Education News in India

Opening Vistas for Software Technology 23/Jul/2011
IIHT inaugurated the launch of its new centre at Gariahat, Kolkata, by renowned actor Pallavi Chatterjee, recently. IIHT has started courses in C, TC++, C++, advance and core Java, VV Net thereby delving deep into the world of software technology. The courses have wide applicability in retail, banking, ..
Fresh Courses in Biotechnology 22/Jul/2011
For the first time ever in West Bengal, St Michael’s Institute of Leadership Education (SMILE), under the aegis of St Michael’s Academy, joins hands with Southern Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS) Group of Institutions, the oldest professional institution in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, to impart job-oriented ..
Principle in SC quota doesn?t apply to OBCs 22/Jul/2011
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the principle behind quota for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was very different from the one under which Other Backward Classes (OBCs) were given 27% quota in educational institutions. Hearing arguments on what should be the admission criteria for OBCs at Delhi ..
?25% quota for poor in private schools must 22/Jul/2011
The Centre on Thursday remained firm on implementing Right to Education (RTE) Act without any dilution and told the Supreme Court that even private schools have to keep 25% of its seats for students from weaker and economically disadvantaged sections. Responding to the challenge to the constitutional ..
TISS opens new chapter; offers contracts to professors 22/Jul/2011
Performance indicators and pink slips are no longer the perils of only corporate jobs. The government-funded Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has become the first public university in the country to adopt the Western model of recruitment by employing teachers on a contractual basis and assessing their ..
AICTE scam: CBI indicts IIT - Kharagpur chief 22/Jul/2011
Widening its net in the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) scam, the CBI has found the involvement of its former chairperson Damodar Acharya, who is now the director of IIT-Kharagpur. Acharya was the chairperson of AICTE from May 2005 to June 2007. In 2005-06, a new system was started for ..
Registration Call 23/Jul/2011
The British Council and A S Hornby Educational Trust are organising a five-day residential training programme on ‘Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) – Putting Theory into Practice’ from August 24 - 28 in Guwahati. This is designed for English teachers working with secondary-level learners in ..
SC refuses to give more time to Centre on Deemed University 23/Jul/2011
The Supreme Court refused to grant more time to the Centre to complete its probe against 44 deemed universities and asked it to file its recommendations on their derecognition for failing to maintain proper academic standards by August 24. A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma turned ..
India's future depends on quality of primary education: Kalam 23/Jul/2011
The future of the nation depends on the quality of primary education imparted, former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam has said. Emphasising the importance of education, Kalam said, while addressing students at a school here, that primary education must be made a fundamental right of Indian citizens...
CBI director 'questioned' by school students 23/Jul/2011
CBI director generally faces questions from courts, media and the government but today it was some school students who grilled him on some tough subjects like black money, corruption and crime. A group of 70 students of class IX from Sanskriti School visited the CBI headquarters where they were ..

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