Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Work for upliftment of society, says Meghwal

Work for upliftment of society, says Meghwal


Work for upliftment of society, says Meghwal

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:23 PM PDT

Primary and secondary education minister Master Bhanwar Lal Meghwal on Tuesday urged the teachers, 'preyaks' (volunteers) and donors (Bhamashah) to work for the uplift of society by building a strong educated society. He was speaking at the 17th state-level Bhamashah felicitation ceremony at Birla Auditorium.


Banking on loans to fulfil their dreams

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT

A beeline of students holding biodata in banks has become a common sight in the city. With first cut-off list declared in all state universities and colleges, those who missed out are eyeing either to study abroad or seeking admission in private universities.


Needed: Safe, peaceful places

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Parents of students eyeing to study abroad are apprehensive of security issues, accommodation, food and part-time job opportunities in the foreign countries. The series of racial attacks on Indian citizens in Australia have jolted many. It resulted in less number of students choosing Australia for higher studies.


High cut-offs: Students eye foreign vistas

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT

With cut-offs going up in all premier universities and colleges, securing a seat in RU and its constituent colleges or in Delhi University is getting difficult. Students with 80% and above are finding it easier to study abroad rather than get an admission in any good university in the country.


Minority quota poser to 4 top Mumbai schools

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 04:20 PM PDT

Four prominent Mumbai schools—St Mary's, St Xavier's, Christ Church and Holy Family—have been accused of violating rules on filling up the minority quota in their institutions by the government.


HC asks govt to frame RTE rules in 6 wks

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 04:12 PM PDT

The Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu school education department to finalise and publish the rules for the Right to Education Act within six weeks.

Kakodkar to review functioning of 30 NITs

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar will be asked to review the functioning of the 30 National Institutes of Technology.


Cancellation of registration irks pupils

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Even after paying Rs 3,500 fees for the summer term, students of Punjab Engineering College (PEC) were barred from attending classes.


Snag disrupts online admission to jr colleges in Mumbai

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 01:23 PM PDT

Several students spent anxious moments on Tuesday afternoon after they couldn't access the junior college admission website.

Admission rush despite marginal dip in cutoff

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 12:59 PM PDT

The dip in cutoffs may have been marginal, but colleges witnessed a lot of rush on the first day of admissions in the third list.


Tutors in teachers' clothing

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Advaitya Pandya is a class XI student in an upmarket school in the city. His father, Arvind, happened to run into his son's physics teacher who told him that Advaitya had fared badly in the subject.


7,000 yet to get Gujarat University admission

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Students with more than 65-70 per cent marks are yet to get admission in commerce colleges affiliated to Gujarat University. This issue has generated a controversy with several students' unions making their representations before the vice-chancellor of GU.


Higher secondary supplementary exams begin today across state

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Goa board's higher secondary school certificate (HSSC) supplementary exam will begin on June 29, 2011. This is the first year when students who have failed in two subjects in the Class XII exams will be answering the supplementary exam.


Students face hassles in college admission

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Even as Patna University (PU) colleges have started the process of admission to their undergraduate courses, many selected candidates are finding it difficult to secure their admission due to non-availability of their mark sheets.

Hang on, these colleges charge no capitation

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:01 AM PDT

Two private engineering colleges have been able to buck the trend of collecting capitation fee. While SSN College of Engineering in Kelambakkam relies on generous donations from philanthropists, Sastra a deemed university in Thanjavur breaks even by charging a higher fee.


Engg edu is no free lunch

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT

It's the admission season and parents are only too clearly feeling the pinch of paying for a college education for their children. However, private unaided engineering colleges say that the prescribed fee is unrealistic and they have to collect a higher fee or donations to cover the cost of running the institution.


Australia woos Indian students with scholarships

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Ten scholars from India will be awarded 90,000 Australian dollars (about $94,400) each to pursue their PhDs from varsities in Australia's Victoria state starting 2012, the Australian High Commission said on Tuesday.


Two Delhi schools questioned on turning away girl of 7

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT

The Delhi High Court has questioned the central government and two city-based Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) on a seven-year-old girl's plea challenging the denial of admission to her in Class 1.


Nearly 9K engg seats may remain vacant in NU

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 09:53 AM PDT

Last year, over 22,000 engineering seats were vacant at the end of the admission process in Maharashtra, with some 6,000 in Nagpur University alone. This year nearly that many seats, if not more, are expected to remain vacant, if one goes by the applications received by Nagpur division office of directorate of technical education (DTE).

CAP form submissions begin; CBSE board-based examinees to apply

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Form submissions through the Centralized Admission Process (CAP) began on Tuesday for admissions to junior colleges. Form submission will continue till July 2 for science, commerce and bifocal courses.

ITI, a high for the lower strata

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT

Polytechnic strengthens engineering concepts at an early stage. Likewise, Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and Industrial Training Centers (ITC) also do something similar. Matriculation is the basic eligibility for admission to an ITI or an ITC.

No change in engineering fees this year

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:19 AM PDT

The Justice Balasubramanian committee has said that there would be no change in the fee structure prescribed for BE / B Tech and B Arch courses in Tamil Nadu.


NZ to give sports scholarships to Indian students

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 12:35 AM PDT

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key today announced a new sports scholarship and exchange programme, wherein a number of scholarships would be provided to Indian students to study sports in New Zealand universities.


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