Education News in India

Revised Kakodkar panel report to be placed before IIT Joint Council 13/May/2011
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on Thursday decided to place the “re-worked” version of the Kakodkar Committee report on autonomy for Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) before the IIT Joint Council for a final decision. The revised report is not too different from the ..
Confusion marks AIEEE 12/May/2011
After repeated postponement and rescheduling of the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), the examination eventually held on Wednesday confronted many hitches. Many students were denied entry into SBOA School and Junior College, the examination centre, as they had not registered online ..
India's major strength is higher education? 12/May/2011
It was a proud moment for the parents of the 1,602 students of Sathyabhama University who on Wednesday received appointment orders to launch their careers in the corporate world. The students, recruited by software and multinational companies during campus placements, received the appointment orders at ..
SET exam on August 14 12/May/2011
The State Eligibility Test (SET) for aspiring college teachers will be held on August 14 at 50 centres in 10 places, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University C. Swaminathan told a press conference here on Wednesday. Candidates who had completed their post graduation with 55 per cent marks are eligible to apply for ..
Need for Common School System stressed 11/May/2011
The need to campaign for a Common School System was underscored by educationists and academicians at a seminar on ‘Common syllabus to common schools', organised by the State Platform for Common School System here on Tuesday. The meeting called for establishing a strong public education system...
Are centums the mark of academic excellence? 11/May/2011
This year, higher secondary students of the State have scored maximum number of centums not only in maths, physics, chemistry and biology, but also in subjects such as economics and statistics. Examiners rarely give centums in economics and statistics, say teachers and students. In Chennai district, for ..
Medical intern strike illegal, say cops as seven detained on Day 4 6/May/2011
Seven of the 500 medical interns, who were observing a hunger strike for the fourth day at Kamgar Maidan, Parel, were detained on Thursday when they prevented police from taking few of their colleagues who fell ill to hospital. A senior officer from Bhoiwada Police Station said, “They were trying to ..
Working group will look into teacher training programmes 6/May/2011
The issue of lack of special teachers in schools will soon be addressed by the ministry of human resource development (MHRD). The Planning Commission has decided to set up a working group on teacher education under the department of school education and literacy, MHRD, to formulate the twelfth five-year plan. <br ..
And the answer is: WHALE 6/May/2011
Bad news for dog lovers. Your best friend has lost the race for coveted title of the “animal which can produce infrasonic sound” to the whale; the State Examination Council arrived at this conclusion. This statement made by Advocate for the Council before the Bombay High Court (HC), on the ..
No headway in talks, medical interns dig in their heels 6/May/2011
The government has decided to come down heavily on the striking medical interns, after both parties failed to reach a consensus following four days of strike. On the other hand, the interns have also refused to back down from their demand for increasing the stipend amount to Rs 13,000 from Rs 2,550. Dr ..

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