Education News in India

Power of dreams in focus at Kurukshetra 3/Feb/2011
Inspiring words about the power of dreams peppered the halls of the College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University on Wednesday as Kurukshetra 2011, the annual techno-management festival, got under way. Inaugurating the festival, Mylswamy Annadurai, Chandrayaan Project Director, Indian Space ..
Reading, math skills found wanting in rural schools 3/Feb/2011
Nearly 47.5 per cent of the students in classes III to V in the schools in rural areas of Tamil Nadu cannot read a paragraph from a class I text book. Similarly, 79.5 per cent of the class III students do not know how to do subtraction. These are some of the findings of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) ..
U.S. authorities promise ?good judgement and commonsense? 2/Feb/2011
United States officials handling the cases of Indian students caught up in the alleged immigration fraud by Tri-Valley University in the San Francisco area promised Indian Ambassador to the U.S., Meera Shankar, that they would exercise “good judgement and commonsense,” in handling the case, according to ..
MCD ordered to implement EWS quota in its schools 2/Feb/2011
Unable to rein in the private schools on the issue of providing admissions to at least 25 per cent students from the economically weaker sections, the Delhi Government on Wednesday tried to deflect some of the criticism coming its way by bringing the Municipal Corporation of Delhi into the picture and directing it ..
'Students should think out of the box 2/Feb/2011
In a globalised world, students must exhibit out of the box thinking and come up with innovative solutions to be competitive, Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education Vice-Chairman M S Palanichamy said. Palanichamy said while the students would play a vital role in a globalised world in which ..
Quiz programme for higher secondary and college students 2/Feb/2011
Progressive Writers' Association, as a part of their national meeting at Kozhikode will conduct a quiz programme for Higher Secondary and College students on February 12. The event will be held at the Bank employees Cooperative Society Hall in Kozhikode, a release from the Organising Committee ..
NGO moves HC on reservation for EWS under RTE Act 2/Feb/2011
Delhi High Court sought response from the Centre as well as the city government on an NGO's plea opposing a reputed private school's claim that it being a minority school be exempted from providing reservation to children of economically weaker sections under the Right To Education(RTE) Act. Justice Rajiv ..
Indian Consulate to organise free camp for Tri Valley students 2/Feb/2011
Indian Consulate in San Francisco and the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) will hold a free legal camp for Indian students who have been affected by the alleged immigration scam of Tri Valley University which was closed by the federal investigating agencies last week. The camp to be attended by SABA attorneys ..
Withdraw all telugu text books if mistakes found: HC 2/Feb/2011
The Madras High Court today directed the authorities to recall the Telugu text books if any mistakes were found to have crept into them. The Court gave this direction following a Public Interest Litigation filed by T Sanjeeva Rao, who sought a direction to the authorities to review the entire Social ..
Police crackdown on erring drivers of school buses, cabs 2/Feb/2011
Over 550 drivers of school buses and cabs were prosecuted in the capital on a single day for violating traffic rules while ferrying children, police said. Police launched the drive yesterday after serious concerns were expressed regarding school vans stuffing children in large numbers and ferrying them in an ..

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