Education News in India

Say no' to ragging 19/Jul/2010
The beginning of an academic year is the time to make new friends. But for many students it is also the time when the menace of ragging raises its ugly head in many institutions. Educational institutions, the government and NGOs have been working hard to make sure this bane goes away. In Tamil Nadu, the ..
Off-campus opportunity to learn Bharatanatyam 19/Jul/2010
Patronage has been on the rise for the Bharatanatyam programmes offered in the off-campus mode by the Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts, Tiruchi, in association with the Bharathidasan University. Enrolment in the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), and Diploma in Bharathanatyam ..
Time to focus on improving teaching methods 19/Jul/2010
Indian engineering education suffers from quality with less than 25 per cent of students actually termed employable by different agencies including the NASSCOM reports. But the Andhra Pradesh government has recently admitted that not more than 10 per cent of engineering graduates are actually employable and in fact, ..
IIT Madras tech fest slated for September 29 19/Jul/2010
Shaastra, the IIT Madras annual technical festival, will be held from September 29 to the October 3, 2010. The festival will include a variety of competitions, lectures and workshops and will attract over 30,000 people, battling out for the prize money which runs into lakhs. Apart from the regular events, ..
A case of power overloading' 19/Jul/2010
Will the proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER), which is set to subsume apex regulatory bodies such as UGC, AICTE and NCTE, emerge as an authoritarian body to control all academic initiatives in the country and undermine the autonomy of higher education institutions? ..
Across the shores 12/Jul/2010
Seven Indian students were pleasantly surprised when they got a letter from the youth affairs ministry. The message said that they would be the fortunate few to fly off to Toronto on June 25 to participate on the sidelines of the G-20 summit. Titled as 'My Summit', these seven students from different parts of the ..
Off mark 12/Jul/2010
THE admission season in Delhi University is coming to an end. University officials and students would be having a sigh of relief after a gruelling two-month affair. Amid all the hysteria over cut-offs and lists there is one malaise that universities try to keep in check — impersonation and fake certificates. ..
Best of East and West 12/Jul/2010
Expansion is the buzzword. As part of the larger scheme that has been proposed by the Indian government, even the highbrowed IIMs are now planning to expand by launching overseas campuses. Explains S Shahjahan, professor, IIM-Shillong, "Globalisation provides opportunities to both the developing and ..
A French worldview 19/Jul/2010
To keep pace with today's borderless work environments, it is imperative to have a global exposure at the academic level. This is clearly one of the considerations students have when they embark on a graduate or postgraduate course abroad. Some countries are more conducive in terms of the global experience as they are ..
School heads' delegation visits University of Malta 17/Jul/2010
The University of Malta, together with the high commission of Malta in India, organised a visit by a high-profile education delegation from India to Malta from June 14 to June 19. The delegation included a group of high school principals from the New Delhi area. <br ..

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