Education News in India

No stick but its also not carrots all the way 12/Jan/2012
Pinky sat with a puffed up face as tear drops smudged the pages of her maths notebook. She sat tight-lipped, fidgeting with her pencil and sharpener in the first bench of class 3A. Her non-stop giggles and endless chatting made the class teacher change her seat. For the little one, losing her favourite seat was worse ..
Art is where their hearts lie 10/Jan/2012
Once little Mona held her wax crayons close to her bosom, hiding her tears behind the curtains of her home. Today, Mona S. Mohan is a budding artist at the RLV College of Music and Fine Arts, Thripunithura whose eloquence about the happenings in the world is vividly reflected in her host of paintings. She ..
6 IIMs say goodbye to group discussion 10/Jan/2012
There’s good news for B-school aspirants. Raipur, Rohtak, Ranchi, Udaipur, Tiruchirappalli and Kashipur IIMs have done away with the often-traumatic group discussion (GD) and replaced it with a written test. IIM-Ranchi director Prof M.J. Xavier told Deccan Chronicle Education the institute had ..
Cabinet to consider bill on innovation universities 12/Jan/2012
The bill for setting up of world class Innovation Universities, 14 by the government and also by private sector, is all set for Cabinet clearance with a major change from its earlier draft. HRD ministry has accepted Planning Commission's view that not all innovation universities be planned from scratch but existing ..
IIMs dont appeal to Gujarat?s CAT topper 12/Jan/2012
As students across the country are crossing their fingers to get into one of the IIMs, Gujarat's top scorer in the Common Admission Test (CAT) this year, Vipul Tyagi, does not intend to study in any of these coveted institutes. In fact the 23 year-old appeared in the valued Common Admission Test (CAT) to prove to ..
Allahabad University expands cashless medical facility for staff 10/Jan/2012
New Year has come up with a good news for teaching and non-teaching employees of Allahabad University and its constituent colleges. The varsity authorities have decided to expand the facility of cashless medical facility, under Contributory Health Scheme (AUCHS) at ten additional private hospitals, two ..
New director at NCERT 11/Jan/2012
The former pro-vice-chancellor of Indra Gandhi National Open University (Ignou), Parvin Sinclair has been appointed as director, National Council of Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT). Sinclair who took charge from early this month will now serve as the director of NCERT for five years. ..
CMAT application date extended to Jan 22 10/Jan/2012
The All-India Council for Technical Education has extended the deadline to apply for CMAT 2012 till January 22. The original deadline was January 9. AICTE chairman S S Mantha said as some states have elections on January 9, the registration date has been extended to give candidates enough time to sign up for the test...
Dental college faces closure, pupils to be transferred 10/Jan/2012
For eight months, every student of Guardian Dental College (GDC) in Ambernath has not been attending classes. Reason: no lectures are being held there. Recently, both Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) and Dental Council of India (DCI) withdrew the college’s rights to admit new ..
ICSE and ISC exam dates announced 9/Jan/2012
The examination dates of Indian School Certificate examination (ISC) and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education examination (ICSE) for 2012 have been announced. The ISC exams are scheduled to begin from February 13 and will end on March 29; ICSE exams will begin on February 27 till April 3. The first ..

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