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The CIBT Education Group Inc., a conglomerate that runs business, technical and language colleges Australia, Canada, China, Jamaica, New Zealand, Holland, South Korea, the US, the UK and Vietnam has signed an agreement with the Canada-based Sprott Shaw group to lend its name for new insititutions in India.
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Replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2009, HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal said that out of the 220 million students that go to schools in India only 12.4 per cent of them are eligible to go to colleges. With percentages showing rather a dismal trend, Sibal said that the ..
Geography is a discipline most of us are stuck with if we choose to take it as a Humanities subject in school. It’s a different story once you’ve taken it a step further and chosen to major in geography in college! As your BA years draw to a close, you might find yourself worrying if you’ve taken the ..
The UGC NET (National Eligibility Test), which is slated to be held on December 27, 2009 is known for both its stiff competition and alarmingly low success rates. Yes, this test for Junior Research Fellowships and Lectureships is undoubtedly a tough nut to crack.
In the past, the general perception was ..
In a bid to tighten parameters in its offerings abroad and to ensure that the best of Indian education is showcased, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has framed some regulations in its UGC (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003. These inter alia, provide that a ..
Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has announced that it will conduct the Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE) 2010 on May 2, 2010.
The three-hour entrance examination is conducted for admission to the five year integrated M.A. programmes in disciplines of ..
Bangalore: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here has designed and developed Wifi Manager (WM), a system for performance management of WiFi networks.
WM was based on the concept of 'Split-MAC' architecture which allows it to interwork with multi-vendor WiFi devices.
The system was ..
Porayar : The proposed National Institute of Technology at Karaikal would start functioning from 2010-11 academic year, offering Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering courses, according to a top official of the NIT.
The intake for 2010-11 would be 150 for ..
Madurai: Madurai Kamaraj University will set up an Administrative Staff Training College (ASTC) to train non-teaching staff, a top university official said here today.
University Vice-chancellor R Karpaga Kumarvel said periodical training programmes would be conducted for administration of universities ..