Education News in India

All set for CBSE exams 2/Mar/2010
Come March 3, over nine lakh students from across the country will appear for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X examination and nearly 7 lakh for the Class XII examination. This constitutes an increase of 8.65 and 8.8 per cent respectively compared to the number of candidates who ..
Education options at Peking University 2/Mar/2010
Last week, we saw an overall picture of the Peking University, and the formalities for entering the university. The academic year is divided into two semesters—Spring and Fall, each of 18 weeks. Fall is from September to January, and Spring from February to June. The academic year starts with the ..
NCHER Bill undermines autonomy 2/Mar/2010
K.N. Panikkar, renowned academic and historian, says that the main features of the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) Bill ‘ tend towards centralisation of powers and control over academic initiatives'. He shared his thoughts on various aspects of the Bill recently with The ..
Tally ho! 26/Feb/2010
Kolkata: IndiaCan (a joint venture between Educomp and Pearson) has launched specialised programmes in collaboration with Tally Software, to help students get jobs in finance and accounts. The MoU to this effect was signed between Sharad Talwar, CEO, IndiaCan and Avinash Gupta, CEO, Tally Solutions Pvt Ltd. ..
BITS to encourage knowledge of Indian languages 26/Feb/2010
BITS Private Limited launches the "read and write your mother tongue" course. 90 per cent of the fees to be refunded on successful completion of the course Pune: BITS Private Limited, a professional translation company, launched their “Read and Write your Mother Tongue” programme in ..
Science of substance 26/Feb/2010
Kolkata: CSI, Kolkata Chapter, organised the Regional Student Convention on February 20 at the K P Basu memorial Hall of Jadavpur University campus. The convention furnished a platform for the budding engineers and future professionals. Dr Debesh Das, minister in charge of IT, WB, inaugurated the ..
State gives high five to SSC students 26/Feb/2010
Mumbai: There is good news for students of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) board. The ‘best of five’ scheme that will enable SSC students to use five of their top-scoring subjects to determine their final percentage will be implemented from this academic year, the state government has announced. This ..
Mah Governor appoints Vice Chancellors of 4 universities 26/Feb/2010
Mumbai : Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan today appointed Vice Chancellors of the University of Pune, Shivaji University, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University. Dr Namdeo Pawar, Professor and Head, Department of Geology, University of Pune, was ..
Committee on medical fee structure in Karnataka 26/Feb/2010
Bangalore: The Karnataka government has constituted a one-man committee headed by Retired Justice H N Narayan, to recommend fee structure for Medical and Dental courses for both Government and Private colleges. Speaking to newspersons here today Karnataka Medical Education minister Ramachandra Gowda ..
Top medical colleges lose out substantially 26/Feb/2010
New Delhi: Top hospitals and medical colleges like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi and Post Graduate Institute (PGI) in Chandigarh have got substantially less money in the coming fiscal as against the current financial year. As per the 2010-11 budget allocation, AIIMS will get ..

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