Education News in India

No validity of certificates by unrecognised institutions: SC 11/Jan/2012
The Supreme Court has ruled that certificates awarded by unreognized private teachers' training institutes will have no legality unless the courses are recognised by the National Council for Technical Education (NCTE). A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said it would be the ..
Fulbright-Nehru fellowship to TNAU scientist 11/Jan/2012
A scientist in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has received the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship for the year 2011-12 from US-India Educational Foundation. Under the fellowship programme, Dr Chandrababu, Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, will work for eight ..
College students cheated promising job placements 11/Jan/2012
A man and a woman were arrested for allegedly duping several engineering college students by posing as campus recruitment consultants and collecting lakhs of rupees from them. According to police, the arrested, identified as Kothapalli Praveena and Seshu, had collected about Rs 12 lakh cash and over ..
WB Govt to fund career aptitude tests for 2,000 SC/ST students 11/Jan/2012
As many as 2,000 scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students who have won the West Bengal government's Dr B R Ambedkar Merit Award in 2010 and 2011 will now by provided career counselling opportunities, Minister for SC/ST Welfare Upen Biswas said. "It is often noticed that students who ..
Jobless Britons applying for work at South Pole 11/Jan/2012
It seems jobless Britons are willing to go to the end of the Earth to find work, for data has revealed that record numbers of unemployed tradesmen are applying for jobs at the South Pole. Recruiters at the British Antarctic Survey are on course to receive more than 3,000 applications for just 36 ..
Rights education mooted to get rid of caste discrimination 11/Jan/2012
Terming the prevailing caste system as "a badge of shame", the Social Justice Ministry has recommended human rights education at various levels including civil services and other central service training institutions to get rid of caste-based discrimination. The report of the '12th Five ..
Extra curricular no more 12/Jan/2012
Gone are the days when activities like gardening, pottery and cooking came under the paradigm of hobby classes. To the horror of students, most of the time, the chemistry and math teachers eyed these classes like hawks to snatch the time allotted for not-so-important subjects for their extra classes.<br ..
Give emphasis to research, IIM-A alumnus tells B-Schools 12/Jan/2012
A masters degree in business administration is now only equal to yesteryear’s graduation degree, said IIM-A alumnus and management guru Dr. P.V. Lakshmipathy, adding that business schools should look beyond placement records and give more emphasis to research. Irrespective of whether or not students ..
GVHSS: A role model for other schools 12/Jan/2012
Government Girls Vocational Higher Secondary (GVHSS), Nadakkav, Kozhikode is a role model for all other schools in the city. The plethora of programmes along with the versatility and the creative approach it fosters is noteworthy. “We really have a wide range of programmes like multimedia smart ..
War of the words becomes a huge hit 12/Jan/2012
Some time ago, students of Christ Nagar Higher Secondary School in Thiruvananthapuram had gone to Bangalore to attend a competition called ‘Debating Matters’, organised by the British Council. This proved to be an inspiration for the school to conduct an inter-school debating contest called ..

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