Education News in India

Sterlite donates Rs 2 lakh for school 10/Sep/2011
Sterlite Industries Ltd, country's largest non-ferrous metals and mining company here, has donated Rs 2 lakh for construction of toilet complex at analmatha Higher Secondary School at Sokkankudieruppu in the district. On behalf of Sterlite,C Rajendiran,Commissioner of Customs, Thoothukudim ..
Govt to set up panel to examine school fee hike within a week 10/Sep/2011
The city government informed the Delhi High Court that it will set up within a week a panel headed by a former justice to examine the hikes in tuition fees by various unaided private schools and to audit their accounts. Appearing for the Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE), ..
Helicopter parents put their kids at risk of obesity 10/Sep/2011
"Helicopter parents" who hover over their children's every move leave them at risk of obesity by preventing healthy play, a new study has claimed. The North Carolina State University study, which looked at families in parks, found that the fussy parents who show too much concern while ..
Cameron cites India to raise UK education standards 10/Sep/2011
Keen to raise education standards in Britain, particularly in Science and Mathematics, UK Premier David Cameron cited the example of India to caution schools not to be complacent and strive for excellence. In a speech at a school in Norwich, Cameron outlined his agenda for raising standards in schools at ..
ICT emerges as country's top biotech school 10/Sep/2011
City-based Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), has secured the top position in the BioSpectrum Biotech School survey. The BioSpectrum Top Biotech Schools study includes those institutions, which offer BTech, Masters and PhD courses in the subject. Faculty, industry interface, infrastructure and ..
Nagging parents push children to videogames 10/Sep/2011
According to recent study, if your kids play a lot of videogames, chances are that they do it because you nag them too much. Nagging parents seem to drive their kids into playing videogames. The study, which surveyed more than 500 students from 20 middle schools, is one of the first to link parental ..
By 2013, computers will be 1000 times faster 10/Sep/2011
Get ready for the next-generation computers and smartphones that are up to 1,000 times faster than the systems you use in the present days. Computer maker IBM is developing "skyscraper" computers using huge sandwiches of silicon chips by sticking layer after layer of chips covered with tiny ..
HC issues notice to Chancellor of Universities 9/Sep/2011
The Patna High Court issued notices to Chancellor of Universities, who is also the Governor of Bihar, asking him to explain by October 24 his position on a writ petition challenging the appointments of six vice-chancellors and four pro-vice chancellors. A pision bench comprising ..
HC upholds order quashing appointment of VCs 9/Sep/2011
The Patna High Court upheld the order of a single bench setting aside the appointment of the vice-chancellors of Magadh University and Veer Kunwar Singh University. A pision bench comprising justices Shiva Kirti Singh and Shivaji Pandey upheld the order of Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathy who had on May ..
Internet usage leading to a crisis: Calcutta Univ VC 9/Sep/2011
University of Calcutta's Vice-Chancellor Suranjan Das has criticised the over-dependence of students to cull information from the internet. "We all celebrate globalisation but the negative part of it is that we are becoming more and more internet-oriented. If my daughter needs to know about Taj ..

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