Education News in India

Kapil Sibal: Government to bring education reform soon 25/Jun/2009
New Delhi: Stating that the government was committed to improve and reform education standards in India, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday an apex panel on higher education will be formed soon. The autonomous National Commission for Higher Education and Research, which will ..
India's education sector will receive 30 mn dollar 25/Jun/2009
New Delhi: To boost its presence in the Indian education sector, Pearson, a Britain-headquartered education and information company, will invest $30 million in Indian education resource provider Educomp Solutions and Bangalore-based online tutorial firm TutorVista, the company announced on Wednesday. Pearson ..
Strategy to be chalked out for technical education: Minister 25/Jun/2009
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Education Minister Archana Chitnis said a detailed action plan would be chalked out keeping in view technical education's integrated development in the state and its future requirements soon. This action plan would be presented before Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on June 27...
MSME institute to offer courses in auto technology 25/Jun/2009
Chennai: In a bid to enhance the skill of educated youth, the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute, under the Ministry of MSME, has proposed to launch a slew of initiatives. As a first step, a three-month course in automobile technology would be launched, institute Director S Sivagnanam told ..
Admission barred in 4 Engineering colleges 25/Jun/2009
Chennai: Four engineering colleges in the State have been barred from admitting students for their failure to comply with the standards set by the government The Minister refused to come out with names of the institutions, saying he would reveal them during his reply to a debate on the demand for grants for his ..
Unitary Technical Varsity in TN 25/Jun/2009
Chennai: With the objective to promote research, the state government has decided to start a dedicated unitary technical university. The University comprising of four premier colleges of Anna University (Chennai), which will begin functioning from this academic year consist of Guindy College of Engineering, ..
Computer-adaptive CAT needs committed work 23/Jun/2009
Ever since the announcement that the CAT or Common Admission Test will be computer-based this year, speculation has been rife over the format of the exam. “There are two kinds of computer tests – linear and computer-adaptive,” says S. Balasubramaniam, Director of T.I.M.E (Triumphant Institute ..
IGNOU relaxes norms for MBA 23/Jun/2009
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has relaxed the eligibility criteria for admission to its MBA programme from this academic year. As per the new norms, candidates with a graduate degree in any discipline with 50 per cent marks, or a bachelor’s degree with three years of supervisory experience or ..
How good is a foreign university? 23/Jun/2009
There are different methods for assessing the quality of a university. You may get ideas from popular rankings made by different organisations. But you should not blindly follow any one ranking. Sometimes educational fairs may give you detailed information. You may be able to seek clarifications. There again you should ..
Insights into professional courses 23/Jun/2009
Leading experts and resource persons involved with higher education and management had taken part in the pre-admission guidance programmes conducted by The Hindu-Educationplus during the past week in Kozhikode, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. The range of topics covered were diverse, and proved useful to the hundreds of ..

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