Education News in India

Schools in Haryana shut from Jan 7-16 3/Jan/2011
The education department of Haryana has announced that all schools in the state will remain closed from January 7 to 15, 2011, in view of the cold conditions prevailing across the state. Director of Secondary Education Vijayendra Kumar said that the schools would reopen after winter vacations on January ..
MCI nod for national eligibility test for MBBS fuels row 3/Jan/2011
In a controversial move, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has issued a notification making the national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET) the sole qualification for the MBBS course as well as post graduate admissions in all medical colleges across the country. The notification dated December 21 has ..
Schools in state blase about water crisis 3/Jan/2011
When it comes to public issues, schools often take the lead. They are at the forefront on matters ranging from the environment to poverty. It is thus surprising that the institutions did not rise to the occasion when it came to Mumbai’s worst water crisis in years. Stringent water cuts bedevilled the city for 15 ..
What'll we do with all these engineers: PM's adviser 3/Jan/2011
A top science advisor to the Prime Minister made known his displeasure over the government's announcement that would substantially increase intake in engineering colleges at a time when he believes the number of admissions is already high. Prof C N R Rao, an eminent scientist and chairman of the ..
Health Ministry declares common entrance test notifications ?invalid? 4/Jan/2011
Taken aback by the Medical Council of India's notifications for holding common entrance tests to graduate and post- graduate courses, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday declared the two notifications “invalid” and directed the MCI to withdraw these with immediate effect. ..
Today's generation 'can't live without mobiles, emails' 3/Jan/2011
Today's generation is so much hooked to mobiles and the Internet that depriving them of their cell phones, emails and gadgets like television and iPod could leave them suffering from symptoms similar to those seen in drug addicts trying to give up, a new study has revealed. For the study, an international ..
Human brains 'shrinking over last 20,000 years 3/Jan/2011
Admit it or not, people may be becoming increasingly dumb, says a new study which has found that the human brain has been gradually shrinking over the last 20,000 years. According to the study, this decrease in size follows two million years during which the human cranium steadily grew in size, and it has ..
Medical Council of India suggests major changes in UG course 3/Jan/2011
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has recommended major changes in the undergraduate course in medicine by converting conventional education into a competency-based module to develop skilled doctors through early clinical exposure. It also suggested doubling the intake of medical students to meet the ..
India to soon have navratna universities 3/Jan/2011
India will soon have 'Navratna' Universities on the lines of the famous Ivy League varsities, which will be "free them from the shackles of government control," Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said. In his keynote address at the 98th Indian Science Congress at SRM University near here, Sibal ..
Madurai Kamaraj varsity to get rs 1.70 crore e-learning equipment 3/Jan/2011
The Madurai Kamaraj university will get e-learning equipment for Rs.1.70 crore for its Educational Multi-media Research Centre (EMMRC). According to an official press release here today, the University Grants Commission had sanctioned the amount for equipping the centre with state-of-the-art production ..

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