Education News in India

Ethical conversion 5/Apr/2010
What is the changing role of finance? What are the contemporary global business challenges that finance has to contend with? As a direct consequence of the economic downturn, many finance related functions have focused on survival. Organisations today are putting an emphasis on cash flow and cost cutting. They ..
Save our student 5/Apr/2010
Size zero, six packs, tattoos, parties, coupled with academic demands — life of one category of students today. On the other side of the spectrum is another category of students whose lives revolve around junk food, bingeing, little or no exercise, and once again coupled with academic demands. In ..
Higher pass mark for UG courses raises apprehension 5/Apr/2010
The percentage of marks required to pass semester examinations for the students of undergraduate courses has been raised from the existing 35 per cent to 40 per cent by the Madurai Kamaraj University. This will come into effect from the coming academic year 2010-11 and it has been done as per the ..
Japanese freshers' course 5/Apr/2010
The Indo-Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Language School is offering a Japanese language freshers' programme from April 4. Classes will be conducted during weekends and students will be prepared for the Basic Level (N-5) examination of the Japan Foundation to be held in December ..
Pharma education needs an elixir 5/Apr/2010
The long and gloomy global economic crisis impacted a plethora of sectors and industry globally, and India was no exception. Students who took admissions in sure-shot courses, where jobs were a given, found themselves staring at no or little job prospects. Amidst the short list of sectors that managed to ..
B.E. Marine Engineering from AMET University 5/Apr/2010
In its 18th year of collaboration with the Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, AMET University now offers B.E. Marine Engineering (four years) for engineering cadets and B.Sc. Nautical Science (three years) for deck cadets, approved by the Directorate General of Shipping, Government of India. The ..
Education channel of YouTube completes a year 5/Apr/2010
The education channel of YouTube has just completed a year of operation and now offers access to more than 350 full higher education courses from institutions worldwide, including videos from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc.). A YouTube ..
Nanotechnology initiative at Anna University 5/Apr/2010
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology recently approved a research project for the preparation of quantum dots-based LED (Light Emitting Diodes) at Anna University, Chennai, under the Nanotechnology Initiatives programme. A press release issued by the university said the Rs. 2.34-crore ..
Ensuring quality education 5/Apr/2010
The Tamil Nadu government's 2009-10 policy note for higher education states: “Expanding the access to higher education to all at affordable cost and ensuring the quality of education are the aims of this government.” The government has been implementing various schemes for expanding access. Shift system was ..
India joins list of 135 countries in making education a right 1/Apr/2010
With the Right to Education Act coming into force, India has joined the league of over 130 countries which have legal guarantees to provide free and compulsory education to children. According to the UNESCO’s ‘Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010’, about 135 countries have ..

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