Education News in India

Research centres must be set up for teachers? 18/Apr/2011
Meet Rafiq Ahmed Sayyed, a resident of Dombivli who aims to become an IAS officer. He scored 91.8 per cent in the 2010 boards last year and stood first in Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan’s Sankara Vidyalaya in Dombivli. Rafiq says, “Being the eldest son, I want to do the best for my family. I never like being ..
Get coached, get job offer too 18/Apr/2011
Coaching academies boast of top-rankers and high scorers coming out of their stables. Now they will have something more to scream about: their placement record. The line between tutorials and the formal education sector has been blurring with each trespassing the other’s territory – ..
Private schools fee panel hears appeals 18/Apr/2011
The Private Schools Fee Determination Committee, headed by Justice K. Raviraja Pandian, heard the appeals of a group of schools in Chennai and neighbouring Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts here on Monday. As part of the process of hearing appeals from schools that had sought revision in the fee ..
Need for producing quality management graduates stressed 17/Apr/2011
Quantitative growth in management institutions is not sufficient and it is necessary to ensure that these schools produce management graduates of quality, C. Swaminathan, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University, said here on Saturday. Delivering the graduation day address at the SNS College of ..
Medical professionals must update knowledge, skills and attitudes' 17/Apr/2011
There is an imminent need for all teachers, in particular medical professionals, to update themselves periodically on knowledge, skills and attitudes, S.P. Thyagarajan, Pro-Chancellor-Research, Sri Ramachandra University, said here on Saturday. Pointing out the differences between continuing medical ..
Jayant Narlikar declines to be part of UGC search committee 16/Apr/2011
The search committee, set up by the Human Resource Development Ministry for identifying a chairperson for the University Grants Commission (UGC), has been unable to meet as one of the experts approached by the Ministry has declined the offer. Informed sources told The Hindu astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar ..
TNAU convocation in July/August 16/Apr/2011
The convocation of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will be held in July/August. Applications for convocation are invited from eligible candidates whose results have been declared on or before March 31. For details and downloading applications, visit www.tnau.ac...
New initiative to impart teaching skills to doctors 16/Apr/2011
The historical lack of formal teacher training for doctors may yet be reversed by recent trends offering degree and diploma courses for medical educators across the globe, Eamonn MM Quigley, past president, World Gastroenterology Organisation, said. Very few doctors have had formal training as teachers, ..
More number of Indians apply to U.S. universities' 15/Apr/2011
The number of Indian applicants to graduate programmes in the U.S. universities has increased by 7 per cent this year. This follows a 1 per cent increase against the previous year. According to the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), the overall graduate applications to the U.S. universities from overseas students ..
India needs talented youth with higher education: Kalam 18/Apr/2011
India needs large number of talented youth with higher education for creating and imparting knowledge, former Indian president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam has said. Kalam, who inaugurated a seminar for teachers of CBSE International schools at the Indian High School here, said that India's higher system is ..

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