Education News in India

HC slams DDA for demolishing school run by NGO 18/Aug/2011
The Delhi High Court rapped DDA for demolishing a school run by an NGO, saying the government and its agencies are required to provide free education to children under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. "The RTE Act provides for free and mandatory education to all till the age of 14 and ..
Eligibility for OBCs at most 10% less than gen category: SC 18/Aug/2011
The Supreme Court held that the minimum eligibility percentage for admission in central universities for OBC category should be at most 10 per cent less than that of general category students. A bench headed by Justice R V Raveendran said that the eligibility criteria for OBC category students ..
US losing ground to India and China in maths, science: Obama 18/Aug/2011
The US is fast losing ground to countries like India and China in the field of science and mathematics, US President Barack Obama has said. Obama expressed his worry about the lack emphasis to encourage students in maths, science and engineering at a town hall meeting in Atkinson, wrapping up ..
Supplementary counselling for vocational students 17/Aug/2011
Supplementary engineering counselling for vocational stream students, who passed plus2 exams through special supplementary exams will be held on August 18 . This counselling is scheduled to be conducted at exam centre of Chennai Anna university at 4.30pm on August 18. Rank list for the participants has ..
Students demand better facilities in govt run film school 17/Aug/2011
Students of the lone government run Regional Film and Television Institute here are on a strike demanding permanent campus, modern equipment for their academic courses and a permanent director. RFTI Students Union president Bipul Deka and general secretary Rukmojit Barua said despite repeated ..
Schools cleared of paramilitary forces, SC told 17/Aug/2011
The Centre told the Supreme Court all the schools and hostels of educational institutions in north-eastern states occupied by the Army and paramilitary forces have been vacated and handed back to the respective administration. An undertaking to this effect was given by Additional Solicitor General ..
Vocational Training University in Maharashtra needed: Governor 17/Aug/2011
Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan called for creating a 'Vocational Training University' that would create a large pool of skilled manpower in the state. Recalling that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set the goal of creating 500 million skilled manpower in the country by the ..
Nice guys fare poorly in salary negotiation: Study 17/Aug/2011
Being a nice guy is perhaps not good always, at least for your professional career, as a new study has found that men with disagreeable personalities are 18 per cent more likely to earn more than their sweet and gentle counterparts. The study, to be published in the Journal of Personality and Social ..
Phase 2 of UK-India Education and Research initiative begins 17/Aug/2011
The second phase of the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) kicked-off with the signing of an MoU, enabling enhanced ties between Indian and British universities in capacity building and foster mobility of students between the two countries. The UKIERI was started in April 2006 with ..
Too much TV viewing may take years off your life: Study 16/Aug/2011
Spending your days in front of the television may contribute to a shortened lifespan, a latest Australian study has said. The findings were made today by an Australian team led by Lennert Veerman of School of Population Health at University of Queensland. ..

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