Education News in India

IGNOUs first community college to come up in Kerala 4/Nov/2009
Kerala: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), for the first time in its history, will set up a community college campus in the district. Addressing a news conference here on Friday, Anto Antony MP, who took the initiative for the unique project, said that the Pathanamthitta IGNOU ..
Yale varsity to honour Nilekani with Leadership Award 4/Nov/2009
Washington: Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder and chairman of India's Unique Identification Database Authority, is set to become the first Indian to receive Yale university's prestigious Legend in Leadership Award. The award of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute will be presented to ..
Mumbai varsity teachers demand regularisation of services 4/Nov/2009
Mumbai: Nearly 35 teachers and someof the Senate of University of Mumbai today undertook a day-long hunger strike to protest non-implementation of regularisation of services of those who have acquired M Phil degree. However, they called off the strike by evening after the university authorities assured ..
PM asks employees of Visva Bharati Univ to return to work 4/Nov/2009
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed concern over disruption of academic activities at Visva Bharati University and asked the striking employees to return to work, assuring them that an impartial probe would be conducted into their allegations against the university authorities. 'I ..
Job-oriented modules for students in MU 4/Nov/2009
Chennai: Students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate courses at University of Madras may have to study a related, job-oriented diploma module, according to vice-chancellor G Thiruvasagam. Speaking at the distribution of placement orders to those who had completed the PG diploma in ..
IIM- A relish on summer placements 4/Nov/2009
Bangalore: Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are elated at the strong summer placements from corporates. Last year, with the downfall of Lehman Brothers and economy slowdown, some firms stayed away from the campus while those who participated in the placement process reduced the number of offers. But it is a ..
PM expresses concern over quality of higher education 4/Nov/2009
Chandigarh: That quality of education imparted by institutions was nowhere near international standards, PM, Manmohan Singh said,'deficiencies and imbalances' exist in education system. 'A major problem, which we face is the quality of higher education that our institutions impart. Unfortunately, most of ..
Govt approaches Finance Commission for funds for RTE 4/Nov/2009
New Delhi: The govt has approached the Finance Commission and the Planning Commission for arrangement of Rs 1.74 lakh crore for the implementation of the RTE Act in the next 5 years. The availability of funds with the government is around Rs 34,000 crore under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan scheme for the next ..
Schoolboys movie to premiere at Gorky Sadan 3/Nov/2009
Kolkata: Path Geche Beke, a movie directed by a teenage filmmaker when he was a student of South Point School, will premiere at Gorky Sadan on Tuesday. Sangbit Samaddar, the filmmaker, is now a fresher at Ashutosh College. The film deals with the subconscious mind of an adolescent boy, and how he ..
Spare Chhatimtala, plead ashramiks 3/Nov/2009
Santiniketan: When members of Visva-Bharati’s Karmi Sabha went to Chhatimtala — the heart and soul of Tagore’s abode of peace — around 10 am on October 24, little did they know that the man against whom they had planned their agitation, vice-chancellor Rajat Kanta Ray, had already taken up place. ..

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