Education News in India

Ramaswamy panel proposes common entrance test 21/Apr/2011
Coming close on the heels of a common entrance test for undergraduate medical courses, the government now proposes to hold a single test for admissions to engineering and technical courses, including that of Indian Institutes of Technology. The proposed National Aptitude Test will benefit more than seven lakh ..
It is a season of internships too 21/Apr/2011
For many college students, the hunt has begun. With several institutions making summer internships mandatory, students are on the look out for organisations they could possibly work with for the next few weeks. A summer internship that was earlier perceived as a mere academic requirement, is increasingly ..
Schoolboy drives home message on education 21/Apr/2011
Twelve-year-old S. Rahul Ganesh, a Class VI student of Sri Narayani Vidyalaya at Thirumalaikkodi near here and resident of nearby Ariyoor village, began an education awareness bicycle tour by pedalling his way to Kattuputhur village in Kaniyambadi panchayat union on Wednesday. He is on a mission to create ..
Need for lifelong learning to develop skills stressed 21/Apr/2011
Low education levels, high dropout rates and ‘unemployability' of the educated workforce all necessitate lifelong learning for skill development, said S.Y. Shah of the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, on Wednesday. Addressing a national workshop on lifelong learning for ..
Scope for higher education in forestry 20/Apr/2011
Forests play a vital role in human life, not only as a source of diverse products for everyday use, but as a key element in ensuring sustainable development. Forestry has biophysical and social dimensions. Forests influence our economy as well as ecology. The rate of deterioration of our ..
New turn to entrance tale 20/Apr/2011
For nearly three decades now the entrance examinations for engineering and medical examinations have been an annual jamboree in Kerala's academic life. No other examination has perhaps triggered this kind of interest or generated this kind of anxiety in society. What started off as a single examination ..
GMAT exam now accepted by more than 5,000 business and management .. 21/Apr/2011
The GMAT exam, the most widely used assessment for business and management programmes around the world, has reached a new milestone as the number of programmes accepting the exam has now exceeded 5, 000 for the first time, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). The increase in ..
Ragging scandal rocks Nagpur dental college 21/Apr/2011
After the VNIT ragging case, the scourge seems to have hit Government Dental College and Hospital. College authorities are busy inquiring into a ragging scandal that has rocked the campus. They received a letter from a former student last month complaining about alleged ragging he had to endure while in college. ..
School fee regulation bill tabled in assembly 21/Apr/2011
Hundreds of parents now have a reason to smile. The much-awaited bill to curb arbitrary fee hikes by schools has finally been tabled in the legislative assembly. Tabling the bill, school education minister Rajendra Darda said on Wednesday, “(It) aims at regulating the fee hike structure in schools ..
Stir over new school bus guidelines catches flak 21/Apr/2011
A day after TOI reported about the School Bus Owners Association (SBOA) calling for a strike from June 1, bus operators have caught flak from activists and members of the government-appointed committee to draft the school bus safety norms. Anil Garg, president of SBOA, said that many rules mentioned in ..

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