Education News in India

Council of National Text Book Council likely 6/Dec/2010
Minister of State for Human Resource and Development D Purandeswari, in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, said that a committee of Central Advisory Board of Education on "Regulatory Mechanism for Textbooks and Parallel Textbooks taught in schools outside Government system" has recommended the ..
France wants to host more Indian students: Sarkozy 6/Dec/2010
French President Nicolas Sarkozy invited Indian students to study in France and offered to expand ties with Indian universities. Sarkozy said, during his four-day official visit to India, "France wants to host more Indian students. We can educate and train young Indians in cutting-edge research." ..
NAAC team head bent rules to become V-C 6/Dec/2010
Even as the future of deemed universities is in limbo,the countrys assessment body has found that the process of awarding grades to some of them has not been entirely fair. A reputed scientist, who was heading a National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) assessment team, breached rules and went on to soon ..
Teachers of Nerul school plan to go on indefinite stir 6/Dec/2010
Teachers of St. Xavier's High School in Nerul have decided to go on an indefinite strike from December 7 to protest the non-implementation of the sixth pay commission by the school management. "According to a government resolution (GR) issued this year, if a school decides to hike the fees in order ..
Students told to opt for subjects close to heart 7/Dec/2010
Kerala Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs M. A. Baby called upon students to resist pressure from their parents to study professional courses and opt for the subjects close to their heart, including basic sciences. “The Kerala government is giving new ideas and courage to the ..
Court dismisses writ pleas seeking to restrain UGC, TRB 7/Dec/2010
The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed writ petitions and appeals seeking to restrain UGC and Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) from insisting on National Eligibility Test (NET) and State-level Eligibility Test (SLET) qualification for candidates who have passed M.Phil prior to 1993 for being eligible for the posts of ..
Counselling for paramedical courses begins 7/Dec/2010
Single window counselling for paramedical courses in the State began at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research, Guindy, on Monday. A total of 5842 seats across all paramedical disciplines will be filled by December 27. Students who are eligible under the physically handicapped quota ..
Can private schools avoid screening? 6/Dec/2010
Do schools have the right to choose the talent that they wish to nurture? Can a certain notion of talent or parental education be valid grounds for determining admission at the kindergarten level? Such questions have come into prominence with the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry recently ..
RTE Act and implementation challenges 6/Dec/2010
As the State government gets ready to implement the landmark Right to Education (RTE) Act, which came into force in April 2010, private schools, parents, educationists and non-governmental organisations have a number of concerns over key clauses of the legislation. All of them have welcomed the Act, but ..
Dearth of qualified workforce a matter of concern: Chandy 5/Dec/2010
The dearth of qualified workforce in the State is a matter of concern, said Leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy here on Sunday. He was speaking after inaugurating the 14th State conference of the Vocational Higher Secondary Non-Vocational Lecturers' Association here on Sunday. Mr. Chandy ..

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