Education News in India

Tech boost worries psychiatrists 14/Dec/2011
Schools are slowly moving ahead with the times and technology is bringing about major changes in classrooms as well as teaching techniques. However, effects on children due to exposure to new gadgets cannot be ignored and this has been a standing debate between educationists as well as psychiatrists across the globe.<br ..
Mumbai school wants iPads in class 14/Dec/2011
Podar International School, Santa Cruz, has instructed all its students to buy iPads to impart education. Vandana Lulla, school director-principal, issued a circular last week that claims the management’s decision to use the Apple iPad 2 in the classroom has been welcomed by parents. Some parents, however, feel ..
After IT, its destination Education 13/Dec/2011
India should open up its market for the education sector, this will improve the quality and help the country become an education destination, said Kris Gopalakrishnan, executive co-chairman, Infosys. “I am all for the opening up of the education sector. India has benefitted from globalisation. The ..
All for the environment 14/Dec/2011
Nine students from the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan (PSBB), Nungambakkam, visited Japan under the “Japan-SAARC High School Students Invitation Program 2011” from November 23 to December 2, 2011. Awarded by the Government of Japan exclusively to High School students, the aim was to provide them with an ..
Children below 6 should not be given formal education: Sibal 14/Dec/2011
Noting that he was against putting pressure on students at the kindergarten level, Kapil Sibal today said the Centre can bring a concrete policy on the issue if Parliament passes a resolution. In reply to several supplementaries in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour, Sibal said a resolution by Parliament ..
Powerful telescope for astronomy research to be set up in AP 14/Dec/2011
After installing the C-11 telescope, the B M Birla Science Centre is now planning to setup a more powerful research telescope for the experts in the field. Work on the location of the proposed research telescope, its funding and other related aspects are at a preliminary stage and the project is likely to ..
Candidate with negative marks qualifies for PCS(Judicial) exam 14/Dec/2011
A reserved category candidate with negative marks has qualified for the Punjab Civil Service (PCS) Judicial mains examination to be held next month. Tajinder Singh has qualified for the PCS (Judicial) main examination in the SC LDESM (Scheduled Cast Lineal Descendants of Ex-servicemen) category. He ..
No need to shake hands with students, Cambridge to dons 14/Dec/2011
There is no need to shake hands with foreign students that's Cambridge University's latest advice to its academics. In its directive, the UK-based world-renowned institution has cautioned all its academics against automatically shaking their hands with foreign students in case it causes offence, ..
4,835 Mizoram teachers yet to get salary 14/Dec/2011
Mizoram education minister Lalsawta today told the state assembly that 4,835 teachers from 541 schools, drawing salaries from the state Plan did not receive salaries. Replying to a query from C. Ramhluna of the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF), Lalsawta said that the teachers could not draw ..
HC dismisses petition challenging TET 14/Dec/2011
Patna high court today dismissed a petition challenging the Teachers' Eligibility Test(TET) scheduled to be held later this month in Bihar. The single judge bench of Justice Ramesh Kumar Dutta passed the order. The petitioner Nuzhat Iqbal had challenged the TET on the ground that the authorities had ..

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