Tuesday, June 26, 2012

'Over 80 technical, management colleges closed shop this year'

'Over 80 technical, management colleges closed shop this year'


'Over 80 technical, management colleges closed shop this year'

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:10 PM PDT

Over 80 colleges in the area of technical and management studies have closed shop this year so far, with majority of them being management colleges, a top AICTE official said on Monday.


IIT Bombay starts training 10,000 teachers

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:05 PM PDT

The training programme for 10,000 teachers was inaugurated on Monday by human resource development minister Kapil Sibal at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.


IGNOU launches three courses on Mahatma Gandhi and Peace Studies

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:56 PM PDT

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched three new modular programmes on Mahatma Gandhi and Peace Studies.


‘Mismanagement’ at Punjab State Education Board leaves many sweating

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:05 PM PDT

Due to lack of arrangements and proper manning of the queues, the scene at the female counter was also miserable and students were witnessed standing for long hours in the scorching heat with no water for respite in vicinity.

Panjab University crammed with help desks for admissions

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 05:39 PM PDT

Are you here for admissions? Allow us to be of some assistance. These words echo on the Panjab University campus nowadays.

Students in coveted IIT-Bombay departments unhappy lot: Study

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 05:21 PM PDT

A survey conducted at the IIT-Bombay on the happiness quotient of students reveals that the ones in the computer science engineering and electrical engineering departments are not as happy as their counterparts in other departments.


UGC’s OBC grant bias irks Allahabad University’s constituent colleges

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 05:04 PM PDT

Following the implementation of the OBC reservation, constituent colleges of Allahabad University have been asked to raise the number of seats for undergraduate courses by 54%.

Eight university tie-ups picked for Obama-Singh awards

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:48 PM PDT

Among the India-led partnerships include tie-ups between Rutgers University and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to establish a national vocational school in India that will eventually train up to 1 million people every year.


DU's first cutoff list offers cut-throat competition, as colleges play safe

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:43 PM PDT

Colleges of Delhi University played safe as they announced an inflated cutoff list late night on Monday.


Delhi University cutoffs soar even in off-campus colleges

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:26 PM PDT

Though many popular colleges have tried to not raise the bar too high, the cutoffs have soared in some off-campus colleges, with a rise of up to 11 percentage points in courses such as BA (h) history compared with last year's first list.


IIM-Udaipur's second session starts

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:10 PM PDT

The Indian Institute of Management located in Udaipur began its second journey on Monday with the introduction of second batch.

Std IX Hindi textbook rear cover has wrong photo

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:01 PM PDT

Just as talk about the delay in printing textbooks for class IX students died down, the state board has been dragged into a new controversy.


Missionary schools spell out stand on poor kids' admission

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Setting at rest months of speculation over the fate of under-privileged children admitted under the Right to Education Act (RTE), organizations running missionary schools have made their stand clear on the issue.

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