Education News in India

HC asks FITJEE, Aakash not to use topper's name for promotion 7/Jun/2011
Two leading coaching institutes, accused of portraying a topper and his family in poor light, have been restrained by the Delhi High Court from using his name, videos and photographs in promotional advertisements and publications. The restraining order came on the plea of Nitin Jain, the 2009 topper of ..
Skill shortage presents hurdle to India's growth: World Bank 7/Jun/2011
Skill shortage remains one of the major constraints to growth in the Indian Economy, says a recent World Bank working paper. "Insufficient supply of quality skills is one of the major impediment to further economic growth in India," World Bank working paper 'Employability and Skill set of ..
Arunachal Pradesh to introduce new schemes for students 7/Jun/2011
Arunachal Pradesh would introduce two new schemes to benefit and encourage meritorious school students and people with 100% disability in the state. The scheme for students, would be called the Chief Ministers Talent Award Scheme, which would be awarded to toppers amongst both boys and girls in Class 10 ..
Delhi govt issues disability certificates 7/Jun/2011
Delhi Government organised a camp to issue disability certificates to differently-abled students seeking admission in various colleges under the Delhi University. The camp was organised at Hindu Rao hospital to ensure that differently-abled students do not have to run from pillar to post to get the ..
Online help at hand for students 6/Jun/2011
Parents and students are making full use of social networking sites to fight all that they think is wrong with the education system. Last year, the Bombay high court’s stay on the state’s best-five policy for SSC students did not go down well with most of them. One, Smit Jobanputra, started a group on ..
University panel to review attendance norms for students 6/Jun/2011
The University of Mumbai has formed a committee to review the policy on attendance for college students. At present, a student must have 75 % attendance in order to appear for the examination. Over the years, students have been crossing swords with their college managements after being debarred from appearing for the ..
Grand finale of BNHS Environment Day celebrations 6/Jun/2011
The four-day long celebrations by BNHS in the run up to the World Environment Day (WED) culminated with the launch of the book “Green Guide for Teachers” in English and Marathi at the hands of former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Usha Thorat, who is now the vice president of BNHS. This book, ..
CBSE names centres for percentage scores 3/Jun/2011
A Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) delegation met the state school education minister on Thursday to explain the new school-based assessment introduced by the board this year. The board also set up four centres in the city and Navi Mumbai where students interested in seeking admission to state board junior ..
Hope to see you in school on Day One: Government to girls 3/Jun/2011
The government will undertake a statewide drive for enrolling kids in school with a special focus on girls. Invitation letters asking girls to attend the first day at school will be hand-delivered to families of 74.87 lakh girls already enrolled with the school education department. “The schools reopen shortly. We ..
Four IIMs set to get full autonomy 3/Jun/2011
The IIMs at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Indore and Kozhikode would be among the first four to have amended the Memoranda of Association that would make them fully autonomous in all respects – from appointment of directors to setting up of campuses and making salaries flexible. The HRD ministry has referred the amended ..

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