Education News in India

Nation needs creative leadership: Kalam 18/Nov/2010
India needs creative leadership in every professional cadre, changing the role of leader "from commander to coach, manager to mentor" to fulfil the vision of "developed India", former President A P J Abdul Kalam said. Inaugurating the 8th Knowledge Millennium Summit on "2010-2020: ..
A programme that enriches lives of Indian students in U.S. 18/Nov/2010
The United States and India this week reaffirmed and celebrated an important partnership in the field of education — the Nehru-Fulbright Educational Exchange Programme. At an event hosted by the Indian embassy here, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said via a televised message that she was ..
Lessons, a click away 17/Nov/2010
Education couldn't get any easier. Now, anyone at home with a computer and a broadband connectivity can enrol for a number of courses offered online. Ankit Fadia, cyber security expert and ethical hacker, runs one-year PG diplomas and two-year master programmes, all through the Internet via video ..
Programme to help poor students crack exam 17/Nov/2010
In an attempt to help deserving students from economically underprivileged sections, FIITJEE will hold ‘Fortunate 40', a programme that seeks to train such students to crack and achieve top ranks in competitive examinations such as the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted for admissions to the Indian ..
Descriptive indicators in report card a welcome change 17/Nov/2010
The progress report card that summarises a student's performance level has evolved with time. It no more categorises students as ‘average', ‘poor', ‘excellent' or ‘good.' The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), for instance, through the Continuous and Comprehensive ..
Guidelines issued on transport of schoolchildren 17/Nov/2010
In order to ensure safe transportation of students, the Transport Department has issued a circular with elaborate instructions to parents, institutions and police personnel. Parents have been asked to urge their children to avoid speaking to any stranger who may initiate a conversation with them on their ..
Police offer to be part of Parent-Teacher Association 17/Nov/2010
As part of the measures being taken to ensure safety of school children, the Chennai Police have offered to be part of the Parent-Teacher Association. “Parent-Teacher Association shall henceforth be Parent-Teacher-Police Association. We have asked schools to invite the local Assistant Commissioner ..
For safe and secure computing 16/Nov/2010
The application of computer and Internet has spread its tentacles to every segment of our daily life. Education, business, industry, entertainment, medicine, travel, communication, or any other activity stands linked to the cyber world one way or the other. Consequently even critical information on ..
Seeking consensus for reforms 16/Nov/2010
A less radical but perhaps more consensual final report' is how the M. Anandakrishnan Committee has described its report on reviewing the Acts of universities in Kerala. Evidently the committee has invested a lot of intellectual effort in seeking to redraw certain assumptions and principles which now ..
Building a research culture 16/Nov/2010
Students from Karnataka have outnumbered those from other States in gaining entry to the 10th edition of IRIS — Initiative for Research & Innovation in Science-2010 — a national science and engineering fair for research-based projects of students of schools and junior colleges. IRIS is an ..

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