Education News in India

Committee to investigate complaints on Engineering colleges 6/Aug/2011
A committee has been formed by the Tamilnadu government to investigate complaints regarding excess fee collections of self-financing engineering colleges. The committee comprises of 3 members, chaired by Anna university professor V.Jeyabalan and will function from the campus of Directorate of Technical ..
9 Indians get Australian Alumni Excellence Award 6/Aug/2011
In an initiative to felicitate Indian students who had studied in Australia, the Australian Government gave away awards to nine students for their outstanding contribution in their specific field at a function recently held in Chennai. The Australian Alumni Excellence Awards -2011were presented at a ..
IIT-K asks parents not to provide laptops to new students 5/Aug/2011
Perturbed over cases of students committing suicide at the IIT Kanpur, the institute authorities have asked the parents of new students not to give them laptops in first year so that they cannot use Internet late night. "Hostelers keep surfing the Internet throughout the night. When they go for ..
Web service to ensure kids attend school properly 5/Aug/2011
A group of techies here have come up with a web-based service to inform parents to ensure their children reach school and attend classes regularly. The service, titled "Gurusparsh" developed by the start start-upfirm "Thought Ripple", will be offered free of ..
Cotton college to be on global education map 5/Aug/2011
The Assam government has taken steps to put the premier educational institution, the Cotton College, on the global education map. State education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said as a first step, a delegation from Columbia University recently visited the college and discussed with authorities the ..
Arunachal plans to make education compulsory for every child 5/Aug/2011
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin said that his government wanted to ensure that education was made compulsory for each and every child. "It is time that we seriously think of improving the literacy rate of our state which stands the second last in state-wise category," Gamlin ..
HC slams Maha, BMC over mid-day meal scheme 5/Aug/2011
Coming down heavily on Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for failing to properly implement the mid-day meal scheme, the Bombay High Court asked the government to formulate an action plan for carrying it out effectively. "The scheme is very good on ..
Lack of education main reason for backwardness of tribals 5/Aug/2011
Lack of education is the main reason for backwardness of tribal population in India, a US Department of State official said. Education was the foundation of progress, Reta Jo Lewis, Special Representative, Global Intergovernmental Affairs, said while interacting with students of the Kalinga ..
Central scheme for OBC students to be revised 5/Aug/2011
The government approved revision of a post-matric scholarship scheme for students belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) whereby parental income ceiling for eligibility will be raised from Rs 44,500 to Rs one lakh per annum. The decision to raise the income ceiling, approved by the Cabinet ..
UK staff told to move to Mumbai to save jobs 5/Aug/2011
A minister in the David Cameron government has sparked a row by suggesting that Newcastle-based call centre workers who have lost their jobs should relocate to Mumbai. Rail minister Theresa Villiers appears to tell sacked call-centre workers in Newcastle to relocate to Mumbai in a letter written to ..

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