Education News in India

Board parity call without formula 7/Jun/2011
Call it the fallout of an alarming decrease in the higher secondary pass percentage this year or the state's decision to re-introduce 'parity' between various boards, Bengal may go back to the days of different admission criteria for different boards. "There has to be a rationality in marks.A parity needs to be ..
Students awarded PG diploma in rural banking 7/Jun/2011
The convocation ceremony of the first batch of one year fully residential Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Banking (PGDRB) (batch 2010-11) was held here at Bankers Institute of Rural Development. S K Mitra, executive director, NABARD, head office Mumbai, who was the chief guest of the function, awarded diploma ..
From slums to roll of honour 8/Jun/2011
Over a million students across India take the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE), aspiring to make it to top-notch tech colleges. But this year, some students from the city’s darkest pockets have overcome hardships and made their mark in the AIEEE. One of them is Nitesh Phadtare, who stood 3, 000th in the ..
HSC top scorers sore over missed mention 8/Jun/2011
A day after the state education board announced subject-wise HSC toppers, students and parents openly expressed their disapproval of the new system of announcing subject toppers. While the board has felicitated only one student for scoring a perfect 100 in mathematics, students from at least two other colleges are sore ..
79 kids who didn?t pay exam fee may not get SSC marksheets 8/Jun/2011
Of the nearly 16.4 lakh students who appeared for the secondary school certificate (SSC) examination in March, the marksheets of 79 will be withheld if they do not pay the exam fees before the declaration of results. The SSC results are expected within a week. Among the defaulting students are four from St Mary Ann ..
Lost answer sheet lands up in Mirror office 8/Jun/2011
The results of the HSC exams were declared on May 27 and one student found that he had failed in all the subjects. However, a paper that was delivered to the Mumbai Mirror office on Saturday proves otherwise. The courier was no ordinary sheet of paper. It was the answer sheet of the student, Pravin Tambe from Siddharth ..
Parents meet education inspector on fee hike 8/Jun/2011
On Monday, parents from Andheri, Malad, Kandivli and Borivli met education inspector EI Pawar to ask him why no action has been taken on their demand for reduction in school fees. One of the parents, Namitabh Kothari, said that there have been many cases where students have been victimised if parents refuse to pay the ..
Call for balance between quality and accessibility in education 9/Jun/2011
The Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, N. Ram, has strongly advocated the need for quality and affordability to go together in education saying that “they are not to be seen as conflicting goals.” While it is important to make a commitment to pursuit of quality/excellence, it is equally important ..
Petition against provision in Uniform System of School Education Act 9/Jun/2011
An organisation has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court seeking to declare a provision in the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education (Amendment) Act as unconstitutional and ultra vires Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution. In his petition, P.B.Prince Gajendra Babu, general secretary of ..
First batch of low cost computers ready 8/Jun/2011
The first batch of 10,000 low cost access-cum-computing devices will be ready for distribution to the States later this month. The devices are in the process of testing. Launched under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology under the Ministry of Human Resource ..

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