Education News in India

TN govt doubles prize money for medal winners 7/Sep/2011
As part of its efforts to encourage differently abled, the Tamil Nadu govt announced rewarding such persons topping Classes 10 and 12 Board exams with cash prize of a maximum of Rs 12,000 and Rs 18,000. "From this year onwards, students with speech and hearing disablities in ..
Orissa HC rejects DAV schools' fee hike proposals 7/Sep/2011
A Decision bench of the Orissa High Court rejected four petitions filed by the state's different DAV Schools challenging the decision of a single-judge bench which had ruled that there shall not be any fee hike by any private schools in the state arbitrarily. The Bench of Chief Justice V Gopala ..
IL&FS Education signs pact with IGNOU 7/Sep/2011
IL&FS signed a pact with IGNOU for partnership in their education and skill programme in a variety of skilled areas. IL&FS Education is a set up to offer services in the education and technology solutions for learning resources development and capacity building. The ..
Growth back on agenda of IT outsourcing providers: Gartner 7/Sep/2011
Growth is back on the agenda for IT outsourcing (ITO) providers, according to a survey by IT research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. Sixty-two per cent of respondents identified growth as the top strategic goal this year, with aggressive marketing plans and nvestments in cloud, utility ..
IT cos kick-start campus hiring, plan to recruit 2.5L 6/Sep/2011
Tech titans have kick-started their campus recruitment process. On plans are to recruit nearly 2.5 lakh engineering graduates from across the country’s campuses this year. Last year, offers were made to nearly 2 lakh students. Campus recruitment, which usually happens in the last semester, has been advanced to the ..
Jeffrey Archer of India 6/Sep/2011
Amish Tripathi, bestselling author of The Immortals of Meluha, the first installment of the Shiva Trilogy, launched his second offering, The Secret of the Nagas, at Starmark, South City Mall, in association with Westland, recently in town. Actor and producer, Arindam Sil, was there to launch the book, while Rimi B ..
Keeping up with the times 5/Sep/2011
Opting for refresher courses, using powerpoint presentations to explain lessons, learning computer skills from their own kids — teachers these days are spending quality time to keep abreast with the latest methodologies in teaching. Gone are the days when teachers stuck to textbook material to ..
Look whos doing their homework now 5/Sep/2011
A lecture hall is no longer just that. It’s an open space, a radioactively charged arena from where come large ideas, where fierce debates take place and finally something precious emerges: profound clarity. To conduct a class is a test, an everyday battle for the professor, who can no longer march ..
UGC resolution comes as relief for teachers 5/Sep/2011
In what comes as a relief for thousands of teachers from Maharashtra who were denied promotions, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has exempted teachers hired between 1991 and 2000 from clearing the NET/ SET exam. The UGC, in a resolution passed in the last week of August, has allowed universities to ..
MBBS pact cost forward communities 105 seats: NSS 6/Sep/2011
The controversy over alleged anomalies in the agreement between the State government and private medical college managements on MBBS admissions appears to be snowballing, with the Nair Service Society (NSS) denying the allegations raised against them by Fazal Gafoor, president, Muslim Educational Society (MES) and ..

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