Education News in India

Oracle plans to hire 3,500 new employees by May 2012 21/Oct/2011
Software major Oracle Corp today said it will hire 3,500 new personnel in India across all its businesses by May next year. "Oracle has announced an aggressive recruitment drive in India to hire 3,500 employees across all its businesses that support domestic and global customers," the company ..
Kerala Science Congress from January 29 21/Oct/2011
The 24th Kerala Science ongress, being organised by State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) would be held at Kottayam from January 29 to 31 next year. The annual event was aimed at revitalising research and development in the state and to identify new talents in scientific research, ..
Few shy teens may have social phobia: Study 21/Oct/2011
A small portion of shy teenagers may actually have social phobia, says a new study, suggesting that the psychiatric condition is not simply the shyness and needs medical attention. Social phobia a persistent and debilitating fear of situations that could involve scrutiny and judgement is somewhat ..
M S University to set up office of international affairs 21/Oct/2011
The city-based Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) will establish an office of international affairs for promoting collaboration between it and foreign universities or institutions. This was informed by MSU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh. "This is part of 150th birth ..
Kashmir Varsity purchases vehicles over Rs 2 cr in last 5 yrs: RTI 21/Oct/2011
The University of Kashmir spent over Rs two crore in purchase of vehicles but provided financial assistance of only Rs 59.09 lakh as scholarships and fellowships to students over last five years, an RTI query has revealed. As per figures provided by the University, more than Rs 2.16 crore ..
Maharashtra in process of finalising plot for Aligarh University centre 21/Oct/2011
Maharashtra Minorities Affairs Minister Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan said efforts are on to finalise a 260-acre plot for setting up a centre of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at Khultabad taluka near Aurangabad. Khan said the centre has decided to set up five centres of the university all ..
Students can take home a copy of CET answersheet 20/Oct/2011
To enable students to assess their performance, the higher and technical education department has decided to let them retain a copy of their answersheets, also referred to as the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheets, of MHT-CET. Minister for higher and technical education Rajesh Tope said the directorate of ..
State high in literacy, dropout rate 20/Oct/2011
A large number of students in Maharashtra—a state with a high literacy rate—drop out of schools and refuse to pursue higher education. While the phenomenon is understandable in villages, where children are forced by circumstances to earn a livelihood, what has come to light in cities has taken ..
Easy jobs at malls luring students out of schools 20/Oct/2011
Dropping out of school is not a phenomenon restricted to villages. More students, even in a city like Mumbai, are giving up on higher education to earn a livelihood. The trend has come as a surprise to school principals and educationists. They say while it is understandable that students in villages are ..
A question of education 20/Oct/2011
After a lot of mulling over, you enrol your child in a school that doesn't crucify them with homework or test them every month with exams. But somewhere down the line, giving in to peer pressure, you wonder if letting your child grow up in such an environment will make him/her competent enough as a teenager. What do you ..

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