Education News in India

Media round table on Right To Education expresses concern over the .. 12/Apr/2013
A media round table on Right To Education today expressed concern over the learning outcome of children, saying children are not learning the basics of literacy and numerology in classes. Learning assessments show that that for many of the children, who do remain in school, are not learning the basics of ..
Kerala Government to extend financial aid for talented students in arts 12/Apr/2013
The Kerala Government would extend financial aid for talented students in arts, who are unable to participate in the annual school youth festival due to paucity of funds, education Minister P K Abdu Rabb said. Speaking at the District Panchayatâ€™s integrated Educational programme here, ..
Children as young as two years old understand basic grammar rules 12/Apr/2013
Children as young as two years old understand basic grammar rules when they first learn to speak and are not simply imitating adults, a new study has claimed. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania also applied the same statistical analysis on data from one of the most famous animal language-acquisition ..
Students hooked on to texting or chatting on cell phones may be negatively .. 12/Apr/2013
College students who are hooked on to texting or chatting on cell phones and constantly updating their Facebook status may be negatively affecting their academic performance, a new study has warned Researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioural and Preventive Medicine in US found freshmen ..
Professor David Gross addresses the students and faculty of College of .. 12/Apr/2013
Professor David Gross, a Nobel laureate in Physics, recently addressed the students and faculty of College of Engineering in Pune. Organised by Honeywell, a technology and aerospace products firm, as a part of its global Honeywell Initiative for Science and Engineering (HISE), the event was first initiated in 2006 and ..
Sheffield University Management School ties up with IIT Kharagpur and .. 12/Apr/2013
Sheffield University Management School (UK) has established links with two of India's oldest and leading engineering institutes, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. Under this tie-up, the institutions will jointly conduct various research projects. ..
ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance 12/Apr/2013
Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) recently held the ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance on the best governed companies in India. Initiated in 2001, the awards aim to identify, foster and reward the culture of evolving globally acceptable standards of corporate governance among ..
India needs a radical revolution in higher education says C Rangarajan 12/Apr/2013
India needs a radical revolution in higher education, believes C Rangarajan, chairman, economic advisory council to the prime minister. "We need to move away from the system of examinations. I was amazed to see a question paper ten years ago. It was the same as the one I took some forty years ago," he said on ..
DECI derecognizes all five postgraduation courses of Directorate of .. 12/Apr/2013
The directorate of distance education (DDE) of Patna University (PU) is facing rough weather as the Distance Education Council of India (DECI) has derecognized its all five postgraduation courses. Now, no student can be admitted to any of these courses in the current academic session. The DDE has been ..
Nagpur University VC decides to act tough against teachers who fail to .. 12/Apr/2013
Perhaps learning from past mistakes, Nagpur University vice-chancellor Vilas Sapkal has decided to act tough against the teachers who earlier failed to report for duties, even as its deferred examinations commenced on Friday. In a public notice uploaded on its website, pro vice-chancellor Mahesh Yenkie has asked all ..

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