Education News in India

All-India medical entrance test: State allowed to implead in case 11/Sep/2010
The Supreme Court on Friday permitted the Tamil Nadu government to implead itself in a case relating to the proposal for introduction of a common all-India entrance test for medical courses in the country. A Bench of Justices R.V. Raveendran and H.L. Gokhale, while allowing Tamil Nadu's application, ..
No consensus yet on IIT entrance exam 11/Sep/2010
There appears no early end to the debate over the examination system for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology. The 41st meeting of the Council of IITs, here on Friday, failed to arrive at a solution acceptable to all members. Chaired by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, the ..
CBSE to train parents in CCE system 11/Sep/2010
The Central Board of Secondary Education, as part of its measures to popularise the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system in schools, has now reached out to parents. According to a note put up on CBSE's website, the Board would like to initiate training of “parent advocates” to ..
Anti-ragging campaign concludes 11/Sep/2010
The nationwide ‘Bus Aur Nahin' signature campaign against ragging, launched by the Muthoot Pappachan Foundation, culminated at the Loyola College here on Thursday. Students from around 45 colleges in 11 cities had signed on the canvas and taken a pledge not to rag their juniors. Additional Director ..
HRD Ministry should focus on school education: Digvijay 11/Sep/2010
After his potshots at Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday appeared to snipe at HRD Minister Kapil Sibal seeking his attention on school education rather than higher education. “The need at the moment is that the HRD Ministry should pay more attention to the ..
Centre for evaluation of educational standards at schools 10/Sep/2010
To evaluate curriculum and educational standards at schools, the Government said it will set up a centre for assessment and evaluation within the CBSE by this year-end. "The centre will be set up by December and will act as an independent body as it matures," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said. ..
IITs, IIMs get in-house psychiatrist. 10/Sep/2010
With more number of stressed out students witnessed these days, premier institutions like IIT and IIM employ residential psychiatrist. If getting into any of these premier institutes is difficult, coping with the pressure once inside is even more difficult. Amidst the most hectic and tough ..
M S University wants to attract more foreign students 10/Sep/2010
In a bid to attract more foreign students, Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) is planning to have separate hostel arrangements for them. "There are more than 70 students from Japan and other countries like Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and France, who are studying in various faculties," ..
IIT council meeting, a range of issues to come up 10/Sep/2010
Appointment of foreign nationals into faculty positions, introducing courses on medicine and streamlining of examination system are likely to be discussed at the IIT council meeting here tomorrow. The proposal for setting up of setting up 'centre of studies' on foreign countries is also ..
Narikurava' residential school reopened 10/Sep/2010
A residential school for 'Narikurava' (nomads) children near here, which stopped functioning in 2006, has been reopened on the orders of Nagapattinam District Collector C Munianathan. The school was established at Vedaranyam during 2004 with a view to providing education to the children of ..

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