Education News in India

Maharashtra assures stern action in bogus school enrollment case 16/Sep/2011
Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Jayant Patil said stern action would be taken against concerned officials, who forged the number of students in Nanded district to get more government funds. Addressing a press conference here, he said apart from the students, 3,500 pisions and ..
Ragging still rampant; college fresher attacked 16/Sep/2011
In a case of ragging, an 18-year-old student suffered serious leg fractures and multiple injuries in the campus of a private engineering college in Rau near here, police said. The incident took place at the Institute of Science and Technology after the college break when a group of ..
Dikshit asks minority communities to focus on modern education 16/Sep/2011
Seeking reform in Madrasas, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit called upon minority communities to focus on modern education and exhorted them to take "optimum benefit" of the Right to Education Act. Describing the RTE as a major initiative of the UPA government to bring about reform in the ..
Kids without 9 hours sleep a night suffer at school 16/Sep/2011
Children who don't get nine hours of good night's sleep are more likely to have poor communication skills and struggle with basic maths, a new study has claimed. Researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, found that children who are deprived of adequate sleep in the night were less able ..
Several education bills pending due to oppostion's non-cooperation: Sibal 16/Sep/2011
Hitting out at the opposition, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said 13 Bills on higher education could not be passed in the Monsoon Session of Parliament due to disruptions, which amounted to "punishing" the students. The Bills included those relating to awarding degrees to pass-out students like the ..
IIT council proposes pan-India common entrance test 15/Sep/2011
The council of IITs proposed a pan-India common entrance test for admission to engineering programmes possibly from 2013. After a meeting of the council which stretched for over five hours, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, however, said the concurrence of the Central Advisory Board of Education and state ..
NASA unveils giant new rocket design 15/Sep/2011
The design for NASA's newest behemoth of a rocket harkens back to the giant workhorse liquid rockets that propelled men to the moon. But this time the destinations will be much farther and the rocket even more powerful. The Obama administration will unveil its much-delayed general plans for its ..
Govt mulling changes in laws for FTII, SRFTI passouts to get degree 15/Sep/2011
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is considering changes in the Acts that govern Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)and Satyajit Ray Film and Television institute (SRFTI) so that students get degrees rather than diplomas from there. Officials said I & B Minister Ambika Soni had ..
Over 72,000 primary teachers to be recruited in UP 15/Sep/2011
In a bid to ensure availability of teachers in primary schools in Uttar Pradesh, the state government announced its decision to fill over 72,000 vacant posts. A proposal to start recruitment for 72,825 vacant post of teachers was approved by the state cabinet in its meeting chaired by Chief ..
Maharashtra to conduct school-inspection to verify number of students 15/Sep/2011
With the revelation that some schools showed bogus enrolment to pocket government grants, Maharashtra government has decided to conduct a simultaneous audit of the number of students in the schools across the state. The cabinet, in the weekly meeting, discussed the issue. In recent ..

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