Education News in India

IIT-Roorkee campus inaugurated in Greater Noida 4/Apr/2011
IIT-Roorkee inaugurated its Greater Noida Campus at the Knowledge Park-II area here. It was inaugurated by Ashok Bhatnagar, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee in the presence of Director S C Saxena. Besides the 365-acre main campus at Roorkee, it has another campus spread ..
Gujarat invites proposals for new medical colleges 4/Apr/2011
The Gujarat Government has invited proposals for making investment in new medical colleges in the state, Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas said. Vyas, who was here for a function, said the proposals in this regard would be cleared within ten days, adding, whoever is interested should seize this opportunity. ..
6 univs join hands to offer global MA in family studies 4/Apr/2011
A consortium of six universities across the world is working on a global academic experiment. The Tata Institute of Social Sciences ( Mumbai), University of Nebraska (USA), South China University (Guangzhou), Aristotle University (Greece,) Seoul National University (South Korea) and the University of Newcastle ..
World MBA Tour 4/Apr/2011
The QS World MBA Tour, a series of career and education events for MBA aspirants, comes to India in July. The fair aims to help one identify and short-list international business schools, which are right for them. Also, it gives candidates an opportunity to meet face-to-face with admissions officers from across the ..
8 million children still out of school 1/Apr/2011
Even as India celebrates an impressive jump in the literacy figures in the past decade, a staggering eight million children are still out of school. Worse, 21 per cent of the teachers at the primary level are without adequate qualification and as many as 9 per cent schools have only the one teacher. ..
Students urged to be committed about building their careers 2/Apr/2011
Christian missionary institutions have made huge contributions to the field of education disproportionate to their numbers in the country, N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, has said. Christian organisations have done much better than similar organisations in the fields of education and health. The ..
First phase of Athulyam' literacy scheme over 2/Apr/2011
The LEAP (Lifelong Education Awareness Programme) District Mission has successfully completed the first phase of its ‘Athulyam' literacy programme for illiterates and school dropouts in 10 grama panchayats and two wards of the city Corporation. Fourth class equivalency certificates will be ..
DU introduces semester system in Germanic & Romance Studies 2/Apr/2011
Delhi University's department of Germanic & Romance Studies today gave a green light to the semester mode in undergraduate courses, the DU administration said but the teachers opposing the semesterisation cried foul claiming it to be an act of "manipualtion". Germanic and Romance Studies was one of ..
TN engineering application to be available from May 16 2/Apr/2011
The Vice Chancellor of Anna University, Mannar Jawahar stated, " Application forms to Tamilnadu Engineering Colleges would be available from May 16". In Tamil Nadu, 486 Engineering colleges function with about 1 lakh 90 thousand seats to offer every academic year. Among which 65% seats are ..
India will attain total literacy in the next 10 years: Sibal 2/Apr/2011
With the literacy rate in the country climbing to 74 per as per provisional 2011 census, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal exuded confidence that India will attain total literacy in the next 10 years. He said the Census figures have shown that India would be able to achieve education for all in the age group of ..

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