Education News in India

MU to withdraw science courses 10/May/2012
The 155-year-old University of Madras, which launched its courses through distance education mode two decades ago, has decided to withdraw several post-graduate science courses, including M.Sc (physics), M.Sc (chemistry), M.Sc (botany) and M.Sc (zoology) from the ensuing academic year. University ..
Academic Website to answer student queries 10/May/2012
Finding that classrooms are not the best place to deal with shy students, a physics teacher of the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom has come up with an innovative website to reach out to them and others who may have queries on the subject. To his delight the academic website has become a hit with the email ..
Coaching class to groom future civil servants 10/May/2012
Writing entrance examinations for, and getting admitted to, either engineering or medical courses has become the single point agenda of most students. Even parents are reluctant to encourage students take up alternative careers. The importance of a new project started by the Viswa Prakash Central School, ..
St Xaviers College Kolkata to start Bengali Honours course 11/May/2012
There is a little bit of Rabindranath Tagore everywhere and more so in Kolkata. In keeping with this, St Xavier’s College (SXC) Kolkata is all set to start a Bengali Honours course in remembrance of their former student and vice president of alumni association in 1927. Rev Fr Dr J Felix Raj SJ, principal, SXC and ..
Efforts to have common curriculum for all open universities 10/May/2012
IGNOU is making efforts to have a common curriculum for all the Open Universities (OU) in the country. The move has been made to meet the national agenda set by MHRD to have quality education, while pushing the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education. The university’s Inter University ..
Aim of RTE Act to provide quality education 10/May/2012
Educationist Mahabaleshwara Rao speaking at the district-level workshop on Karnataka Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2012, organised by the Department of Public Instruction, said that the aim of the Right to Education (RTE) Act was to provide quality education to children. Dr. ..
Education minister gives grace marks to failed students 10/May/2012
The failed Class IX students of Byculla's Antonio Desouza High School and Worli's Sacred Heart High School will be given grace marks, school education minister Rajendra Darda said on Wednesday; if some students do not pass even after this, their answer sheets will be re-evaluated by independent examiners. ..
SC students doing professional courses to get financial assistance 9/May/2012
Department of Adi Dravidar Welfare launched "Dr B R Ambedkar Financial Assistance" to those SC students joining professional colleges after getting selection through Centralized Admission Committee during the 2012-2013 academic year. As part of the programme, the government had framed ..
Indiana University, IIM Lucknow announce new programmes 9/May/2012
Making its first significant foray into Indian market, Kelley School of Business of Indiana University has introduced year-long certificate programmes in business analytics and global strategy in collaboration with IIM Lucknow. The two graduate-level certificate programmes, in partnership with ..
UP govt to extend all help in setting up AIIMS at Rae Bareli 9/May/2012
The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh said it was ready to extend all possible help to set up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Rae Bareli, parliamentary constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Providing high quality medical services to the people of the state is ..

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