Education News in India

Gujarat to foster entrepreneurship amongst youth 12/Sep/2011
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi launched an International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate), to encourage youths to turn entrepreneurs, which will be guided by Infosys Chairman Emeritus N R Narayan Murthy. Gandhinagar: Gujarat CM Narendra Modi launched an International Centre for ..
Central University will come up in Kasargod: Ahamed 12/Sep/2011
Minister of state for external affairs E Ahamed today assured that the Central University would be started only in Kasargod district, in the wake of agitations it was likely to be shifted to other districts. Speaking to mediapersons after visiting the site allotted for the university at nearby Periya, he ..
Literacy rate will touch 80 per cent by 2015, hopes Sibal 12/Sep/2011
The government expressed hope that the country's literacy rate will touch 80 per cent by 2015 with the success of programmes like Saakshar Bharat mission. "The average literacy, which is 74 per cent, will reach 80-85 per cent by 2015. This is a big achievement," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal told ..
HC asks education dept to file ATR on students taken to rally 10/Sep/2011
Expressing displeasure at students being taken from a city school to a political rally without informing their parents, the Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal education department to ensure that such incidents do not recur in future. A pision bench, comprising Chief Justice J N Patel and ..
ISRO gears up for Megha-Tropiques launch 10/Sep/2011
Indian Space Research Organisation is giving final touches for the launch of Megha-Tropiques, an Indo-French advanced tropical climate monitoring satellite, expected to be carried out from the Sriharikota spaceport in a couple of weeks. ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan is slated to ..
Youth must eradicate evils like communal tension, corruption Dr. Kalam 10/Sep/2011
Stating that communal tension was a result of "failure of multiple faiths", former President A P J Abdul Kalam called upon the youth to make the society "compassionate" by actively participating in eradication of corruption and rural development. He also asked religious leaders ..
Sterlite donates Rs 2 lakh for school 10/Sep/2011
Sterlite Industries Ltd, country's largest non-ferrous metals and mining company here, has donated Rs 2 lakh for construction of toilet complex at analmatha Higher Secondary School at Sokkankudieruppu in the district. On behalf of Sterlite,C Rajendiran,Commissioner of Customs, Thoothukudim ..
Govt to set up panel to examine school fee hike within a week 10/Sep/2011
The city government informed the Delhi High Court that it will set up within a week a panel headed by a former justice to examine the hikes in tuition fees by various unaided private schools and to audit their accounts. Appearing for the Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE), ..
Helicopter parents put their kids at risk of obesity 10/Sep/2011
"Helicopter parents" who hover over their children's every move leave them at risk of obesity by preventing healthy play, a new study has claimed. The North Carolina State University study, which looked at families in parks, found that the fussy parents who show too much concern while ..
Cameron cites India to raise UK education standards 10/Sep/2011
Keen to raise education standards in Britain, particularly in Science and Mathematics, UK Premier David Cameron cited the example of India to caution schools not to be complacent and strive for excellence. In a speech at a school in Norwich, Cameron outlined his agenda for raising standards in schools at ..

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