Education News in India 2012 : Page 248

A walk to remember 30/Jan/2012
Aparna Andhare, a postgraduate student of arts and aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), who curated art walks at the India Art Fair, shares her experience. Art has always interested me and a chance to hold curated walks was exciting for me. This is the second time that I curated walks at the ..
Education fair on February 9 30/Jan/2012
Edwise is organising the 12World Education Fair at The Lalit on February 9, Thursday (10.30 am-5 .30 pm). Delegates from several universities will be present at the event with on-the-spot offers, interactions , admissions, scholarships and application fee waivers. Some of the UK universities attending the fair will ..
Research talk 30/Jan/2012
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have demonstrated for the first time that human brain cells can become infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Working with the Manhattan Brain Bank in New York, US, the researchers, led by Nicola Fletcher, detected HCV genomic material in the brains of four ..
USIEF tests in May 30/Jan/2012
The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) will administer the Advanced Placement (AP) Tests commencing on May 7. Subject to good scores, students can earn course credits well in advance at colleges in the US and 60 other countries. Students interested in appearing for the same have to ..
Ministry is working on a national fitness programme: Maken 30/Jan/2012
Ajay Maken, minister for sports and youth affairs, speaking at a conference held by the youth wing of NGO Sarvottam on January 25, said that his ministry is working on a national fitness programme along with the MHRD to test the fitness levels of students. If accepted, it will allow students excelling on ..
Testing teachers' skills 30/Jan/2012
As many as 5,760 candidates took the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) in Chennai here on Sunday. The second such test, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), as mandated by Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, is used as a national standard in recruitment of teachers. ..
India to grant $1.5 million for Vivekananda Chair 30/Jan/2012
India will provide a grant of $1.5 million to the University of Chicago to establish a Vivekananda Chair for Indian studies, as part of the initiatives to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the 19th century luminary, Swami Vivekananda, and polymath Rabindranath Tagore. A Memorandum of Understanding was ..
Students lose out on second set of uniforms 29/Jan/2012
The Karnataka Government's delay in notifying the State rules for the Right to Education Act has resulted in 44.17 lakh students from classes 1 to 8 being denied a second set of school uniforms, and the lapse of a Central grant of Rs. 88 crore for the purpose. The Centre had approved a grant of Rs. 88.34 ..
Prepare students for challenges of life 29/Jan/2012
Union Minister for Shipping and Ports G.K. Vasan has urged educational institutions to play a key role in preparing adolescents for confronting the challenges of life, since “it is here that their attitudes are to be fine-tuned so that their transformation to adulthood is smooth.” Delivering the 84 ..
Alumni young and old, together they grow 29/Jan/2012
For the people of Chennai, the institute is a symbol of heritage, a structure that reminds them of the city's rich legacy in the field of engineering, but today, the alumni of College of Engineering Guindy with a Facebook page that has over 4,000 members and a frequently updated website, has set unique standards in the ..

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