Education News in India

IBM awards and grants to IIT Kharagpur, Drishtee Foundation 22/Jul/2011
IBM announced the IBM Centennial Grants for IIT Kharagpur and Drishtee Foundation. These organisations were among the 11 shortlisted for the "Smarter Planet" grants around the world. The IBM Centennial Grants are both monetary and in-kind awards up to USD ..
AUT releases engineering colleges rank list 22/Jul/2011
Anna University of Technology (AUT), Chennai, on Thursday released the rank list self-financing engineering colleges affiliated to it based on academic performance of first-year students in 2010-11 . Recently, the Madras high court had directed Anna University of Technology to dislcose the rank list of ..
SC refuses to stay HC's order on TN uniform education system 22/Jul/2011
In a setback to the Jayalalithaa Government, the Supreme Court refused to stay the Madras High Court order quashing an amendment to the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education Act aimed at scrapping the curriculum approved by the previous DMK regime. A pision bench of justices J M Panchal, ..
No corporal punishment be meted out to student: Centre to SC 22/Jul/2011
The Centre said no corporal punishment be meted out to school students and justified its decision to prohibit such coercive action in educational institutions saying it is against the right to free and compulsory education. "Physical punishment and mental trauma are ..
Now, a new software that helps kids to read! 22/Jul/2011
Here's some good news for worried parents researchers have come up with an innovative way to help children learn to read. A team of Waikato University has developed a software, "BookieMonster", which they claim acts as a reading coach for kids in fact, it computerises a proven method of ..
SCW issues warning to college for corporal punishment 21/Jul/2011
The State Commission for Women (SCW) today issued a warning to the principal of a city-based private college here for allegedly meting out corporal punishment to its students. Students of the college, including girls, were allegedly beaten up by their teachers for their poor performance ..
Cotton College now a university 21/Jul/2011
Cotton College, premiere educational institution of Assam has been renamed as a state university. A resolution to this effect was passed in the state assembly. The bill was tabled by state Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma and passed unaniomously.
Maha Govt to start 101 Marathi primary schools in border areas 21/Jul/2011
The Maharashtra government will start 101 Marathi medium schools in areas bordering Karnataka, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said. Altogether 88 such schools, to be managed by zilla parishads, would be started in Sangli district and 13 in other border areas, he told reporters here after a ..
LU to increase seat allotment in BA , BCom and in BSc- 21/Jul/2011
The Lucknow University authorities have decided to increase 20 per cent seats in B.A.and B.Com courses and 10 per cent in B.Sc in all its affiliated colleges, officials said here. The decision was taken at a meeting of Admission Committee here yesterday, they said, adding that the increase in seats ..
South Korean students ditch paper for digital books 21/Jul/2011
Outside the classroom a hot summer day beckons, but fourth-grade teacher Yeon Eun-jung's students are glued to their tablet PCs as they watch an animated boy and a girl squabble about whether water becomes heavier when frozen. The small scene in this rural town is part of something big: South Korea ..

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