Education News in India

20 educational institutions in the state this year 19/Apr/2012
TN Chief Minister proposed establishing nearly 20 educational institutions in the state this year including engineering colleges, with the objective of reaching out to students of small towns as well as to reduce the drop-out rate, Making a statement in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Jayalalithaa announced ..
Institutions sign MoU with ELS 18/Apr/2012
Some institutions in Chennai and Coimbatore signed a memorandum of understanding with ELS, international recruiter for American colleges and universities. Officials of SRM University, Chennai, Gateway International School, GRD, Coimbatore, and PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore ..
Financial literacy awareness in school curriculum 18/Apr/2012
Minister M Veerappa Moily pitched for awareness of the subject in school curriculum, to increase financial literacy in the country. "Moily(Corporate affairs Minister) felt the need to protect the interest of investors and to build credibility of the companies. This included the awareness regarding ..
270 million Indians are illiterate: report 18/Apr/2012
According to report, about 270 million people aged 15 years and older still remain illiterate in India despite the country making major progress in cutting down the number of school drop-outs over the years, According to the Opportunity for Action report by the International Youth Foundation(IYF), there ..
Revamp of teaching education system in country begins 16/Apr/2012
The National council of teacher education (NCTE) has taken an initiative to reform and revamp teaching education system in the country. Following the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education-2009, the government is now gearing up to reform the teaching education system with an aim to ..
sibal says Right to Education Act burden not to be passed on to students 16/Apr/2012
After the Supreme Court this week upheld the constitutional validity of Right to Education Act, the government on Sunday allayed fears and dismissed suggestions that the burden which private schools will have to bear to implement the law will be passed on to students. The RTE Act mandates schools to ..
RTE Act implementation must start immediately 16/Apr/2012
At a meeting held here on Right to Education (RTE), lack of awareness on the implementation of RTE and its benefits were highlighted on Sunday. Lack of government control on the fees charged by private schools in Dakshina Kannada and their calendar of events were also pointed out. Renny ..
Action against 25 colleges for charging excess fees 18/Apr/2012
Higher Education Minister P. Palaniappan told the Assembly on Tuesday, the government has initiated action against 25 colleges for charging tuition fees in excess of what has been prescribed. Moving the demands for grants for the department, he said that the committee constituted to look into ..
Govt. plans 299 additional courses in 51 colleges 18/Apr/2012
According to Higher Education Minister P. Palaniappan, the government will start 299 additional courses in 51 government arts and science colleges this academic year. In his reply to the discussion on demands for grants for the department, the Minister said starting additional academic courses in these ..
Minister hints at action against school 18/Apr/2012
School Education Minister N.R. Sivapathy told the Assembly on Tuesday that the State government is considering action against Mount Saint Joseph Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Tiruvannamalai, where ‘organised' copying in the SSLC public examination came to light on Monday. Replying to a ..

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