Education News in India

Internship must for dental students? 8/Apr/2011
It could once again become mandatory for all undergraduate dental students to undergo a one-year internship before getting their BDS degree. After making the BDS a five-year degree “all classroom” course in 2007, dropping the need for any hands-on-training with real patients, the Dental ..
New centre to support growing number of TOEFL test takers in India 8/Apr/2011
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has announced a new, toll-free customer support centre to serve TOEFL test takers in India. The TOEFL India Customer Support Centre offers guidance and timely information for students regarding the TOEFL test. The new centre is accessible by phone ..
School in trouble over character certificate row 8/Apr/2011
The school education department on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to the Andheri school which had asked its class tenth students to submit an undertaking of good behaviour. “Andheri’s Prime Academy will have to withdraw the circular in the next two days or a complaint will be forwarded to ..
Government to soon finalise national vaccine policy 8/Apr/2011
India will soon finalise its maiden national vaccine policy. According to former director general of Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr N K Ganguly, India has not introduced a single new vaccine in its national immunisation programme since the early 1980s. Once a national policy is in place, the Union health ..
Focus of higher education has to be on basic research? 9/Apr/2011
A China Studies Centre was inaugurated at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) on Friday. Inaugurating the centre, R. Chidambaram, chairman, Board of Governors, IIT-M, said that the focus of higher education has to be on fundamental basic research to sustain the present growth rate. ..
Sibal, Hillary likely to co-chair Indo-US education summit 8/Apr/2011
The first joint Indo-US summit on higher education is expected to be co-chaired by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington on June 15. The two-day event seeks to explore opportunities and address concerns in the field of higher education. The summit is part ..
LNMI to launch seven academic courses from next session 8/Apr/2011
Lalit Narayan Mishra Institute of Economic Development and Social Change (LNMI) will start seven new courses at the under-graduate and post-graduate levels from the next academic session beginning from July 20 next, its Acting Chairman and former chief minister Jagannath Mishra said. The LNMI will introduce three ..
HRD Ministry stops IIM-A from mentoring IIM Udaipur 7/Apr/2011
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) told that it has lost the role of mentoring the upcoming IIM at Udaipur in Rajasthan to IIM- Indore. "Yes a decision has been taken that IIM-Indore will mentor IIM-Udaipur," Director IIM-A Prof Samir Barua said, confirming the development. ..
Teachers need to spend 30 hours in school per week: Maha Govt 7/Apr/2011
Putting an end to confusion among students and teachers about spending 45 hours per week in schools, the Maharashtra Government said teachers have to spend only 30 hours at their work place. A resolution issued under the Right to Education Act had said that the students and the teachers would have to spend ..
Gandhi peace exams to be extended to Zilla Parishad schools 7/Apr/2011
The Gandhi Peace Examinations being organised by the Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal will be extended to all schools under the Thane Zilla Parishad here soon. Vice President and Education Committee Chairman of the Parishad, Pramod Hindurao said here today that there was dire need of educating students about the ..

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