Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Parents protest against 'high' school fees in Chennai

Parents protest against 'high' school fees in Chennai


Parents protest against 'high' school fees in Chennai

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 12:47 AM PDT

Parents of school students in Chennai continue to be at loggerheads with some schools over high fees.


UP board class XII results: An impressive 89.4% clear the exams

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 11:28 PM PDT



IIT Madras to tie up with Automation Industry Association to enhance research projects

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 11:01 PM PDT

The Indian Institute of Technology - Madras has planned to tie up with the Automation Industry Association to set up a centre of excellence in the field in Chennai.


Youth Summit to strengthen India-UK relations

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:05 PM PDT

Edinburgh Youth Summit 2012 is conducting an online video contest and they are looking for ten dynamic communicators, five each from India and the UK, to take part in a summit on the theme of India-UK: Future and Reinvention around the Culture Ministers' Summit in Edinburgh in August 2012.


MoU for setting up a Design Innovation Centre

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT

Pradyumna Vyas, director, National Institute of Design (NID) and DC Patnaik, CEO and financial advisor, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of Devendrakumar R Desai, chairman, KVIC for setting up a KVIC-NID Design Innovation Centre at NID.


TOEFL unveils voice identification software to increase test security globally

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:56 PM PDT

ETS, the creator of the TOEFL test, announced the introduction of biometric voice identification to maintain fair and reliable TOEFL testing.


AISECT partners with NSDC to empower youth

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:50 PM PDT

Bhopal based AISECT, has partnered with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) with a mission to empower around 1.3 million youth across semi-urban and rural India over the next ten years.


A question of privacy

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:45 PM PDT

Even as issues regarding social networking sites, Facebook's public listing and its future, as also Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg's marriage makes headlines, four students at Jamia Millia Islamia carried out a research on Facebook, its use and impact on students life on campus.


Bihar Board 12th result: Begusarai students bag top 3 slots

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:28 PM PDT



Chance to provide a much better education to young India: US

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:27 PM PDT

Ahead of the next week's India-US education dialogue, the United States Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said there is chance to provide a much better education for thousands of young people in India.


States unwilling to join new IIT-JEE format

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 08:49 PM PDT

As the government moves ahead with its plan for a common engineering entrance test, a majority of states at a meeting of education ministers on Tuesday refused to join the new IIT-JEE entrance format for institutions run by them.


Mumbai University V-C promises exam system overhaul

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 07:26 PM PDT

The Mumbai University's vice-chancellor, Rajan Welukar, said on Tuesday that many of the loopholes in the exam process will be plugged within two days to ensure that there are no further leaks during the remaining test season.


Commerce college starts issuing BCom forms

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 05:08 PM PDT

With the results of Class XII exam conducted by Assam Higher Secondary Education Council declared on Monday, the Gauhati Commerce College has started issuing admission forms for BCom courses on Tuesday.


10% more seats in Bengal colleges to balance high cutoff marks

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 04:32 PM PDT

For the second year in a row, the state government has decided to increase the number of seats in colleges to accommodate higher secondary candidates.


Online counselling for MBBS: SC seeks MCI take

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 03:46 PM PDT

The SC on Tuesday sought MCI's response within two days to a proposal from DGHS for maiden online counseling for allotment of over 2,000 MBBS and BDS seats in medical colleges from this academic session.


‘Integrated reasoning’ section added to GMAT

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 03:06 PM PDT

The GMAT exam has introduced a new section, "integrated reasoning", designed to measure a student's ability to convert data from multiple sources and in different formats into relevant information to solve problems.


States lukewarm to CET rollout from 2013

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 02:53 PM PDT

The Centre's hopes, that states would adopt a single format for undergraduate engineering courses, were met with a lukewarm response on Tuesday.


UGC fights caste bias, links it to recognition

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 02:50 PM PDT

UGC has enforced new set of regulations that empower it to revoke recognition or withdraw grants of public and private colleges and universities found to be negligent in tackling cases of caste discrimination.


Mumbai University engineering question paper leak: 14 professors, students, and staffers held

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 02:34 PM PDT

The Mumbai police's crime branch have arrested 14 people, including two professors of a Karjat college, two laboratory assistants and five students, in connection with the leak of three engineering question papers last month.


Maharashtra grace marks row: Relief for Class IX & X students

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT

In a major relief for Class IX and X students, the state government has decided to defer its policy on grace marks by a year.


Nagpur University’s PhD entrance from June 27-30

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 01:17 PM PDT

The Nagpur University has announced dates of PhD entrance exam (PET) and has invited applications from eligible candidates. The exam would be conducted online from June 27 to 30 and results would be declared on July 2.


CS exam cancelled after paper leak in Faridabad

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 01:08 PM PDT

Tuesday's foundation course exam for company secretariat (CS) was cancelled after the paper leaked a day before at a centre in Faridabad.Close to 40,000 students have registered for this exam across India.


Smashing results: Mumbai University TYBCom pass score up to 81.5%

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Commerce graduates passing from the portals of the Mumbai University have never had it better.Beyond the fact that results are out in good time, most students' score cards are shining with astonishing grades.


Gujarat Technological University issues notices to 60 MBA colleges

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has slapped notices to nearly 60 management colleges across the state after finding dismal infrastructure and faculty crunch during a recent inspection.


Ahmedabad’s conditional okay to Joint Entrance Examination

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 12:31 PM PDT

State education minister Ramanlal Vora said that Gujarat will join the Union government's initiative to conduct Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to all engineering colleges only if IITs are included. Also, the papers should be in Gujarati, he said.


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