Education News in India

Cabinet approves changes in IIT (amendment) bill 26/Feb/2011
The Union Cabinet is understood to have given its approval today to some proposed changes in the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010 on providing technological support by IITs to the states. Sources said there were some objections including from the Parliamentary Standing ..
Minority status won't affect Jamia's secular nature: VC 26/Feb/2011
Jamia Milia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung sought to allay apprehensions that implementation of the minority status would have negative effects on the character and quality of education of the institution. Addressing students and teachers of the varsity for the first time since the minority status ..
MBA campus recruitment comes close to ?07-08 boom 25/Feb/2011
Management schools underwent the worst labour pains in the two years that went by. Year-end placements went on for months on end and some campuses had to face the embarrassment of not being able to place all their graduates. The testing time seems to have ended and campus recruitment at business schools came close to ..
Boy follows old schedule, misses French exam 25/Feb/2011
Jolen Rosario, one of the many students appearing for the HSC examination, reached his centre well before time on Thursday. Minutes before the test, he learnt that the exam he came prepared was conducted the day before. Rosario, a victim of the change in the HSC exam schedule, missed his French paper on ..
Uncle Pai of Amar Chitra Katha no more 25/Feb/2011
It is time to bring out a comic book on the man who started it all. Anant Pai, the legendary founder of India’s most famous comic series, Amar Chitra Katha, passed away at a hospital in Mumbai on Thursday. The 82-year-old suffered a fatal heart attack shortly before he was to undergo surgery for a fractured leg...
HC stays circular on single common entrance test 25/Feb/2011
The Bombay high court stayed a circular issued by the state government that said it would conduct a single common entrance test for admissions to post graduate management courses. The association of private unaided colleges had approached the court to challenge the government decision, saying it impinged on their rights ..
Indian lessons the French way 25/Feb/2011
With a stunning tattoo of a blue-backed barn swallow on an arm, a ponytail, and a stack of books by Beat authors in his room, Briac appears to be on a vacation. But, he is one of the seven French youngsters — Elodie, Emily, Ingrid, Mathilde, Coline, Julien — on a ‘teaching tour' of Chennai schools. ..
Reform education sector to reap demographic dividend? 25/Feb/2011
The pre-budget Economic Survey on Friday called for more reforms and bold decisions in education sector, including smooth implementation of the Right to Education Act, to make the most of India’s young population for economic growth. “Reaping the demographic dividend needs a vision, a ..
Don't crib on free seats to poor, SC tells pvt schools 25/Feb/2011
The SC said Pvt education institutions cannot complain about Govt's decision to reserve 25 per cent of seats for economically weaker sections (EWS) under RTE Act as it is an investment for the country's future. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia, K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar ..
GMAT patron office in India 25/Feb/2011
Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a not-for-profit organization, which administers the GMAT exam globally, today announced the opening of its office in India. Located in Gurgaon, this will be GMACs fourth office in the world. GMAC has its headquarters at Reston, Virginia, USA, and regional ..

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