Education News in India

Kris Srikkanths innovative learning programme crosses 100 school mark 28/Dec/2011
Former Indian cricket captain and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selection committee chairman Kris Srikkanth is well on his way to complete his vision of making popular his innovative e-learning platform edustrokes.com. Already over 100 schools have been tied up and plans are on to reach the 500 mark by ..
CBSE working closely with State for CCE 28/Dec/2011
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is working closely with the State Government in developing and implementing the Continuous and Comprehensive Education (CCE) for the State Board schools. “We are constantly in touch with the State government and officials in the School Education ..
How students surge ahead on IT highway 28/Dec/2011
For Shyamalatha Kannan, mother of a teenaged boy who owns a range of gizmos, it is a treat watching him operate all of them with utmost dexterity. Her concern, however is, “He surfs pages which we do not even understand.” Internet freak he is but strangely, social networking does not interest ..
FDI in studies creates divide 27/Dec/2011
Confederation of Indian Industry has prepared a document on foreign direct investment (FDI) in higher education and some Tamil Nadu educationists feel it’s time foreign universities are allowed to set up campuses in India, but there are sceptics too. Welcoming the proposal, G. Viswanathan, VIT ..
Follow RTE law, says CBSE chief 27/Dec/2011
Mr Vineet Joshi, chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) warned all schools affiliated with it to provide free education to 25 per cent to poor and socially weaker sections of the society. Speaking to reporters after addressing teachers of over 500 CBSE schools in the country during the ..
GV pleads for deregulation 27/Dec/2011
While we accept the argument that capitation fee should be abolished in the country, at the same time, the government should allow higher education institutions to fix their own fees structure, Dr G. Viswanathan, chancellor, VIT University said in the course of an interaction with reporters at Deccan Chronicle on Monday...
Low employability a worry 27/Dec/2011
National Employability Study 2011, conducted by private firm Aspiring Minds, has revealed that Tamil Nadu has a low employability percentage (8.33) in the information technology (IT) sector. The study says employability percentage comes down with increase in number of engineering colleges. This means ..
Goa heading for full-day schools 27/Dec/2011
Goa is preparing to implement full-day schooling from the academic year starting June 2012. The state has been left with no option with the Union government's deadline to implement provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, coming to an end in April 2013 and as efforts to seek relaxations for ..
Embracing Social Responsibilities 27/Dec/2011
XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur is organising the 4th National Conference on social entrepreneurship from January 27 to January 29 2012 at the campus. The theme of this year’s national conference is Entrepreneurship for Rural Revival and it seeks to create a platform to ..
Joining Hands 27/Dec/2011
In a move to leverage knowledge expertise, Bharath University recently signed an MOU with Nokia India, to train students in the field of mobile technology. Dr K P Thooyamani, vice-chancellor, Bharath University, signed this momentous MOU. The MOU will go a long way towards orienting and training the ..

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