Education News in India

MBBS seats to go up by nearly 1,000 in Karnataka 26/Nov/2010
Karnataka Government has given its nod to proposals from nine medical colleges in the state to raise the number of MBBS seats by a total of 930. Medical Education Minister S A Ramadass said the colleges are both government and private. He said Medical Council of India had been approached for its ..
No testing kids, parents profiling in Class I admission: Govt 26/Nov/2010
Amid confusion among schools about admission norms upto Class I, Government has made it clear that children or parents should not be subjected to "testing and interview". Though the fresh guidelines issued under the Right to Education Act state that the admissions will be based on 'random ..
PG teachers welcome Minister's fiat on importance of Plus One portions 25/Nov/2010
Post-graduate teachers in government and aided schools have welcomed the recent statement of the School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu on the importance that schools ought to accord to Plus One portions. The Minister's observation was that the Plus One portions that constitute the basis for higher ..
Minister promises support for Lalgudi School 25/Nov/2010
The School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu, during his visit to the Lalgudi Boys' Higher Secondary School earlier this week, promised to arrange a lathe for the engineering laboratory meant for General Machinist programme at higher secondary level. The Minister complimented the school for producing ..
Don't screen children, schools told 26/Nov/2010
Guidelines for admission into schools, issued under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, prohibit screening of children and interviewing their parents. The guidelines issued by the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry have also asked the schools to adopt a ..
Foreign varsity bill not a threat to Indian players: Planning commitee 25/Nov/2010
Private education providers in the country should not feel threatened by the Foreign University Bill, Advisor (Education), Planning Commission, Madan Mohan said today. "I don't feel the private players should feel threatened with the passage of the Bill," he said at a conference here. ..
Extend employment guarantee to 200 days, recommends ILC 25/Nov/2010
Extending employment guarantee from 100 to 200 days, introducing similar scheme in urban areas and removing ban on recruitment in public sector were among a host of recommendations made by the Indian Labour Conference here today. The conference, however, saw some differences on the issue of contract ..
Is wireless radiation affecting trees? 25/Nov/2010
Radiation generated by wireless networks that enable our ever increasing online communications has a detrimental effect on trees, a new study has claimed. The research by a team from Wageningen University in the Netherlands found that trees planted close to a wireless, or wi-fi, router had bleeding bark and dying ..
IGNOU to offer management course in corporate governance 25/Nov/2010
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) announced it was starting a management course in corporate governance. The first session will begin in January next year, a statement said. "The programme will develop professionals with in-depth knowledge of management principles, governance ..
Counseling for faculty positions in TN medical colleges cancelled 25/Nov/2010
All counseling sessions for filling the 300 posts of Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in government medical colleges that had to earlier begin on Nov 23 have been cancelled by The Directorate of Medical Education (DME). The previous counseling had been conducted in 2009 on May 18. The ..

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