Education News in India

Exploring Creativity 15/Sep/2011
The American Center library held an East-West inter-college fusion dance competition on September 14. The theme was peace/wilderness/hope. About 15 teams took part, amongst which some were college groups, while the others were dance institute students from all over the city. The dance competition was the ..
Pariyaram Medical College professor dead 16/Sep/2011
T.K. Chandrashekharan, professor and Head of the General Medicine Department at Pariyaram Medical College here, died in a hospital in Chennai early on Friday. He was 61. Dr. Chandrashekharan breathed his last at the hospital where he underwent heart surgery, medical college authorities here said. He is ..
Amalgam of ideas and inventions 16/Sep/2011
There was the crowd, enthusiasm and energy akin to all college festivals. But this fest was one with a difference. It was a chemistry festival that saw the participation of students from all streams, including Commerce and Arts. ‘Amalgam 2011', the two-day national chemistry festival of the St. ..
170.38 ha encroached upon by engineering colleges 16/Sep/2011
A test-check of land records in 15 taluks between January and March 2010 has revealed that 40 private engineering colleges have encroached on government land to the extent of 170.38 hectares, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General has revealed. The value of the lands encroached, based on the ..
Anna University deviated from norms: CAG report 16/Sep/2011
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in its performance audit of Anna University-Chennai, has found deviance from norms on many counts compromising the quality of education. In its report on the functioning of Anna University, the State's premier technical university, the CAG has disclosed ..
Common entrance exam for engineering stream: State unlikely to agree 16/Sep/2011
The IIT Joint Council's decision to hold a joint entrance exam for IITs and NITs is unlikely to affect the fortunes of engineering aspirants in Tamil Nadu. And, the State is unlikely to agree to a common entrance exam for all engineering colleges anytime in the immediate future. “The mindset of ..
Parents, teachers pin for return of cane in classrooms in UK 17/Sep/2011
Parents and teachers overwhelmingly want to bring back the cane in schools in Britain complaining that the classrooms have turned unruly. The vast majority of them are also pinning for back-to-basics discipline measures including detention, expulsion and forcing badly behaved children to write lines.<br ..
Women's career choices swayed by sex hormone: Study 17/Sep/2011
Parents please note: You may want your daughter to be a scientists, doctor or an engineer. But, a new study suggests her career choice largely depends on the hormones she was exposed to as a foetus. Psychologists at Pennsylvania State University found that girl children exposed to high rates of a male ..
IGNOU to launch diploma in child rights 16/Sep/2011
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) announced it will soon launch a one-year diploma course on child rights. The one-year diploma course, to be started by IGNOU's School of Law (SOL) in collaboration with child rights NGO PRAYAS, is designed to offer specialised training on issues of the ..
CBI team visits Aligarh Muslim University 16/Sep/2011
A team of CBI officials visited the campus of Aligarh Muslim University and questioned some senior officials in connection with the ongoing probe by the agency against Vice-Chancellor Abdul Aziz. Professor Aziz was out of town when the CBI officials visited the campus yesterday, University sources ..

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