Education News in India

British Minister for Universities and Science visits IIT in Chennai 29/Jul/2010
Leading a delegation of educationists, British Minister for Universities and Science, David Willets, visited the Research Park of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), the country's premier engineering academy at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Willetts was enlightened about the latest developments and trends in ..
University of California, Kerala B-school join hands 29/Jul/2010
University of California Santa Cruz and the Asian School of Business (ASB) in Kerala's capital on Wednesday launched a strategic tie-up that would include a series of exchange programmes. Announcing this here, G. Vijaya Raghavan, member-secretary of ASB, said, "As the first in the series of ..
MHRD's Rs.1500 Laptop - Long Life or Early Doom 29/Jul/2010
The Indian government has introduced its own version of a tablet computer, which might look similar to the Apple iPad, but differs immensely in its utility and functionality. Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal had unveiled the eagerly awaited $35 (Rs.1500) "laptop", ..
AIEEE : Fifth round choice filling from today 29/Jul/2010
The facility for filling of choices for the fifth round of allotments to the Institutions included in the AIEEE allotments will be available from 29th July to 1st August. Those registered candidates who did not get any seat up to the fourth round and candidates who have surrendered the seat but did ..
Essay competition on city history for schoolkids 29/Jul/2010
In a bid to encourage interest in history among children, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) and Fox History and Entertainment have launched an essay competition on the historical and cultural traditions of their city for schoolchildren. The infotainment channel began this ..
New IIITs to come up under PPP mode 29/Jul/2010
With vocational training high on the Human Resource Development Ministry's agenda, government has decided to set up new Indian Institutes of Information Technologies under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. "The government of India has a scheme of setting up new IIITs under PPP mode," Minister of ..
Government model schools still distant reality 29/Jul/2010
The 6,000 Model schools to be set up by the Human Resource Development ministry is still a distant reality as data from the ministry shows that only two states have so far utilised the funds allocated for the project. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, HRD minister Kapil Sibal informed that 434 Model schools ..
Residential schools lack infrastructure 28/Jul/2010
The Dakshina Kannada district has 14 ashrama schools (classes I to V) and 11 Morarji Desai schools (classes VI to X) run by the Social Welfare Department, the Backward Classes and Minorities Department, and one under the Integrated Tribal Development Project. A random visit to five residential schools revealed that ..
Teachers' problems need to be addressed 28/Jul/2010
One of the main goals of the Department of Primary and Secondary Education is stated to be “to equip children with specified knowledge, skills and values; enable them to become good human beings; and [to be] productive, socially responsible and make them achieve excellence in whatever they do”. ..
Drop 400 borewells plan, VC urges Mayor 28/Jul/2010
Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor N. Prabhu Dev on Tuesday appealed to Mayor S.K. Nataraj not to go ahead with his plan of drilling 400 borewells in the city. The plea comes when the university is organising a three-day international conference, Environment Pollution, Water Conservation and Health, in ..

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