Education News in India

RAISE-ing the ladder for research 12/Oct/2010
A movement called Research Awareness in Student Environments (RAISE), engineered by Switzerland-based scientist Dr. Lawrence Rajendran, has sought to inculcate research culture in undergraduate engineering students in rural areas. Dr. Lawrence, born and brought up in Chennai, who now serves as ..
How good is the semester system? 12/Oct/2010
By and large, semester system is perceived to be better than the annual system in institutions of higher learning since the students could be kept busy all through the year. The system, indeed, intends good. But, to the chagrin of the student community, it is not fool-proof at the last hurdle; ..
India Inc. to run technical colleges 12/Oct/2010
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) might give the corporate sector the nod to start engineering and other technical colleges in the country. AICTE chairman S.S. Mantha said, "Companies formed under Section 25 of the Companies Act may be considered for this purpose. It may take one or two years to ..
India, Scotland sign four MoUs in field of education 13/Oct/2010
In a move to strengthen educational links between the two countries, India and Scotland today signed four MoUs in various fields that will also promote student and faculty exchange and encourage joint degree development. The Memorandum of Understanding were signed by directors of institutes from the two ..
NABET to sign MoU with Scottish accreditation authority 12/Oct/2010
To promote development of skill standards and accreditation systems and draw from each other's strengths in achieving this, India's premier accreditation board will sign an MoU with a Scottish body here tomorrow. The MoU will be signed between the Scottish Qualifications Authority and National ..
IIM-Raipur inaugurated 12/Oct/2010
Chief Minister Raman Singh inaugurated country's 10th Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in the state capital by inducting the first batch of 71 students in the elite business school. "Chhattisgarh does not want to lag in management studies. Hence, IIM-Raipur's 'Post Graduation Programme' will be ..
IIM Shillong's programme on foreign exchange options 12/Oct/2010
The IIM Shillong has initiated a programme 'Pricing, Hedging and Applying Exotics and Structured Products' on foreign exchange options, in Mumbai. The three day programe was inaugurated yesterday in the presence of the institute's Director A K Dutta and David Sinate of the EXIM Bank, India. ..
Maha plans to prepare database of school students 12/Oct/2010
In order to directly monitor the performance of school students and keep a check on implementation of various schemes run for them, the Maharashtra Government is planning to prepare their database under an e-Governance policy. "It is a child tracking system which would have educational records of ..
Set aside one period everyday of physical education 12/Oct/2010
Punjab government ordered that schools must set aside at least one period everyday for physical education and announced schemes to evaluate PE teachers. As part of the "Khedo Punjab" programme of the state government, education minister Upinderjit Kaur announced the impending launch of ..
Tamil rules the roost at MKU convocation 11/Oct/2010
Madurai Kamaraj University, having about 1.34 lakh students under its Distance Education Programme (DDE), is converting all its study materials into self-instructional material pattern, its Vice-Chancellor R.Karpaga Kumaravel said today. All the courses offered in the DDE had been given Permanent approval ..

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