Education News in India

Indians competitive, value MBA more 21/Jan/2011
"This is often reflected in GMAT scores. We have found that students who come from countries which lay a great emphasis on high-stakes tests tend to perform better in the GMAT", says Alex Chisholm, senior analyst, research and development, with the Graduate Management Admission Council, the body that conducts ..
CBSE guidelines for Std X exams out 21/Jan/2011
A circular mentioning the rules for conducting the school-based summative assessment exams for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Std IX and X examinations was out on the official website on Wednesday. While the CBSE Std X board examinations will be held between March 1 and 25, the circular explains that ..
Science expo lines up latest in field and more 21/Jan/2011
The fifth science exposition kicked off at the Nehru Science Centre on Thursday. More than 13 scientific and research organisations across the nation are participating in the event to showcase the latest research and developments that are taking place in their respective institutions. "Science Expoan ..
India only 7th best in GMATH 21/Jan/2011
‘Where there is a will, there is a way'— is perhaps easier said than done. We always need someone to show the way. Anand Kumar has been that someone in many lives. Here's proof that Indians have a flair for mathematics. Indians scored higher than the global average in GMATs quantitative ..
Steering through success 20/Jan/2011
Through an innovative initiative called ‘super 30', he has towed hundreds of underprivileged students out of poverty and led them into IITs. What started as a classroom activity in Bihar has now sparked into a revolution echoing across the globe. “Education is an empowering weapon and every ..
Games they play 20/Jan/2011
Manuj Dhariwal was good at playing games. The joke among his friends went, ‘Give Manuj three things and he will build a game with it'. And he made no mistakes. A game he started building in 2005 is changing the way Hindi is being learnt in many schools. More than 12,000 kits of Aksharit, the Hindi ..
Ensure quality faculty in engineering colleges in Kerala 21/Jan/2011
The Federation of Associations of Managements of Unaided Professional Educational Institutions has said that inspections should also be conducted at government-controlled self-financing engineering colleges in the State to ascertain the quality of teaching faculty. Reacting to the Kerala High ..
IMA to oppose Rural Health course 20/Jan/2011
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has described as “unfortunate” the endorsement of the Union Government's decision to start a Bachelor of Rural Health course at the meeting of State Health Ministers in Hyderabad on January 12-13. Calling it a retrograde step, the IMA members said ..
56 Indian-Americans semi-finalists in Intel competition 21/Jan/2011
Fifty six high school students of Indian-American community were named amongst the 300 semi-finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search which is considered as America's most prestigious pre-college science competition. California has the highest number of the semi finalists, 41 out of which seven are Indian ..
Free education for EWS children upto class XII in Delhi 21/Jan/2011
Delhi Govt has decided to provide free education up to class XII to children belonging to economically weaker section in the city though the Right to Education Act makes it obligatory to offer free education only upto class VIII. With the decision, Delhi perhaps became the first state in the country to ..

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