Education News in India

Not letting jobs go to India helped US: Obama 3/Aug/2010
US President Barack Obama has said America is on the road to recovery thanks to his economic plan that included ensuring new jobs and industries donâ€™t go to China and India. Blaming opposition Republicans, Obama said he took office in January 2009 â€œafter nearly a ..
U.K. to further tighten student visa rule 3/Aug/2010
The British government is set to further tighten student visa rules for non-European Union countries following allegations that many, especially from the Indian subcontinent, are exploiting loopholes in the system to enter Britain. It is alleged that people often use the student visa route to come here to ..
Overhaul of legal education in India planned 3/Aug/2010
The Prime Minister has recently called for a major overhaul of the legal education system in the country to bring it in tune with the needs of the current socio-economic scenario. The Minister further informed the House that after wide consultations among various groups and universities, a report of the ..
Scottish varsity ties up with Pune college 2/Aug/2010
The Glasgow Caledonian University of Scotland and India's Fergusson College, Pune, have agreed to develop joint curriculum for postgraduate students of various courses in life science. The agreement is aimed at developing postgraduate and short-term programmes in Biology and Biomedical science at ..
CM distributes certificates to open school students 2/Aug/2010
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today gave away certificates to students who cleared examination from National Institute of Open Schooling(NIOS). In all, nine students received certificates for passing third, fifth and eighth standard from open school, a statement here said. Speaking on ..
There is no reason to deny state an IIT: CM 2/Aug/2010
There is no valid reason on the part of the Centre to deny Kerala an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) since the state is in the forefront of education, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has said. He was speaking after inaugurating the new building of the Government Engineering College, ..
CPI seeks scrapping of clause of 'three year compulsory schooling' 2/Aug/2010
The opposition CPI has asked the Puducherry territorial administration to scrap the Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC) clause insisting that students seeking admission to professional colleges in the Union Territory under government quota should have done school education consecutively for three years in ..
States should increase allocation for higher education: Thorat 2/Aug/2010
The Central govt has increased considerably the outlay for higher education in the 11th plan and state govts should also raise allocation for this purpose, UGC Chairman, Prof Sukhdev Thorat said on Sunday. â€œThe Central government has increased the outlay for higher education from Rs ..
350,000 foreigners enter Britain on ’student’ visas 2/Aug/2010
Nearly 350,000 foreigners entered Britain on suspect student visas last year despite new rules to curb the number of illegal immigrants, officials said Monday. Home Office figures reveal the total of visiting â€œstudentsâ€ and their dependents rocketed to 344,396 in the 12 ..
Visva Bharati reduces fee hike by 50 percent 2/Aug/2010
Bowing down to the students' demands, the authorities of Visva Bharati on Saturday night decided to decrease the hiked tuition fees by 50 percent. The university, set up by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan, had been experiencing unrest for long as the students were on an indefinite ..

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