Education News in India

Virtual classrooms to help doctors score a point 27/Jun/2011
Doctors worried about scoring the mandatory points for renewing their registration can now go the e-way. Medical education seminars can now be held online, and doctors could attend virtual classrooms from the comfort of their homes and update their knowledge on a regular basis, said the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) ..
Less than 35 institutions in zone? No worry 27/Jun/2011
Education officials have received several queries from students seeking admission to junior colleges and their parents. TOI takes a look at the most frequently asked questions: Why can’t I submit my option form? Unless and until students have finished filling codes of at least 35 colleges, ..
University awaits nod for more intake 28/Jun/2011
Bharathidasan University's Model College here has evoked an overwhelming response from students in surrounding rural pockets in its second year since inception, prompting it to seek the State government's approval for starting additional sections for the three programmes: B.A. English, B.Com, and B.Sc. Computer Science ..
MCI nod for two colleges 28/Jun/2011
The Medical Council of India has granted clearance to the Tiruvarur and Theni Government Medical Colleges to admit 100 students each for the academic year 2011– 2012. It has also cleared, as per the MCI website, 150 seats for Sri Muthukumaran Medical College, Chennai, affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr...
A mix of access, affordability and quality vital for creating a .. 28/Jun/2011
Combining access with affordability and ensuring high quality undergraduate education is vital for building a world-class university, according to Morton Schapiro, President, Northwestern University, U.S. Professor Schapiro, who was recently in the country, spoke to The Hindu here on a host of issues ..
UGC regulations for deemed universities a retrograde step 28/Jun/2011
The ‘UGC Regulations for Deemed Universities 2010' is a retrograde step that interferes with the autonomy and freedom of private university administration, according to the founder-Chancellor of VIT University, G. Viswanathan. Mr. Viswanathan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in response ..
Capitation fee is redundant 26/Jun/2011
In his 1998 calculations, which were submitted to the high-level committee formed at that time for fixing fee structure for self-financing engineering college, under B. Elango, Vice-Chancellor, Bharathiar University, Mr. Chandrasekaran had worked out that a new college would be in a position to save a minimum of Rs 1.94 ..
2 Mysore colleges get Rs. 12.5 crore for tech upgrade 26/Jun/2011
The Mysore-based National Institute of Engineering (NIE) and the Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, have each been awarded a grant of Rs. 12.5 crore under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme II (TEQIP) by the World Bank and the Ministry of Human Resource Development. ..
Vehicles run by schools, colleges verified 25/Jun/2011
The Regional Transport Office launched a drive to verify documents and safety provisions of vehicles operated by educational institutions, here on Saturday. All school and college vehicles plying in Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam were checked for licence, insurance, pollution control certificate, FC, driving ..
Centralisation of education harmful to federal system: K.N. Panikkar 25/Jun/2011
Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) vice-chairman K.N. Panikkar said here on Saturday that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's centralising trends in the education sector in the country would be detrimental to India's federal system. Inaugurating the State conference of the All ..

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