Education News in India

Sports marks likely to save students from failure 27/Sep/2011
The state school education department might consider giving 25 grace marks for excellence in sports only to students on the verge of failing their class X and XII board exams. TOI was the first to report on September 9 that the department recently scrapped the policy of giving 25 grace marks to all students ..
Medicos oppose common entrance test proposal 28/Sep/2011
Members of the Tamil Nadu Medical Students' Association have protested the proposed introduction of the National-Eligibilty-Cum-Entrance Test for admissions to MBBS and post-graduate medical courses from 2012. While the proposed aim was to integrate the various entrance exams being held all over the ..
CCE system for all schools 28/Sep/2011
The School Education Department will introduce the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system for classes I to VIII from the next academic year. According to a Government Order dated September 19, the initiative seeks to help the students move from rote learning to an application-based approach. ..
MIT to be reopened on October 3 28/Sep/2011
The Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet, will be reopened on October 3 for first and final year students, said P. Mannar Jawahar, Vice Chancellor, Anna University. The decision was taken after a meeting on Tuesday of the heads of the departments of the Institute which was indefinitely closed ..
Talks with managements after Assembly session 27/Sep/2011
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the Assembly on Tuesday that talks would be held with the managements of self-financing professional colleges after the current session of the Assembly to find a permanent solution of the issues of admissions and free structure. Replying to the debate on the demand for ..
Take pride in rich Indian legacy 27/Sep/2011
In an increasingly globalised world, all it takes is the click of a mouse for students to get their hands on the far way Caribbean island of Aruba; but how many are well acquainted with the history and heritage of their own land? An appreciation of the various facets of one's motherland not only acts as a ..
National Vocational Framework to be launched in Haryana and WB 27/Sep/2011
The ambitious National Vocational Education Qualifications Framework offering vocational courses in class IX and X will be launched in Haryana and West Bengal. HRD Ministry officials said the launch will be on a pilot scale covering more than 10,000 students in these two states. The ..
India to raise visa issue with UK 27/Sep/2011
India is expected to raise the problems faced by Indians in getting visa to the UK with the visiting British Secretary of State for Justice here on Sept 27. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, who will meet UK Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke, may convey to him "that UK ..
IIE urges corporate sector to help rural artisans 27/Sep/2011
The Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) appealed to the corporate sector to help artisans of the north eastern regionas. "Soft intervention in nine clusters in the region has been completed and these artisans require more financial help to fully realise their potential and take up commercial ..
Tamil Nadu proposes grading system for Class I-X 28/Sep/2011
In a major reform in the education system, the TN govt has proposed introduction of grading system for students from Class I to X, besides proposing Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation CCE)in both scholastic and co-scholastic areas. Accepting a set of recommendations made by Directorate of Teacher ..

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