Education News in India

The role of language skills 1/Dec/2009
Interviewer: Why don't you tell us something about yourself? Job aspirant: Oh, it's all there in my resume (a copy of which the interviewer is holding). Interviewer: Yes, I know that, but why don't you tell us? Aspirant: Sorry, I did not have time to go through the resume.<br ..
A unique institution in the making 1/Dec/2009
It was 1958 and the place was Nettur, a small hillock close to Thalassery. Alfred Frikschnecht, a young engineer working with the Swiss Interchurch Aid (HEKS), came to the sleepy town with a mission to provide, free of cost, skill-based technical training to under-privileged youngsters, as a purposeful alternative to ..
An education system of global repute 1/Dec/2009
Finland (Finnish name Suomi) is a republic with a population of 5.3 million. Capital: Helsinki. Finland is an advanced industrial economy. The Finnish higher education system consists of two complementary sectors—universities and polytechnics, in which the admission requirement is a secondary education diploma, ..
Less educated, youth unable to control anger 1/Dec/2009
Toronto: Younger people, those with children and less-educated individuals are more likely to experience anger, according to new research. Compared to people with fewer years of education, the well-educated are less likely to experience anger and, when they do, they are more likely to act proactively ..
Technology in teaching methodology 30/Nov/2009
In an effort to bridge the gap between teachers and technology-savvy students and thus make education more interesting, the Academic Staff College (ASC), University of Madras, recently organised an orientation course for teachers on content development for E-learning in collaboration with the Chennai-based Access ..
The role of language skills 30/Nov/2009
Interviewer: Why don't you tell us something about yourself? Job aspirant: Oh, it's all there in my resume (a copy of which the interviewer is holding). Interviewer: Yes, I know that, but why don't you tell us? Aspirant: Sorry, I did not have time to go through the resume.<br ..
An adventurous career in the blue 30/Nov/2009
It has been only around 66 years since the aqualung was invented by the famous French oceanographer Jacques Yves Cousteau. It enabled man to stay underwater for an extended period. Also called SCUBA (self contained underwater breathing apparatus), it was initially used only by marine biologists and other oceanographers ..
CET confusion every time 30/Nov/2009
Every year the decision on the nature and mode of the all-important Common Entrance Test, which determines admissions to professional courses in Karnataka, stirs up a hornet's nest, often leaving the hapless student in the lurch till weeks before the examination. Last year, as late as February, members of ..
They are still students at heart 30/Nov/2009
How to transform the civil services to keep it in tune with the challenges posed by a rapidly transforming economy and society? Let all the officers become students for a while. And that's how it turned out to be, thanks to a joint initiative by the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) and the Maxwell School ..
Changes likely in web counselling 30/Nov/2009
Web counselling that gave sleepless nights to engineering aspirants and other professional course seekers in the State may come with some changes next year given the controversy it generated despite having its own advantages. If sources are to be believed there is a strong division within the officials ..

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