Education News in India

Over 1600 children to benefit in Mangalore under RTE 16/May/2012
Come this academic year about 1,645 economically backward and underprivileged children in Dakshina Kannada will get free education in class I under the RTE Act, 2009. As per Section 12(1)(c) of the act a circular was issued directing 143 ..
Steep drop in pass percentage in Engineering 15/May/2012
According to the findings of a study, “Liberalisation of technical education: Has a significant increase in enrollment translated into increase in supply of engineers?", conducted by Sunil Mani and Arun M. for the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), 50% of students who join the four-year degree course in ..
Decline of languages and culture linked to loss of Biodiversity 14/May/2012
A new study has claimed that the decline of languages and culture across the world is a result of loss of biodiversity. Researchers at Penn State University in the US identified in their study,that high biodiversity areas on Earth also had high linguistic diversity.As a matter of fact 70 per cent of the ..
SVUM hosting mega IT show in Rajkot from May 25 14/May/2012
Saurashtra Vyapar Udhyog Mahamandal (SVUM) is hosting a mega IT show where leading IT companies are expected to take part to explore IT business opportunities in the region. SVUM president Parag Tejura said, the three-day show, beginning from May 25 at Race course ground here, is being supported by ..
Free laptops distributed 14/May/2012
The scene at Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School in Chetpet, recently, resembled a pageant, but of somewhat miniature proportions. Students accompanied by their elders, walked down, carrying two brown cartons that contained a laptop and a bag to carry it. Some were impatient to see what a ..
Technical glitches mar AIEEE test 13/May/2012
The online AIEEE test that determines entry to the prestigious NITs, held here on Saturday, was marred with technical glitches for many students. The exam was held in five private engineering colleges and on the TCS company premises in Ambattur. While the students who took the test at the TCS Centre said ..
Parents unite against hike in CBSE fees 14/May/2012
Following the CBSE directive to the Naval Children’s School (NCS) in Kochi, to cut down on the 100 per cent hike on civilian students’ fee, the parents of CBSE and ICSE students across Kerala are converging on one platform to see that only reasonable fees are charged in CBSE/ICSE schools across the state.<br ..
IIT council meets to discuss proposal for single entrance test 13/May/2012
The IIT council met against the backdrop of sustained opposition to the proposed single entrance test for admission to engineering programmes and is understood to have insisted on holding the test from 2014 instead of next year. The council, which met under the chairmanship of HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, is ..
No pay disparity between teachers of govt and private schools 13/May/2012
The teachers of unaided private schools are entitled to same pay and emoluments as those of government schools, the Delhi High Court has held. Rejecting an appeal by a private school, a bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw upheld the single judge's order directing Rukmini ..
Govt to set up a regional school service commission 12/May/2012
A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader claimed that the West Bengal government has decided to set up a regional school service commission to break the 25-year teacher recruitment deadlock in Darjeeling district. GJM spokesperson Harka bahadur Chhetri said that the commission would be set up to to fill up ..

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