Banglore, March 10: Mangalore University will issue only one answer book with a fixed number of pages during examinations for its postgraduate and undergraduate students from the next semester examinations commencing in May. The university will not provide additional answer sheets to students as has been the practice all along. The measure is aimed at curbing malpractice.
Hyderabad, March 08: With the proposed ‘Million March to Hyderabad’ on March 10 fast approaching, P Veena, a mother of a teenage student is wondering what makes her more nervous – the Intermediate exam that her son is appearing for on the day or the T protest.
Her son, a second year Inter student in a college in Dilsukhnagar, will have to sit for a language exam on the day of the Million March called for by the T JAC.
Kolkata, March 08: Displaying a never-say-die spirit, Bharati Devi, a 40-year-old mother of three, is all set to appear for her secondary examinations this year along with her daughter in northern West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district.
Bharati, who works at a child education centre along with her married daughter Sanchita, is sitting for the examinations at Sunitibala Sadar Girls High School as an external candidate.
Hyderabad, March 06: The 10th development convention on ‘Millennium Development Goals: Performances, Prospects and Challenges of South India’, organised by the Institute of Public Enterprise, concluded here yesterday.
New Delhi, March 05: The campus placement at IIM, Lucknow, concluded today, with a total of 528 offers being made for a batch of 366 students, said the institute in a statement.
“This is the largest graduating batch to be placed across all IIMs, till date,” the statement added.
The offers made include 70 pre-placement offers, 213 lateral offers for higher entry placement and 245 offers during the final placement week, said the statement adding, 206 companies participated in the placement process this year.
England, March 05: Over 1,500 British people lose their jobs every day due to the country’s £1.4trillion debt in loans and mortgages, which is more than the national output.
According to the personal debt charity Credit Action, Britain’s debt rose by £1.5billion in 2011, which caused 1,589 redundancies every day and 833,000 unemployed for a year or more. This means the country now owe more than the total national production.
Hyderabad, March 5: Maulana Azad National Urdu university & Distance Education Council (Delhi) are organizing a 3-day national conference on “Access & Equity through Open & Distance Learning in Higher Education: Role of Indian Language Universities” from 23 to 25 March 2011 at DDE Auditorium, University Campus. MANUU, Gachibowli, Hyderabad – 32. The last date for submission of Abstracts is 15th March 2011 and submission of full paper is 20th March 2011. For more details logon to University website www.manuu.ac.in
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New Delhi, March 04: Alleging that CBSE question papers in Car Nicobar were leaked, BJP MP from the region Bishnupada Roy on Friday demanded that the exams be cancelled and fresh one held.
The CBSE examinations for Class XII and Class X started on March 1.
“The CBSE question papers of Class X and Class XII were leaked on February 17 in Nicobar. But instead of cancelling the examination, authorities conducted the examination in March 1,” the Andaman and Nicobar MP told reporters outside Parliament.
Guntur, March 04: A two-day job mela kicked off on the premises of Guntur Engineering College at Yanamadala village.
College chairman M. Nara Hari Rao and principal K.L Narayana said that more than 1,500 students from all over the State registered for the job mela.
Major IT and ITES companies like Genpact, Hacket Group, Abott, Horizon, Trainzent, BPL, Emos, Span, Solarsoft, Angel Broking and Cadila came down to the campus. Screening tests were conducted and the short-listed candidates were called for interviews.
Campus placement officer M. Venkatesh was also present.
Mumbai, March 04: Searches were conducted and exams were postponed at the SNDT women’s college in suburban Malad here today after a hoax phone call stating that an explosive was kept inside the college premises was received, police said.
As the exam was about to start, the college’s telephone operator received the phone call on the institute’s MTNL landline number, with an unidentified person warning about a bomb planted in the college premises.
New Delhi, March 03: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Thursday launched a web portal for students and partner institutions (PIs). It would play a vital role in providing guidelines, publishing information and enhancing interaction, an official said.
The portal has been designed and developed jointly by the Advanced Centre for Informatics and Innovative Learning and the International Division of the university in the Electronic and Media Production Centre, added the official.
New Delhi, March 03: He was just 33 years old when he found himself at the helm of a Delhi University college whose financial and administrative systems had collapsed and which had the dubious distinction of principals being ousted by student agitations. But a determined Rajendra Prasad, who completed 25 years in office last year, took it upon himself to make Ramjas College a top institution.
Appointed as principal in 1985, Prasad recalled those terrible days when there was no alignment between the administration and students.
New Delhi, March 02: Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) will now be introducing three new courses – MBA ( Hospitality Management ), MBA ( Financial Market ) and BBA ( Finanacial Market)- from the academic session 2011-12.
