Education News in India

HRD tells DU to implement OBC reservation 24/Jun/2011
Faced with violation of OBC reservation by Delhi University, the HRD ministry on Thursday asked officiating vice-chancellor Vivek Suneja to implement it in letter and spirit. The ministry's action comes in the wake of representation by the OBC students' association that for the past few years DU has been ..
Nagpur board, CBSE tussle moving towards HC 4th year in a row 24/Jun/2011
The acrimony between schools run by CBSE/ICSE and the state board has surfaced once again. For the last three years, judicial intervention resolved the vexed issues of percentile, 90:10 quota and 'Best 5', and now parents of students of city CBSE/ICSE schools are seeking judicial view of, what they term, state ..
DU cuts a sorry figure in disability category 24/Jun/2011
The number of differently abled students passing Class XII has been on the rise. But despite the special bus service that picks and drops them to their colleges and the special camp that helps them procure disability certificates, Delhi University has seen just a marginal rise in the number of such students seeking ..
14 engineering colleges in Karnataka to get Rs 228 cr grants with World .. 24/Jun/2011
A World Bank-assisted project to improve quality of technical education, under which 14 engineering colleges in Karnataka would get an assistance of Rs 228 crore to promote research and innovation, was formally launched on Friday. Under the second phase of Central government's Technical Education Quality ..
J&K govt allocates 22 hectare land to set up Central University of Kashmir 24/Jun/2011
The Jammu and Kashmir government has allocated 22 hectares land to higher education department for setting up Central University of Kashmir. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Omar Abdullah here yesterday, officials said. The state land measuring 438 ..
Few takers for classes XI, XII in college 24/Jun/2011
The state education department's plan of offering classes XI and XII in colleges does not seem to have interested many students as only few have approached city colleges to take admission in medical and non-medical streams. With the last date for depositing forms close at hand, some colleges have not even got 50% ..
A for Arrogance in IIM-A? 24/Jun/2011
Many domestic recruiters at India's top business school used the meltdown of 2009 as an opportunity to avenge the socalled arrogance of IIM-A students. Campus interviews during this period were rough, says a recently-released book. Apparently, most Indian companies had a feeling, even while they were ..
Varsity count in disability category doesn't go up much 24/Jun/2011
The number of differently abled students passing Class XII has been on the rise. But despite the special bus service that picks and drops them to their colleges and the special camp that helps them procure disability certificates, Delhi University has seen just a marginal rise in their number this year. ..
Science cements its popularity over other college streams 24/Jun/2011
The science stream has always been the blue-eyed child of the Indian education system, and Humanities is usually given a stepmotherly treatment by students and parents. While perception is slowly changing, a new study shows that science is a popular choice among Mumbai's students. Since 2006, there has been a 27% jump ..
Government wields stick on CBSE students 23/Jun/2011
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools which fail to submit details of students who have taken the board exam will lose out on their no-objection certificates, the state education department warned. It also threatened serious action against schools from where students, who appeared for the school-based ..

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