Education News in India

HC issues notices to IIMs and HRD over eligibility criteria 25/Feb/2011
The Delhi High Court today refused to stay the admission process in IIMs but sought a response from the Centre and the premier management schools on a plea by candidates seeking declaration of the eligibility criteria for the CAT 2010 examination. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notices to Ministry of Human ..
City based college wins competition 25/Feb/2011
Students of Sri Sai Ram Engineering College here have emerged first amongst the South Indian college teams in an all India level technical competition - SAE INDIA BAJA 2011 - for designing and fabricating All Terrain Vehicle. The competition was organised by Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recently ..
HC allows separate CETs for PGDBM by private colleges 25/Feb/2011
The Bombay High Court today allowed private unaided institutions to conduct their own Common Entrance Tests for Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) courses for the academic year 2011-12. Division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice S J Vazifdar today stayed the circulars issued by the ..
Recruitment drive by Microsoft 25/Feb/2011
As part of its recruitment drive, software major Miscrosoft India, is visiting major technology colleges here for campus interviews for two days. Considered the first time that the company is conducting such a major recruitment drive in city college campuses, final year students from Computer ..
Scientists create world's smallest computer 25/Feb/2011
Scientists have created what they claim is the world's smallest computer system that is just one square millimetre in size and can fit into one's eyeball. Developed by a team at the University of Michigan, the unnamed tiny device is a pressure monitor that can be implanted in a person's eye to treat ..
More grant-in-aid for SC students in govt hostels likely: Govt 25/Feb/2011
The Govt is considering a raise in the rates of grant-in-aid for Scheduled Castes students living in government or NGO-run hostels, a decision that could benefit lakhs of such students. A committee has been appointed to look into the aspect, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik said during ..
Panic climbs at exam time 24/Feb/2011
Twenty years ago, if you told your mother before the board exams that you were suffering from a panic attack, you would get as much attention as if you had a stomach ache. Today, chances are you will be sent to a counsellor. With stress levels hitting the roof and exams driving kids up the wall, counsellors and ..
Exam stress levels up 200 per cent this year 24/Feb/2011
Exam stress continues to take its toll on the city’s youth, with psychiatrists saying they are being approached by up to thrice as many students this year as compared to previous years. While HSC exams began on Tuesday and SSC boards will follow later, students and parents have already begun queuing ..
Relief for Facebook prankster; Can attend classes from today 24/Feb/2011
The 13-year-old student who was suspended for allegedly posting profanities on his principal’s Facebook wall has been asked to come back to school from Thursday. The decision was arrived at following a marathon meeting between the school management and his parents on Wednesday. “We have agreed ..
Copycat suicides led to calls for help last Jan 24/Feb/2011
January may have been the month when Mumbai was most worried in 2010. Data from a helpline shows that the most calls from those seeking mental or emotional help came in the first month of last year. This included callers seeking information on mental health, those making general inquiries, the suicidal and even blank or ..

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