Education News in India

PM calls for greater investments in popularising science to help establish .. 3/Jan/2013
With the country facing challenges in the roll-out of genetically-modified food and nuclear energy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said these issues cannot be settled by faith, emotion or fear but by structured debate. Pitching for a scientific approach to understand these issues, Singh called for ..
Evolve an educational system with a scientific culture and increased focus .. 3/Jan/2013
President Pranab Mukherjee emphasised on evolving an educational system which imbibes a scientific culture and increased focus on innovation to compete in a globalised economy. He also called upon the scientific fraternity to work in a "time bound manner" to help India win a Noble Prize in ..
Infants can discriminate between vowel sounds even before they are born 3/Jan/2013
Babies begin learning language in the womb from the mother, say scientists who found that infants can discriminate between vowel sounds even before they are born. Previously, it was believed that newborns begin to discriminate between language sounds within their first months of life. ..
Authorities direct government and private schools to suspend classes up to .. 3/Jan/2013
With intense cold wave sweeping the Jaipur district, authorities today directed government and private schools not to hold classes up to 8th standard till January 12. The timing for students of classes nine to 12 had also been rescheduled, District Collector T ..
PM says transformation of the agricultural sector should be the top .. 3/Jan/2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said transformation of the agricultural sector should be the top priority of the country's public policies including those on science and technology. He also said that complex issues related to genetically modified food, nuclear energy or the exploration of outer space cannot ..
Being spiritual makes one more susceptible to mental illness 2/Jan/2013
Researchers suggest people who claim to be "spiritual" but not religious are often struggling to cope mentally and suffered problems including abnormal eating conditions, drug abuse, anxiety disorder, phobias and neurosis. They were also more likely than others to be taking ..
Minister wants Himachal University to be set up in Dharamsala 2/Jan/2013
The proposed Central University of Himachal Pradesh should be set up in Dharamsala alone, state minister Sudhir Sharma said. "The Central University of Himachal was given to Dharamsala in 2007 by Congress President Sonia Gandhi and it should be set up in Dharamsala only," the Urban ..
Internet turns 30 2/Jan/2013
The Internet, a revolutionary and cheap communications system that has transformed the lives of billions of people across the world, turned 30. The computer network officially began its technological revolution when it fully substituted previous networking systems on January 1 1983.<br ..
CBSE announces the timetable for its standard X and XII exams 2/Jan/2013
The Delhi-based Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the timetable for its standard X and XII exams. According to a press release by CBSE PRO Rama Sharma, both exams will commence from March 1 at 10.30am. The standard X exam will begin with the painting subject and continue till March ..
Government firm on holding CET for admission to state universities for PG .. 2/Jan/2013
The government is firm on holding a common entrance test (CET) for admission to state universities for post-graduate studies from 2013 despite opposition from students. However, keeping in mind university autonomy, the CET committee has proposed to give 50% weightage to CET scores while letting varsities ..

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