Education News in India

Lack of funds for research hitting IITs, says Sibal 27/May/2011
The group of ministers on media briefing, consisting of home minister P Chidambaram, I&B minister Ambika Soni, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, minority and corporate affairs minister Salman Khursheed and others, decided to set the record straight on the IIT/ IIM faculty issue after many directors of the ..
Four Somaiya colleges head for freedom 27/May/2011
The University of Mumbai’s academic council approved the proposal of academic autonomy for four colleges set up by the KJ Somaiya Group. The plan will now be presented to the management council that will meet on May 30. The Somaiya group colleges stand on a 60-acre campus stretched across Vidyavihar in the eastern ..
St Marys School pays for breaking rules 27/May/2011
Maharashtra government on Tuesday de-recognised the old and respected St Mary’s School (SSC) in Mazgaon over charges of insufficient infrastructure, unlawful collection of capitation fees besides other violations of norms. The order passed by the school education department’s deputy director has left a ..
Nothing wrong in utilising textbooks after deleting my name: Karunanidhi 28/May/2011
Former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Friday wondered whether the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) regime had put on hold the Uniform System of Education introduced by his government solely because the texts included a poem he had penned in connection with the World Classical Tamil Conference held ..
Determination marks their march forward 28/May/2011
P. Akshaya's grand father, who is 97 years old, was probably the happiest to learn about her performance in the SSLC examinations. “He kept nudging me to study harder,” says the student, who topped Little Flower Convent Higher Secondary School for the Blind with a score of 490. Mathematics is ..
Different stories of hard work 28/May/2011
They probably have different stories of hard work and sacrifice to narrate, but all of them became part of a common success story on Friday. They were first rank holders in different streams of the State Board class X examinations among students who studied Tamil as first language. M. Minnaladevi, ..
Parents, teachers angry 25/May/2011
The series of postponements hasn’t gone down well with parents and teachers. Arundhati Chavan, President of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) forum, said, “First, we were told that the MLAs were on leave. Now they are telling us that the authorities are unable to fix the venue. These are mere tactics to ..
Education department trains sight on stress-free e-admission 26/May/2011
The state education department is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that this year’s online junior college admissions are stress-free for students. After conducting a series of training sessions for principals from all schools and boards in the city last month, the department will launch the second phase of ..
As SC students shine, IITs skirt prep course 26/May/2011
In 1993-94, the IITs wrote to the government for permission to run a year-long preparatory course, a bridge programme to help quota students lagging behind in the JEE race. Now, things have come a full circle and for the second consecutive year, the tech schools have declared there would be no preparatory course for ..
Breakdown fails to break students resolve to join IIT 26/May/2011
August 2010 is a blank for Tushar Agrawal. He does not even have a bleak recollection of where he was or what he did all through that month. Hostel mates say they often saw the 18 year old talk to the walls, flinch at sudden noise from the neighbouring room and twitch if he didn’t top a test. This year was ..

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