Saturday, June 23, 2012

OBC quota row: High court seeks Delhi University reply to plea of minority institutes

OBC quota row: High court seeks Delhi University reply to plea of minority institutes


OBC quota row: High court seeks Delhi University reply to plea of minority institutes

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 12:30 AM PDT

The Delhi high court on Friday asked Delhi University to respond to the plea of four of its colleges, claiming to be minority institutes, that they be exempted from giving 27 per cent reservation to OBCs students in the admission process for the 2012-13 academic year.


Quantity vs Quality

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:58 PM PDT

With more colleges and less students, engineering colleges and universities across the country have requested the AICTE to stop granting clearance for new colleges. Kaushik Rajaram gets you the inside story


St Stephen's cut-offs rise higher

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:51 PM PDT

With about 23,000 students applying for the 420 odd seats at St Stephenss College, Delhi, the competition has got tougher this year.


Training the tutors

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:44 PM PDT

In an effort that will provide momentum to the state government's education policies, Government of Maharashtra, represented by Sanjay Deshmukh, state project director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan signed the Maharashtra English Language Initiative for Primary Schools (ELIPS) agreement with the British Council.


Tamil Nadu governor inaugurates private school

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:30 PM PDT

Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah on Friday inaugurated the Vaasavi International school, sponsored by Puducherry based Arya Vysya Sangam and Puducherry Arya Vysya Educational Society.


Panel recommends legislation like UGC to improve distance education

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:27 PM PDT

Aiming for higher enrolment in distance education in India, a panel that went into its present status has recommended to the HRD Ministry that an independent legislation be passed, on the lines of UGC.


CBSE prepares fresh merit list for online medical counselling

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:25 PM PDT

The Central Board of Secondary Education has revised the result of All India Pre-Medical/ Pre-Dental Entrance Final Examination, 2012 as per the new scheme for online counselling approved by the Supreme Court.


Government asks varsities to go for accreditation

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:22 PM PDT

With some elite central universities yet to seek accreditation, the government on Friday favoured that they go for it and had a "unanimous" agreement on the issue.


CATE results out, over 6,000 names figure on merit list

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:22 PM PDT

Cutoffs for BA (honours) English are likely to soar in the first list thanks to the better scores of candidates sitting for Combined Aptitude Test for English (CATE).


'Take seat wherever you get it'

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:20 PM PDT

Applications have been filled and submitted but the new batch of students about to enter college still has questions - what courses are they allowed to take simultaneously?


Cutoffs likely to rise across colleges

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:18 PM PDT

The cutoffs for admission to undergraduate courses in DU colleges are expected to rise across all subjects. Many colleges had their admission committee meeting on Friday and the trends show that there will be stiff rise in cutoffs.


Protest disrupts discussion on school material issue at Pune Municipal Corporation's general body meeting

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:18 PM PDT

The issue of delay in distribution of educational material, such as uniforms and notebooks, could not be discussed in the general body meeting of PMC on Thursday, as political parties chose to agitate on the issue.


Respond to quota plea, HC tells DU

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:17 PM PDT

The Delhi high court on Friday asked Delhi University to respond to the plea of four of its colleges, claiming to be minority institutes, that they be exempted from giving 27 % reservation to OBC students in the admission process for 2012-13 academic year.


DU finally budges on fitness tests

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:15 PM PDT

There is some relief for aspirants seeking admission under sports category in Delhi University, as the university on Friday agreed to allow colleges to accept each others fitness test results.


Schools of Pune city, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation area fare better than Pune division

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:01 PM PDT

Secondary schools in the city and neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad have collectively registered an overall success rate of 87.17% in the secondary school certificate (SSC, Std X) exam 2012.


Lucknow: Over 7,500 take BCom entrance exam

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:31 PM PDT

The BCom entrance exam was peacefully conducted at National PG College on Friday.As many as 7,870 students appeared for the exams at 10 different centres in the city.The exam began at 11.00 a.m.


Rajasthan University's Law College offers crash course to assist aspirants

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:04 PM PDT

The course will begin Saturday onwards on the college campus.For this, the college has roped in its faculty along with that of the private coaching institute.


Jaipur: Youngsters eye English for better career prospects

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:55 PM PDT

English has become the most sought-after course for youngsters this year across various universities in the country.


IITs’ admission board to look for solutions today

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) of the Indian Institutes of Technology will hold an emergency meeting on Saturday in Delhi to discuss the admission process for 2013.


Private medical colleges make hay as National Eligibility cum Entrance Test looms

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:37 PM PDT

If sources are to be believed, management quota seats at almost all private medical colleges in the state have already been filled up, much ahead of EAMCET counselling.


Exam row: IIT directors to meet tomorrow

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 07:08 AM PDT

Against the backdrop of a controversy over the government's proposal for single entrance test, IIT directors will meet here tomorrow which will be followed by their meeting with HRD Minister Kapil Sibal next week to address the issue.


Exam row: IIT Directors to meet tomorrow

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 07:08 AM PDT

Against the backdrop of a controversy over the government's proposal for single entrance test, IIT Directors will meet here tomorrow which will be followed by their meeting with HRD Minister Kapil Sibal next week to address the issue.


Department of science and technology offers scholarships to students

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 06:57 AM PDT

In an attempt to recognize merit and attract students to pursue higher education in the basic sciences, the department of science and technology is offering scholarships to students who passed out of Class 12 this year.


No Urdu Prof for DU despite 9 advertisements in 17 years

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 05:57 AM PDT

MPs had written to President, but post remains vacant.


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