Education News in India

No change in eligibility marks for engineering courses 4/May/2011
The State government on Wednesday said there would be no change in the eligibility marks prescribed for admission to engineering courses in Tamil Nadu for the coming academic year. The government had fixed the minimum marks at 50 per cent for general category students, 45 per cent for those from the ..
Tri-Valley University president indicted on visa fraud allegations 4/May/2011
The president of the California-based Tri-Valley University, Susan Xiao-Ping Su, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on the allegations of visa fraud and money laundering that affected nearly 1,500 Indian students. Ms. Su, 41, was taken into custody on Monday morning at her Pleasanton, California, ..
The intricacies of shuffling batches 4/May/2011
One of the first things that upset Riddhi Dugar on getting the progress report card was that her best friend would not be in the same section in the new class as her. A month later, the class III student of Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram is happy in the new environment. “I have made new friends. I play with my ..
On A Growth Track 2/May/2011
The International School of Business (ISB), Kolkata in association with The Times of India, presented a panel discussion on ‘Strategy for Inclusive Growth’ at Science City auditorium on April 29. The event was part of the ISB Kolkata Signature seminar series. The topic for the evening was ..
11 lakh students suffer as engineering entrance question paper leaks 2/May/2011
The tenth edition of the annual All India Engineering Entrance Exam was put off by two-and-a-half hours across the country after the question paper leaked in Lucknow early on Sunday. It taxed its 11.18 lakh takers a lot more than it intended to; for, by the time they put pen to paper at noon, they were bent out of shape ..
Easy questions make up for harrowing wait 2/May/2011
When 11.18 lakh engineering aspirants walked back into their examination halls after recovering from the morning jolt of the AIEEE paper leak, they just wanted to end the tumultuous day on a brighter note. Fortunately for them, the undemanding questions made it easy. Most students said that physics questions were the ..
CBSE puts secret plan into action 2/May/2011
Every exam leak is normally followed by weeks, sometimes months, of investigations. Committees study the causes, analyse the consequences and issue fresh dates for examinations but not in the case of AIEEE. The Central Board of Secondary Education might take a while to probe the disaster, but its initial response was ..
AFMC exam gets pushed back 2/May/2011
The deferment of the AIEEE examination had a domino effect on the Armed Forces Medical College’s all-India open entrance test, which too had to be rescheduled on Sunday. Amidst all the confusion, many students here were forced to give the engineering exam a miss. The AIEEE paper was set to start at ..
Samacheer Kalvi class VIII, IX books to be online 3/May/2011
Textbooks for classes VIII and IX as per the revised syllabus of the State government's Samacheer Kalvi initiative, will be made available online within a day or two. Sources in the School Education Department said the content was ready and would be uploaded in the next couple of days on www...
Design-conscious NIFT students at their innovative best 3/May/2011
If you like the spotted bulls and lotus–headed goddess that characterise Jharkhand's indigenous art form done on murals - Sohrai - you might now want to have them adorning your sari borders, for fashion is all about wearing your expression. This is what Rakesh Ranjan, a student of Textile Design at the ..

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