Education News in India

Asia Pacific Top 10 includes Indian B-Schools 22/Feb/2012
According to a survey four Indian Business Schools have made it to the top 10 business Schools in the Asia Pacific region thereby strengthening their stand amongst international employers. According to the QS Global 200 business schools report there is considerable improvement in International employer opinion for ..
Dearth of PhDs: Mumbai university to focus more on research 22/Feb/2012
In order to boost research activities in the varsity and affiliated colleges, Mumbai University is trying out several measures. The commerce facility, in particular, has been clearing pending research proposals and conducting workshops to encourage teachers to take up guideship in their respective fields of ..
CBSE students in Nashik prefer board exams over internal tests 22/Feb/2012
The purpose of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)'s plan to make board exams optional in class X seems to be defeated in Nashik. While in the last year, a big chunk of students from class X opted out of board exams, this year the numbers are reduced to single digits in most city schools. ..
Elite school students urge to promote Punjabi 22/Feb/2012
Hundreds of students of elite schools, where they face virtual ban on speaking in their mother tongue, Punjabi, raised slogans and carried placards to promote Punjabi here on the occasion of International Mother Language Day on Tuesday. Still the bigger development which seemed like reversing history was ..
TN uneasy over scrapping JEE 22/Feb/2012
Education ministers and officials from various States will meet in New Delhi on Wednesday to decide whether to adopt the common aptitude-cum-advanced knowledge test proposed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development for admission to engineering institutions in their respective States. The test ..
Giving our mother tongue its due 21/Feb/2012
On all Fridays, underneath the canopy of Acacia trees, on scattered bamboo benches students sit with sheets of papers clutched in their hands, with journals spread open on their laps. The signboard next to the thatched entrance says “Thannal Muttam”. It is a weekly forum comprising of students ..
Screen revaluation paper for Rs 500 22/Feb/2012
Kerala University has decided to make crucial amendments to rules regarding the revaluation process to ensure more transparency. One of the decisions was to make available photostat copies of answer sheets on payment of a fee of Rs 500. Another decision was to make changes in the mark list ..
Karaikal NIT yet to get own premises 22/Feb/2012
The dream of the Karaikal unit of the national institute of technology (NIT) getting a full-fledged premises remains a pipedream due to inordinate delay on the part of the Puducherry government in acquiring the required extent of land for the buildings. As an ad hoc arrangement, NIT Karaikal presently ..
Education firm enters Limca Book 22/Feb/2012
A Chennai educational services firm has entered the Limca Book of Records for launching 24,000 pin code-wise websites at one go in the country in 2011. The feat was made possible through a mobile app called Hum Thum that lets people create their own websites from their smartphones. Hum Thum ..
Tamil Nadu setting high standards 21/Feb/2012
Tamil Nadu is aiming at securing 100% pass rate in government schools across the state, on par with private unaided schools in the state. To achieve this target department officials should not take leave till the exams are over, school education minister N R Sivapathy said. Giving district education ..

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