Education News in India

Planning it well 16/May/2011
Some children are already preparing for their board examinations. Don't be surprised! But the board examinations are almost a year away. Exciting plans Holidays used to mean playing with friends, going to your grandma's place or got to the beach, climb trees. ? Most of the time was spent in ..
Vocational streams offer bright avenues 16/May/2011
For R. Natesan (18), photography is a passion. But he will never get to go to a swanky photography school. Both of his parents are farmers in a village in Thanjavur district. In Chennai, he has been doing part-time jobs and studying for the past two years for only one reason – the Chennai Higher ..
Early decision sought on fees, syllabus from new government 15/May/2011
Managements of private matriculation schools have tuned their eyes and ears to news from the new State government. With a fortnight to go for the start of the new academic year, the managements are looking forward to a directive on the fees. And change in uniform, equitable syllabus (Samacheer ..
Private non-minority colleges cannot have 100% reservation? 15/May/2011
Private non-minority unaided professional educational institutions cannot have 100 per cent quota or the right to admit students of their choice from only a particular social group, excluding all other students from being considered for admission, the Supreme Court has held. A Bench of Justices B. ..
Over 3 lakh students to appear for MHT-CET 12/May/2011
Around 3.02 lakh students would be appearing for the Maharashtra Health and Technology Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET) on Thursday. The exam would be conducted in 786 centres across the state. This could probably be the last year for a state-based entrance test for medical courses with the centre deciding to conduct a ..
Civil Services topper made it in second try 12/May/2011
Eight of the top 25 rank-holders in the civil services examination for 2010 made the cut in their first attempt. Four, including topper S Divyadharshini from Chennai, made the cut in the second attempt. Nine, including the second and third on the merit list, got through in their third attempts. There are ..
Technology to help GMAT preparations 11/May/2011
B-school aspirants preparing for the globally accepted GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) may not need to thumb through heavy textbooks and question banks. They can soon download the preparation material as an application on iPhones, iPods or even iPads, thanks to a tie-up between GMAT and Apple. The application ..
B-school graduates prefer pay over profit 11/May/2011
Entrepreneurship may be the buzzword on B-school campuses but at the end of the day management students find the sky-high salaries on offer rather hard to refuse, with the vast majority opting for a regular job. A 2011 global study by the Graduate Management Admission Council, which conducts GMAT, found only 5% of ..
University sets up six-member team to look into attendance 11/May/2011
Students will finally get some clarity on the issue of attendance. A six-member committee has been appointed to look into the attendance of over 6 lakh students across 652 colleges affiliated to the varsity. As per rule, students need to have 75% attendance to appear for final exams. However, some ..
Vague rules cost student a year 10/May/2011
Nineteen-year-old Nigel Wilhelmina (name changed on request) secured admission in an engineering college last year. However, the college cancelled his admission just before his exam in May this year as he could not produce a caste certificate in time. Nigel, an East Indian Christian, is one of many who ..

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