Education News in India

Draft guidelines put in cold storage 15/Apr/2011
The state government is yet to bring out a final draft on the guidelines that it has prepared for the implementation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. Suggestions and objections were sought last November but there has been little progress since then. The union government had ..
4.5 lakh teachers get ready for new evaluation system 15/Apr/2011
Over 4.5 lakh teachers in the state have been trained for the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) under the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 since it was enacted last April. The CCE replaces the well-entrenched unit and semester test-based evaluation system and training the ..
Our colleges no match for worlds best, says PM?s scientific adviser 14/Apr/2011
Hitting out at the Indian system of education that lays stress on exams, the PM’s scientific adviser C N R Rao, in a letter to the PM, said that the lakhs of students who don’t make it across the IIT gates get exhausted and fail to perform like young people with fresh minds. The ..
We have exams, not education system 14/Apr/2011
In the midst of the entrance exam season, a furious dispatch to the Prime Minister from his scientific advisor has termed such tests as one big menace. Strongly recommending an immediate halt to the system of students being made to take a pile of exams, C N R Rao, who heads the scientific advisory council ..
Parents, teachers on hunger strike against fee hikes 14/Apr/2011
A group of 28 parents, teachers and activists went on an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan protesting against the arbitrary fee hikes by private schools. They also demanded payment of teachers’ salaries as per the Sixth Pay Commission. Education officials asked the protesters to meet the ..
New chapter of ICWAI at Pune by end of April 13/Apr/2011
Cost and works accountancy students from Pimpri, Chinchwad and Akurdi will no longer have to travel to the city to fulfil their academic course activity. An independent chapter of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), a statutory body under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for ..
DAV school girl makes her way to Spell Bee finals 13/Apr/2011
More than 600 students tried their hand at spelling at the annual HDFC Life Spell Bee, India Spells 2011, powered by The Times of India, in association with Everonn Education Ltd and Flipkart.com. The competition gave school children from all over the city a chance to compete in the final India Spells competition which ..
IIM Calcutta bags prestigious award 12/Apr/2011
IIM Calcutta team consisting of PGP-2 students, S Harshavardhan, Aayush Singhania and Utkarsh Bahadur won the prestigious Sixth Annual International Tech Strategy Business Case Competition, which is a Collaboration Case at the Boston University School of Management, Tech Strategy case competition. They were paired in ..
Students must travel miles for engineering entrance exam 14/Apr/2011
Rahul Solanki should have been buried in his texts, preparing for the All India Engineering Entrance Exam. Instead, he is working on logistical support to reach his exam centre which is 27 kilometres from home on May 1. Like him, Akansha Joshi (name changed) will travel from Andheri to Panvel to take the ..
School asks parents for blank cheques for admission 13/Apr/2011
A school in Chinchpokli has asked parents to issue a blank cheque so their children in kindergarten class can be admitted to class one. A circular issued by Matushri ULA and Matushri DNK English Primary School does not specify the fee amount and states that the school will fill in the amount on the cheque. ..

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