Education News in India 2011 : Page 319

AIEEE re-test on May 11 2/May/2011
Following the leak of the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) paper conducted by the CBSE over the weekend, the examination for those who could not appear for it has been scheduled for May 11. A Human Resource Development Ministry spokesperson said: “The 32,000 students who could not ..
More Colleges Accept GRE 30/Apr/2011
In an announcement on April 28, Educational Testing Service (ETS) said that the GRE® General Test is now accepted by more than 500 business schools worldwide for their MBA programmes. In the last four years, the number of business schools accepting the GRE General Test for MBA admissions has quadrupled. <br ..
State will monitor schools to curb arbitrary fee hikes 29/Apr/2011
From this year, schools will not be able to impose exorbitant fee hikes on helpless parents. The state government on Wednesday directed education officials to strictly implement the Capitation Fee Act till it comes up with a law to curb ‘arbitrary’ fee hikes by schools. School education ..
Release grant for SC ST students 29/May/2011
The Bombay high court directed the Maharashtra government to disburse an amount of Rs 226.20 crore - a grant for students from scheduled castes and tribes as well as denotified tribes (SC/ ST, DTNT) enrolled in private aided schools. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice D G Karnik has ..
More medical than engineering aspirants this year 29/Apr/2011
For years, a degree in engineering has been considered a motor for success. Medicine, for the punishing length of the course, has had to swallow the bitter pill, for most it was the second choice. This time around though, medicine has contributed more to the growth in the number of aspirants taking the state’s ..
Premji pledges Rs 10, 000 crore for schools project 28/Apr/2011
Wipro’s Azim Premji is set to give some competition to two of the world’s richest and most active philanthropists – Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. The Azim Premji Foundation will spend Rs 10,000 crore for setting up schools and educational institutes across the country, the foundation’s CEO, ..
Get domicile certificates in schools from May 1 28/Apr/2011
Students will no longer have to queue up outside the tehsil office for a domicile or caste certificate. The revenue department will coordinate directly with schools and ensure that all standard IX students fill their forms and obtain the certificates in school itself. The certificates are necessary during ..
Freedom from bonds for 2000 MBBS students 28/Apr/2011
The Medical Education Department is set to grant hundreds of MBBS students their long-standing wish - scrap the Rs 10 lakh bond they are required to sign when they opt out of year-long field postings after graduating. And this, say sources, is primarily because the government does not have enough field openings to ..
State ready with bill to curb bogus varsities 28/Apr/2011
Bogus or unauthorised educational institutions which take students for a ride under the pretext of offering technical and professional courses will have to pull down the shutters. The state government is ready with a bill to curb unauthorised institutions. An ordinance will be issued within a fortnight once the state ..
Attending to their problems 2/May/2011
The recent incidents of protest in Dr. Ambedkar Government Arts College, Vyasarpadi, have brought into focus questions regarding the attendance criterion for college students to be eligible to appear for the semester examination. As per the norms of the University of Madras, students must have 75 per cent ..

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