Education News in India

Don't banish English, Amartya Sen tells Mulayam 24/Apr/2009
London: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday criticised Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's campaign pledge to banish the use of English in Uttar Pradesh, saying such a move would only deepen existing divisions between the haves and have-nots in the state. "I don't know what Mulayam Singh ..
Death due to corporal punishment : autopsy indicate epilepsy 24/Apr/2009
New Delhi: Shano Khan, the 11-year-old schoolgirl who died after allegedly being meted out corporal punishment by her teacher, could have suffered an epileptic attack leading to her death, the autopsy report on the girl has hinted, according to Delhi Police on Thursday. "We are trying to corroborate the ..
A.K. Mehrotra nominated for Oxford's new teacher for poetry 24/Apr/2009
London: It is a 300-year-old post at the venerable Oxford University and previous occupants include W.H. Auden, Matthew Arnold and Seamus Heaney. Now Indian poet and teacher A.K. Mehrotra's name is doing rounds as Oxford's new professor of poetry. "With a week to go before nominations for Oxford's new ..
Global publishers target India to overcome recession 24/Apr/2009
London: Recession-hit readers in the US and Britain are spending less and less on books, forcing English language publishers to eye overseas markets, India in particular, to stay afloat. While the US and Britain are still the largest markets for English language publishers, growth has petered out. The US market ..
Grooming, personality important for good grades 24/Apr/2009
Washington: Can personal traits such as physical attractiveness and personality fetch success in school? If so, which aspect of one's appearance can help grades the most? It's a combination of grooming and personality, a new study has found. The study by researchers from the University of Miami Health Economics ..
TN University offer poverty eradication programme 24/Apr/2009
Tamil Nadu: Bharathidasan University in Tamil Nadu (TN) has designed a programme to eradicate poverty in all the eight districts in central TN falling under its jurisdiction, said Vice-Chancellor, Dr Ponnavaikko. To start with, the university would conduct a test for skilled unorganised labourers such as ..
Parliament launches internship prg on the lines of US Senate 24/Apr/2009
Bangalore: A first of its kind internship programme has been launched by the Parliament on the lines of the US Senate internship programme to provide an opportunity to youth (21-28) to study the workings of the parliamentary system and provide an insight into the functional dynamics of the Indian Parliament. The ..
Make classrooms more secure, less fearsome, teachers advised 24/Apr/2009
New Delhi: Classrooms should be places where children are not ridiculed despite making mistakes. That was the underlying message of a conference of teachers here, days after the tragic death of 11-year-old Shano Khan allegedly due to corporal punishment at school. Twenty-eight government and private school ..
Don't banish English, Amartya Sen tells Mulayam 24/Apr/2009
London: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday criticised Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's campaign pledge to banish the use of English in Uttar Pradesh, saying such a move would only deepen existing divisions between the haves and have-nots in the state. "I don't know what Mulayam Singh Yadav has ..
Seminar on minority educational rights 24/Apr/2009
Madurai: To provide clear idea of the minority rights and intervene collectively and proactively to safeguard the minority educational rights, a seminar has been jointly organised by Secondary Education Commission of the Jesuit Madurai Province, IDEAS Centre, Legal Activists Wing of the Jesuit Madurai Province. ..

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