London, March 02: The London School of Economics (LSE) said on Tuesday it was looking into claims that Colonel Muammer Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, had plagiarised his doctorate thesis.
“LSE is aware that there are allegations of plagiarism concerning the PhD thesis of Saif Gaddafi,” the university said in a statement.
“The School takes all allegations of plagiarism very seriously, and is looking into the matter in accordance with standard LSE procedures.”
Saif al-Islam studied at the LSE between 2003 and 2008 and left with a Master of Science degree and a doctorate.
Toronto, March 02: Canada’s world-famous McGill University, which is the first-choice destination for Indian and other foreign students seeking to study in this country, faces fine for 900 percent hike in tuition fee for its MBA programme.
The Montreal-based university had announced last spring to raise the tuition fee from $1,673 per semester to $29,500 a year for its two-year MBA programme.
While students earned an MBA degree until now by paying just about $6700, they will now have to shell out $59,000 to earn the degree.
New Delhi, March 02: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations started on Tuesday on a disappointing note to many, with several class-12 students complaining that the physics paper was too lengthy to finish in three hours.
According to students, the physics paper, though easy, could not be completed as the questions marked 2 and 5 were a bit too lengthy.
“The paper was easy but lengthy and I could attempt only 70 percent of the questions,” said a nervous looking Ankit Kumar, a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus in the capital.
New Delhi, March 02: Minister of Culture and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that on the basis of the recommendations of the Broad Based Committee of the NationalSchool of Drama (NSD), it has been proposed to open 5 Regional Schools/Centres of the National School of Drama across the country.
The five locations identified for the setting up of these Schools/Centres are Bengaluru (upgradation of existing Regional Resource Centre), Kolkata, Maharashtra/Goa, Jammu & Kashmir and the North East.
There is no proposal to set up any such centre in Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, March 02: Adolescents in the country need immediate attention in terms of their educational needs, Human Resource Development Minster Kapil Sibal said here on Tuesday.
“Education is the key to address the problems that our adolescents are facing. Schools play the most crucial role to address these problems, hence teachers are central in reaching out to children,” Sibal said.
The minister was addressing the South Asian regional conference on learning and developmental needs of out-of-school adolescents.
Toronto, March 02: Twenty-five Indian vice-chancellors will participate in the Canada-India Education Summit to be held at Ottawa’s Carleton University as part of the Year of India in Canada.
The two-day education summit will be held on May 16 and 17.
A statement on Monday said Carleton University will host the summit in collaboration with the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada), the Indian high commission and the Association of Colleges and Universities of Canada (AUCC).
New Delhi, March 02: A six-member panel of experts from government and private industry has been set up by the Human Resource Development ministry to fix norms for selecting private firms who can participate in Public Private Partnership (PPP) for setting up 20 new Indian Institute of Information Technology.
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Abu Dhabi, March 02: The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) on Tuesday said it will hold an exhibition to showcase its educational and research capabilities.
The event will be held at the Emirates Palace on Sunday under the patronage of General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
With its research activities in the field of water, petroleum, solar, wind and bio-fuel energy, the UAEU has been playing a vital role in the continued growth of Abu Dhabi and the UAE.
New Delhi, March 02: The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) and the university administration argued over the introduction of semester system in 13 science courses last year. They are now again disturbed over the semester system, as the varsity hopes to introduce it in humanities and commerce courses from the new academic year that begins in July.
The teachers had opposed the switch from annual to semester mode citing reasons such as dilution of courses, lack of infrastructure and teachers.
Washington, March 02: Believe it or not — the more honest and humble an employee is, the better is his or her job performance, according to a new study.
“This study shows that those who possess the combination of honesty and humility have better job performance,” said study leader Wade Rowatt, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University in the US.
Baylor researchers surveyed 269 employees in 25 companies across 20 states in the US who provide health care for challenging clients, the journal Personality and Individual Differences reports.
New Delhi, March 02: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations started Tuesday on a disappointing note to many, with several class-12 students complaining that the physics paper was too lengthy to finish in three hours.
According to students, the physics paper, though easy, could not be completed as the questions marked 2 and 5 were a bit too lengthy.
“The paper was easy but lengthy and I could attempt only 70 percent of the questions,” said a nervous looking Ankit Kumar, a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus in the capital.
Toronto, March 01: Twenty-five Indian vice-chancellors will participate in the Canada-India Education Summit to be held at Ottawa’s Carleton University as part of the Year of India in Canada.
The two-day education summit will be held May 16 and 17.
A statement Monday said Carleton University will host the summit in collaboration with the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada), the Indian high commission and the Association of Colleges and Universities of Canada (AUCC).