Education News in India

IQ cannot be measured by a singular, standardised test 20/Dec/2012
scientists have claimed after conducting the largest online intelligence study on record that measuring a person's intelligence quotient or IQ by a singular, standardised test is "highly misleading", The landmark study which included more than 100,000 participants asked respondents to complete ..
TCS software development campus in West Bengal to be functional by end of .. 20/Dec/2012
Tata Consultancy Services said its Rs 1,350 crore software development campus in West Bengal will be functional by the end of 2014-15 and will employ 16,500 IT and BPO professionals. The campus is spread over 40 acres of land near in Rajarhat, near Kolkata. "Our growing presence in Kolkata ..
Scientists identify mechanisms that govern how the brain incorporates .. 20/Dec/2012
Scientists have identified mechanisms that govern how the brain incorporates information about new situations into our existing goals. Using brain scans of human volunteers, researchers at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI) found that updating goals takes place in a region known as the ..
Nitish demands UNESCO status for Nalanda historical sites 20/Dec/2012
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made a strong demand to include Nalanda historical sites in the UNESCO heritage list as had been done for Bodh Gaya. He demanded the Centre make an earnest effort for inclusion of Nalanda sites in UNESCO list. Kumar said while addressing a function on release of a ..
Primary schools with less than 20 students to be merged 20/Dec/2012
The Punjab Government announced that the primary schools in the state, having less than 20 students, would not be closed. Disclosing this here today, state Education minister Sikander Singh Maluka said that if in a locality or a village, two or more schools were found with less than 20 students, ..
NDMC to install CCTV in all civic schools for security of students 20/Dec/2012
With an aim to provide better security for children, particularly girls, North Delhi Municipal Corporation proposed to install CCTV surveillance cameras in all civic body-run schools. "We have proposed to install CCTV cameras in all municipal schools to provide security, especially for girls, ..
Teachers straining to cope with the additional work load with the .. 21/Dec/2012
Almost four years after the Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE) introduced Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), teachers are still straining to cope with the additional work load. According to Ritu Batish, a teacher at a private school, "Whenever the board takes a decision to be ..
Part 1 examination for arts, science, commerce and vocational courses .. 21/Dec/2012
The Palamu-based Nilamber Pitamber University has rescheduled Part 1 examination for arts, science, commerce and vocational courses owing to the ongoing strike called by teachers of affiliated colleges. The examinations, earlier scheduled to begin on November 30, have been postponed until January 7, 2013, if the strike ..
Attendance rates of girls at primary level and upper primary level higher .. 19/Dec/2012
More girls attend schools regularly than boys at primary and upper primary levels, a survey by independent agencies has shown, the Lok Sabha was informed. Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor said, "...attendance rates of girls at primary level were 70.6 per cent against the overall average ..
Around 7,000 students likely to participate in third Indian Student .. 19/Dec/2012
The third Indian Student Parliament will be held in Pune next month with around 7,000 students likely to converge for the event. Maharashtra Institute of Technology - School of Government (MIT-SOG) in Pune will host a three-day Indian Student Parliament or 'Bhartiya Chhatra Sansad' from January 10 to 12 ..

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