Education News in India

Dropout rate in schools is disturbing 22/Oct/2010
Though there are over 500 universities and 27,000 colleges, higher education enrolment ratio in India is only 12 per cent and the nation has a long way to go for catching up with the 50 per cent higher education enrolment ratio of developed nations, said Ved Prakash, Vice-Chairman, University Grants Commission, here on ..
Sibal meets directors of new IITs 22/Oct/2010
Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal met the directors of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to discuss the problems they were facing as regards the functioning of the new institutes. IITs have been started in Ropar (2008), Bhubaneswar (2008), Gandhinagar ..
Vocational courses for school students planned - Sibal 22/Oct/2010
Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the central government was planning to set up a national vocational education framework to help school students who fall short of receiving higher education. "We need a national vocational education framework to empower and ..
IGNOU announces admissions for 2011 session 22/Oct/2010
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced admissions for the January 2011 session, a university official said on Wednesday. Aspirants can apply for Master's, Bachelor's, Post-Graduate Diplomas, Diplomas, Post-Graduate Certificates and Certificate programmes. "The ..
NIMHANS now institute of national importance 22/Oct/2010
The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore was on Wednesday announced as an institute of national importance by the union cabinet, an official statement said here. "The union cabinet today approved the proposal of the ministry of health and family welfare to ..
UPSC defence, naval academy entrance exam 2011 on April 17 22/Oct/2010
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will hold the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2011 on April 17, 2011 for admission to Army, Navy and Air Force Wings of NDA for 127th Course and Naval Academy for 89th Indian Naval Academy (INAC) Course commencing from December 30, 2011. <br ..
States issued notice on common medical entrance tests 22/Oct/2010
The Supreme Court on Friday asked all states and associations of private medical colleges for their views on the Medical Council of India's petition for common entrance tests for admissions to MBBS and post-graduate courses across the country. The Medical Council of India told the court that it sought ..
New IIT campuses should be ready by 2014: Sibal 22/Oct/2010
All the eight new IITs established over the last three years have been asked to have their campuses ready by 2014 even as the government was speculating on increasing funds allocated for the purpose. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, who chaired a meeting of the directors and chairmen of the new institutes today, ..
Over 500 schools barred from collecting fees from students 22/Oct/2010
Over 500 schools in several districts of Tamil Nadu, including some KV's run by the HRD ministry in the state, have been barred from collecting any fees from students. A notification by the school fee determination committee, set up by the Tamil Nadu government, said these schools had not answered the ..
New IITs can top up salaries from their own resources 21/Oct/2010
Allowing the new Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to pay more to the faculty from their own resources, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday assured them that he would approach the Cabinet for relaxation in providing the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) scale to 40 per cent of the professors ..

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