Education News in India

Children's writer finds place in Norway, Japan text books 23/Jun/2011
Hailing from Hyderabad, Ramendra Kumar is a prolific children's writer whose stories on the Jagannath cult in Orissa have found place not only in CBSE textbooks, but also textbooks in Norway and Japan. A self-professed admirer of Orissa's culture, especially relating to the Jagannath cult, Ramendra has ..
Non-practical subject get lab grant at AU 23/Jun/2011
Different subject and departments at Allahabad University are getting funds to meet their laboratory expenditure, irrespective of the fact that the given subject has practical or not. It is a known fact that subjects like English, Sanskrit, Urdu, Arabic and Persian, Hindi etc do not have practicals in the ..
Look who's teaching your child! 23/Jun/2011
If you were drawn to glossy brochures, well-dressed teachers, air-conditioned classrooms with CCTV cameras and banners showing children practicing yoga before choosing a school for your child, here is some bitter news . Ahmedabad has 711 private primary schools, but only one of them has all teachers with ..
It's tricky to stay on the right path 23/Jun/2011
An unlikely fallout of the Right to Education Act (RTE) is the shrinking space for the efficient community schools run by small NGOs. Most NGOs, say experts , are now focusing on sending children to government schools as per the RTE. Even they find it difficult to run their small home-grown schools by the stringent RTE ..
Govt threatens CBSE schools with NOC withdrawal 23/Jun/2011
The 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 on Wednesday. It also threatened serious action against schools which allowed its students who had ..
Yes, they also make scholars 23/Jun/2011
As he waited to catch a flight at Hyderabad's old airport in December 2008, a man in his 60s retrieved a flute and started to play it. He soon had an audience of mostly young corporatetypes and some students, all waiting to catch various flights. NGO Pratham's 'US Ambassador' Yogi Patel had his audience's rapt attention ..
Safety rules for school buses come into effect 22/Jun/2011
The state transport department has asked for the school bus safety policy to be implemented immediately, in its latest circular to school bus owners. After a number of meetings with bus owners and parents, the department has decided to implement the policy and make changes later, if needed. “The transport ..
BITS Pilani Goa Campus wins the 2011 CIMA Global Business Challenge India .. 22/Jun/2011
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) announced Bits Pilani Goa Campus as the winner of the national round at the India finals of the 2011 CIMA Global Business Challenge on June 11. This is the second consecutive time that BITS Pilani Goa Campus has won the National Final of the CIMA GBC. The six ..
School fee: State asked to file affidavit 23/Jun/2011
The Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the Government Pleader (GP) to get instructions and file an affidavit regarding the steps being taken by the Tamil Nadu government for implementing the report of the Justice K.Ravirajapandian's Committee on fee structure for private schools. The First Bench ..
Strengthening bonds of nationhood 23/Jun/2011
Patriotic anthems and Kashmiri folksongs echoed through the walls of Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday. As a set of 20 girls from Kashmir, pursuing various streams of higher education, called on the Governor, it was the songs and the radiant smiles that established an instant connect. Singing in unison ..

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