Education News in India

Malaysia tops Asia in English proeficiency - Survey 8/Apr/2011
Among Asian countries where English is not the mother tongue, Malaysia has been rated most proficient nation in the use of English language. It stands ninth globally as per a proficiency index report published here. Education First, a global education centre, conducted online English tests ..
Pilot selection process under scrutiny 7/Apr/2011
An experts committee, set up to plug loopholes in the pilot licensing system and revamp it, is examining the prevailing system of examination for selecting pilots as well as aircraft engineers. The broad-based committee of the Civil Aviation Ministry, which has already held its first meeting to suggest ..
Bihar HRD minister launches CMD 7/Apr/2011
Bihar HRD minister P K Sahi launched the Centralised Monitoring cum Data Centre (CMD) of his department here. The centre has been set up with the application of updated high capacity and efficient servers. Speaking on the occasion, Sahi said the Centre would monitor all the ..
Students are out of control, says Andheri school official 7/Apr/2011
Stunned by the notice sent by Prime Academy (ISCE) School in Andheri seeking behaviour certificates sworn before a magistrate's court from its class ninth and tenth students, some parents approached the Forum for Fairness in Education. “Why is the school asking for a behaviour certificate from ..
Student loses marks for colleges fault 7/Apr/2011
For students with learning disability (LD), dealing with bureaucracy and apathy is almost as bad as dealing with the condition itself. Ritesh Nair, a TYBA student from St Xavier’s College, lost out on 30 marks in one of his papers because a staffer at the college had not informed him that he needed a letter from ..
Now, teachers will work six hours daily 7/Apr/2011
The state government’s decision to amend a resolution that made a 45-hour week mandatory for teachers brings relief to both overworked teachers and overburdened students. School education minister Rajendra Darda announced in the legislative council on Wednesday that a recent government resolution ..
School asks magistrate to certify pupils character 7/Apr/2011
In a rude shock for parents of class ninth and tenth students days before the new academic session began on April 5, Andheri-based Prime Academy (ISCE) School sent a notice making it mandatory for the students to submit an undertaking of good behaviour sworn by their parents before a magistrate’s court. <br ..
Netherlands- another destination for overseas education 7/Apr/2011
Everyone is today eager to pursue higher education in some foreign universities, adding a special feather to their academic pursuit in life. ..
Bond a must, court tells MBBS grads 6/Apr/2011
It will be mandatory for fresh MBBS graduates to execute an indemnity bond of Rs five lakh that they will serve in a public hospital for a year after graduation and give an undertaking that they will not leave India for five years on acquiring the degree. The ruling was given by the Bombay high court on ..
IIT-JEE to put scanned answer sheets on website 6/Apr/2011
Each year, the joint entrance exam result buries the Indian Institutes of Technology under the Right to Information applications and legal cases. Lakhs of those who don’t make it to the IITs demand copies of their answer scripts, forcing the engineering colleges to usher in transparency. For years, ..

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