secretary (Planning and Development) of the Bihar government ..
IIT entrance: Govt may consider giving 3 chances to aspirants 10/Aug/2011
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said that the government will consider giving students three attempts to clear IIT entrance exam against the two chances being given to them currently. Sibal also batted for an education system where teacher is no longer the repository of knowledge...

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