Education News in India

Edu boost: Govt fails to read writing on the wall 1/Mar/2011
If one analyses the fine print of the education budget, the finance minister’s talk of “demographic dividend” is just big talk. Increase in allocation to Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)—the vehicle for implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act—from Rs 15, 000 crore to Rs 21, ..
Scientists Meet 1/Mar/2011
A two-day conference, Frontiers of Science, will be held in Kolkata, on March 2 and 3, with an interface between a global pool of thinkers and eminent scientists. Organised with a view to a draw a blueprint for the role the sciences can and must play to help India attain the leadership status predicted for her in the ..
Teachers will spend 15 hrs extra each week in school 3/Mar/2011
Maharashtra’s guidelines for the Right to Education (RTE) Act have increased the number of hours a teacher has to spend in school each week. According to a recent government resolution (GR), teachers in schools across Maharashtra will have to work for 45 hours a week at school. It calls for an ..
Drop in panic calls to CBSE helpline 3/Mar/2011
Here’s proof that the CBSE board’s decision to make the Class X board examination optional this year has drastically reduced stress levels around exam time. The number of calls on the CBSE board helpline has dropped drastically. A year ago, the board helpline received 14,000 calls between February 1 and 28, ..
Medical fee hike from next academic year 3/Mar/2011
The state government has clarified that its decision to hike fees for MBBS and other medical courses in government-run and aided colleges and hospitals will come into effect from the coming academic year 2011-12 and will not have an impact on the existing students. On Tuesday, the government issued a ..
20 crore grant for Finance Research to IIMC 3/Mar/2011
The Financial Research and Trading Lab (the Finance Lab) of IIM Calcutta received a grant of Rs 20 crore from the Union Finance Ministry in the 2011 budget. This lab uses a simulator to simulate trading in financial markets using actual prices. The Lab resources can be used to develop, test trading algorithms, and ..
April a working month for CBSE schools 2/Mar/2011
Students of some schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) need to plan their summer vacation this year carefully. This has become important in the backdrop of the schools opting for a new pattern from the forthcoming academic year towards adapting to the Continuous and Comprehensive ..
Hasnain among 3 new members of UGC 2/Mar/2011
Three new members have been appointed to the University Grants Commission, while the term of one member has been renewed. The new members appointed against existing vacancies are Seyed E. Hasnain, Vice Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, Meenakshi Gopinath, Principal of the prestigious Lady Sri Ram ..
Speakers share life experience at MICA meet 2/Mar/2011
An international conference for “spreading ideas” was organised here on Saturday last by the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, (MICA), to give the younger generation more insight into life. The “TEDxMICA” conference, however, lost much of its shine as some of the ..
The unsung ayah-amma 3/Mar/2011
Minutes after the 35-odd children settle around a brown table mat that runs lengthwise on the corridor outside the classroom, Kumari ayah's hands get full. The toddlers in the group want her to open their steel and plastic lunch packs. While a majority in the group dig into the food, Kumari ayah takes ..

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