Education News in India

Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kolkata IIMs make it to Asia-Pacific top 10 again 15/Feb/2012
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) - Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Calcutta - continue to be the quality B-schools in the country. The trio has figured in the top 10 in the Asia-Pacific region. The QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012 has put these B-schools among other Indian schools in the ..
Setting students on confident course 15/Feb/2012
Some students have difficulty in long division, and others need help while reading out long phrases in English. A few others are averse to multiplication tables beyond multiples of seven or eight. However, all of them would have to take the class X board examination next academic year. If only they ..
Words count while making remarks about students 15/Feb/2012
With just two months left for the academic year to come to a close, schools are concerned about how to give feedback to students. Teachers say students today are more sensitive, have behavioural problems and in some instances are even rebellious. The murder of a schoolteacher by her student in the ..
Research papers will be available in public domain 15/Feb/2012
2012-13 was declared the year of science by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year, and there is a lot of effort being made all over the country to not only intensify the quantity and quality of research but also ensure greater access for all. For instance, IIT-Madras plans to make available its research papers in all ..
A gathering with a difference 15/Feb/2012
Jawaharlal Nehru University is gearing up for a unique and special event. Come Saturday, February 18, the university will play host to its students who were enrolled in the university from 1969-1982, roughly the first decade of its establishment. One of the country's premier institutions for higher ..
New U.K. restrictions on work after study 14/Feb/2012
From April, foreign students from non-European Union countries will be required to have a firm job offer of a minimum £20,000 a year from a government-approved employer if they wish to stay on in Britain after completing their studies, the government announced on Tuesday, piling agony on non-EU students already ..
Celebrating young entrepreneurship 14/Feb/2012
VLB Janakiammal College in Coimbatore bustled with activity over the course of an enterprising E-Week conducted by the students of its entrepreneurship club ‘SRISHTie’. Organised by the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) across 800 colleges in India, the annual fest focuses on celebrating ..
Teaching and Research should be used together 15/Feb/2012
UGC chairman Ved Prakash emphasised on developing close linkages between teaching and research in institutes and rued that the two are rarely used together at present. "Research and teaching are two distinct activities today and are rarely used together," he said. There should be ..
XLRI final placement attracts big corporates 15/Feb/2012
The economic downturn seems to have not affected the placement season at the premier XLRI School of Business & Human Resources which successfully concluded its final placement process & 98 per cent of the batch was placed in first 3 days. A total of 73 companies participated in the final placement ..
Create knowledge systems, not learning systems - UGC Chairman 15/Feb/2012
Higher education institutes in the country should strive harder to be knowledge systems, rather than just learning systems, chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Ved Prakash said here. "Most of the institutions fall in the category of learning systems and not knowledge systems. Research ..

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