Education News in India

Government taking steps to increase trained manpower to meet target of 17 .. 14/Feb/2013
With a view to increasing the trained manpower in Haryana so as to meet the target of 17 lakh persons during the years 2012-17, a number of steps have been initiated by the Department of Industrial Training, an official said. State's Industrial Training Minister Geeta Bhukkal said under a plan to set up ..
UP government to make serious effort to ensure Intermediate exams were .. 14/Feb/2013
The Allahabad High Court directed Uttar Pradesh government to make serious effort to ensure that the upcoming High School and Intermediate exams were held in free and fair manner and that institutions previously found to be involved in malpractices are not made examination centres again. The order was ..
Kolkatta HC directs WBSSc not to proceed with the selection process of .. 14/Feb/2013
The Calcutta High Court stayed the selection process for secondary teachers by the West Bengal School Service Commission after being prima facie satisfied about alleged anomalies in the examination process. Justice Debasish Kar Gupta directed that the WBSSC could not proceed with the selection process ..
EU and the United States are to negotiate the biggest free trade agreement .. 14/Feb/2013
European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said, the EU and the United States are to negotiate the biggest free trade agreement ever, a global "game-changer," boosting growth and providing much-needed jobs. An accord between the world's two largest trading entities would be ..
Proposed IIM council will not have powers to take any decision. 14/Feb/2013
Amid controversy over the government's move to bring IIMs under an umbrella body, the HRD Ministry today said the proposed IIM council will be only a "coordinating" unit which will not have powers to take any decision. Higher Education Secretary Ashok Thakur said a final shape to the proposed ..
A.P.Singh appointed as member of the Union Public Service Commission 14/Feb/2013
Former CBI director Amar Pratap Singh, who retired a couple of months ago, has been appointed as member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He was administered oath of office and secrecy by UPSC chairman D P Agrawal, an official press release said. Singh, a 1974-batch IPS officer ..
HRD ministry wants sex education to be part of school curriculum 14/Feb/2013
With a minor named as accused in the Delhi gangrape incident, HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju feels that sex education should be made an integral part of the school curriculum. "We have already started talking about this... Something has to be part of our curriculum," he said today, reacting to a ..
Students surrounded by academically better friends may see their owns .. 14/Feb/2013
Good grades may be contagious! Students surrounded by friends who are academically better may see their own grades rise, according to a new study. "The smarter that your friends are today, there's a higher chance for you to become smarter as well tomorrow," said study co-author Hiroko Sayama ..
Gondwana University facing government neglect 14/Feb/2013
Gondwana University Vice Chancellor Vijay Ainchwar has accused the state government of ignoring the plight of the university and stalling funds. "The government has not released the non salary grant since the opening of the university in October 2011. At least Rs 1 crore is expected for these ..
Bombay HC comes to the rescue of an errant student by granting him .. 14/Feb/2013
Coming to the rescue of a tenth standard student who was expelled from school for possessing tobacco, the Bombay High Court has allowed him to complete the academic year by granting him permission to appear in the forthcoming SSC examination in March. Sixteen-year-old Ankit Jaiswal was expelled by the ..

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