Education News in India

Shortage of one million elementary school teachers 19/Aug/2010
With the need for 1.2 million teachers at the elementary school level, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal called for improvement in their standards and also in salaries and facilities for them. "The availability of good teachers is the biggest challenge for the education ..
Govt ties up with US universities for IFS officers' training 19/Aug/2010
With the intention to raise the competence of Indian Forest Service Officers in the areas of environmental policy and forestry management, the Indian government has tied up with some universities in the USA to provide Mid-Career Training to the officers. Through the partnership, the Mid Career Training to ..
Reaching out 18/Aug/2010
Little did she know then that a chance phone call would change the course of her life. “The year was 1990,” fondly recalls a grey-haired Devyani Chatterji. She was new to Noida then, settling down to a retired life after teaching at Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. “I had free time and was keen to do ..
Government order bars CBSE students from sports competition 18/Aug/2010
Students of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools who had eagerly assembled in the Anna Stadium on Wednesday to take part in the zonal-level sports competition for girls coordinated by the Regional Inspector of Physical Education returned disappointed after they were denied permission to take part. ..
Call to set up medical education commission 18/Aug/2010
M.S. Valiathan, medical educationist, has urged the Union government to take steps to constitute a National Medical Education Commission, empowered to address all issues relating to medical education in the country, in the wake of the dissolution of the Medical Council of India (MCI). Taking part in the ..
Stress on students' critical understanding of concepts 19/Aug/2010
Students should learn concepts with the help of demonstrations and understand them “critically and creatively,” said D. Rajendran, Joint Director of School Education, while inaugurating ‘Propel – the workshop' here on Wednesday. This was also the focus of the workshop organised by ..
Chair on labour research set up in Bangalore varsity 19/Aug/2010
A Chair on labour research named after labour leader and former president of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Alampalli Venkataram, was instituted at Bangalore University on Wednesday. Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa inaugurated the programme organised by the university. <p ..
Maha introduces credit system for higher education courses 18/Aug/2010
Maharashtra Government has decided to introduce "credit system" for higher education courses in the state from current academic session. Accordingly, now the students' performance would be would be assessed continuously instead of just once a year. ..
Address issue of access to higher education, says UGC 18/Aug/2010
Acknowledging the rapid rise of private sector's participation in higher education, the University Grants Commission (UGC) today stressed the need for addressing the issue of its access to wider sections through an appropriate policy mechanism. "Private participation in higher ..
US Hindi programme to teach graduate students 18/Aug/2010
With India's rapid emergence as an economic giant, a prominent American university has launched an intensive two-year course that will prepare MBA students to thrive in the business community of India. The Hindi Programme, of the University of Pennsylvania's Lauder Institute in ..

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