Education News in India

Stress on autonomy to improve quality of higher education 12/Mar/2011
The two-day Universities of India 2011 Global Higher Education Summit began at Mamallapuram on Friday with speakers stressing the importance of autonomy and removal of controls for improving the quality of higher education. Confederation of Indian Industry and Mindlogicx, a higher education solution ..
No Indian university in global top 200 11/Mar/2011
Harvard has been ranked as the top university in the world for the sixth consecutive year, while none of the Indian institutes of higher education figure in the latest edition of The Times Higher Education, world reputation ranking report. The United States dominates the rankings of 200 world class universities...
Harvard is world's top university 12/Mar/2011
Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the US, has been ranked as the world's top varsity. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology made it to number two, with the University of California Berkeley coming in at number four in the list of top 10 most highly regarded universities ..
AICTE provides admission guidelines 12/Mar/2011
Notwithstanding opposition from private B-schools, AICTE today went ahead with implementing its guidelines on admission to post graduate management programmes. The Council asked the institutes to specify their preferences on selecting candidates either through CAT, MAT or through examination conducted by ..
NIIT signs MoU with Ministry of Agriculture 12/Mar/2011
NIIT, leading IT trainer, has been appointed as the training delivery partner by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, to offer specialized IT training program to the users of National Animal Disease Reporting System (NADRS). ..
Rajasthan has highest number of pvt varsities 12/Mar/2011
Currenly, the country has 77 private universities with Rajasthan topping the list with as many as 16 such institutions, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. "According to available information, as on date, there are 77 universities established by state legislatures without public funding," Minister ..
"Ghost" forces Pune school shut 12/Mar/2011
In a weird incident, a school here has been temporarily closed after a standard 5th student claimed that he had seen a "ghost" coming out of the blackboard, leading to a frenzied exodus from the building. The authorities at Lady Halima Begum Urdu Primary School in Kondhva area have suspended all classes ..
Students travel 30-50 km for school-leaving exams 12/Mar/2011
Students in some tribal dominated areas are forced to travel 30-50 km for their High School Certificate examinations (HSC) in Sundargarh district of Orissa in violation of the norms of the education department. Strong resentment was prevailing among students and parents due to bad communication to the ..
Maharashtra will not reimburse school fee of backward class students 11/Mar/2011
The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court that it would no longer reimburse school fees of backward class students studying in private unaided schools. The court was hearing two petitions filed by one Naresh Gosavi and Narayan Guru High School. ..
TN admissions on prevailing counselling system not through CET 11/Mar/2011
TN govt announced that admissions to medical courses this year would be on merit and not through the Common Entrance Test as directed by the Supreme Court in view of the Assembly elections. Official sources said a policy decision whether to accept the Supreme Court's guidelines will be taken by the new ..

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