Education News in India

IIIT likely to come in Tripura in 12th Five Year Plan: CM 14/Jan/2012
The Central government will take necessary steps to ensure setting up of an IIIT in Tripura within the 12th Five Year Plan period, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. "I told (Union HRD Minister) Kapil Sibal that we want any one out of the elite Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) or ..
Students lock college protesting Principals transfer 14/Jan/2012
Students of a polytechnic college at Kalna in Burdwan district shut the institute and sat on a dharna to protest the transfer of their principal. Students of the Kalna Polytechnic college locked the institute's main gate to protest the transfer of their principal Asit Kumr Manna to ..
Ensure funds for toilets in govt schools: SC to Centre 14/Jan/2012
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to ensure availability of funds with state governments and union territories for construction of toilets, specially for girls, in all government schools. The absence of which has been coming in way of providing free and compulsory education to children. <br ..
IIM heads meet, discuss ways to raise funds on expansion plans 14/Jan/2012
IIM heads met on 13 Jan to find ways to raise funds to meet expansion plans. It is understood that they have decided to go ahead with setting up of development centres and start the process of relation building with philanthropists, industrialists and their alumni. They were of the ..
Rote learning kills critical thinking, creativity and application: a study 14/Jan/2012
In a recent survey conducted by Wipro EI Quality Education study 2011 across 89 schools in India covering around 23,000 students and 800 teachers and principals revealed several shocking facts. These findings are drawn from 89 of the country's top schools, each that had a library, a laboratory and enough ..
Electrons negativity cut into half 13/Jan/2012
Physicists claim to have split into half a simulated electron, which they say is not possible by a physical process. A team from Duke University, the University of Zurich and the University of Waterloo in Canada achieved the results by using several massive supercomputers, the 'Science' journal ..
TNAU Pulse wonder to replace existing practice 13/Jan/2012
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) thanked the TN Chief Minister for taking steps to promote 'TNAU Pulse Wonder' with a budget outlay of Rs 212.5 crore, for the benefit of farmers. In a statement, vice chancellor, Dr Murugesa Bhoopathi said that though pulses are being cultivated in six lakh ..
ICICI Lombard GIC partners with IIRM 13/Jan/2012
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd, a private sector General Insurance company, and the Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM), an international education and research organisation, signed an MOU introducing a Post Graduate Program in Risk and General Insurance (PG-PRGI). ..
Schools directed to install GPS in their buses 13/Jan/2012
Learning a lesson from the Ambala road mishap in which 13 children were killed, district authorities have directed all private schools to adopt security measures like installing Global Positioning Systems in vehicles transporting children. The schools have been directed to install GPS along with ..
Human rights issues discussed at CRPF academy 13/Jan/2012
Human rights issues being tackled by police and security forces in Naxal-affected areas were the main focus of a seminar held at the CRPF academy. Senior serving and retired police officials from various state and paramilitary forces participated in the one-day seminar held at the CRPF training academy in ..

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