Education and Career

Agra, February 17: With very little attention given to arts education in Indian universities, the country’s classical art forms could end up as the biggest casualty, according to experts.
Even while India boasts of a magnificent variety of classical dance forms, they are under threat of Western dance invasion as children are taking to salsa, hip hop and other dances “that look like mass drill on stage”, said one of the participants at the National Conference on Relevance of Fine Art Education in 21st Century held here.

Washington, February 17: The US has assured India of providing a “fair solution” to the “critical problem” faced by hundreds of Indian students whose academic career is at stake following the closure of the “sham” Tri-Valley University on charges of a massive visa fraud.

Under-secretary of state for political affairs William Burns held out the assurance during his meeting with India’s foreign secretary Nirupama Rao here.

New Delhi, February 16: The Australian government is trying its best to rebuild the faith of Indian students after the 2009 “racist attacks” on students studying in the country, the Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese said here on Wednesday.

“We know the attacks have left a deep scar on the minds of the students, but we are trying our best to rebuild the faith,” Varghese told the sources.

“We have come up with inter-cultural engagements to make all the international students feel better while they study in Australia,” he added.

New Delhi, February 16: In a move which could open the doors for aspiring law students from India and abroad to its campus, IIT-Kharagpur has decided to accept Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores for admission to its 3 year LLB Programme in Intellectual Property Laws.

Washington, February 16: The US has assured India that it’s looking at a “fair solution” of the issue of some 1,500 Indian students affected by the closure of a sham US university on charges of visa fraud.
The assurance came when Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao took up the issue with US Undersecretary of State Bill Burns on Tuesday as a follow-up to a conversation over the weekend between Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

New Delhi, February 16: Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, Mr. Dinesh Singh, convened a meeting with the college principals on Monday. In their meeting with the vice-chancellor, they expressed their concern aboutteachers’ absenteeism and the general deterioration of the academic atmosphere in Delhi University.

Thiruvananthapuram, February 16: How does it feel to have the entire universe conspire against you? For an answer, ask any Class 10 or 12 student in Kerala who will have to miss the cricket World Cup as the dates overlap with the state and central board exams.
“My parents have declared that there will be no matches for me. They are getting ready to pack the TV into a box and it will be opened only after my exams are over. They have decided to take leave alternatively during my exams,” rues J. Ashwin, a Class 12 student here.

Chandigarh, February 16: The Haryana government has decided to provide paid internship to students of professional courses in different sections of the school education department in the state.

Officials said internship would be provided to students studying engineering and post-graduation in management, social welfare, journalism and mass communication at recognized universities and institutions in Haryana.

Washington, February 16: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is expected to take up the issue of some 1500 Indian students of a sham US university with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.
Ahead of the meeting, Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar conveyed to Clinton the details on the issue of Indian students of Tri-Valley University in California, which was closed last month on charges of visa fraud.

New Delhi, February 16: The National Defence College (NDC), India’s premier defence studies institution affiliated to the Madras University, has entered history books by holding its first-ever viva-voce for a doctorate degree.
The NDC, a capital-based institution which conducts Master of Philosophy courses for serving armed forces officers, held the viva-voce for awarding Ph.D. in defence-related topic when retired Major General G.D. Bakshi submitted his research thesis on the topic ‘Limited War Under Conditions of Nuclear Symmetry: The Urgent Need for an Indian Doctrine’.

Mexico City, February 16: Mexico has passed a new law that allows citizens to deduct the payment of private school fees from their income tax.

The rule will apply to education ranging from pre-school to high school. Taxpayers will be able to deduct the amount spent on the studies of their children, parents or spouse, President Felipe Calderon said.

But the deduction is limited to the government’s annual average per-pupil spending on public schools, anywhere from 12,900 pesos ($1,070) at the elementary level to nearly twice that for high school.

New Delhi, February 16: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has come up with a promotion policy for the Class-IX students. The CBSE has asked all schools that the year-end subject-wise grades of a Class-IX student are to be calculated on the basis of performance in all formative and summative assessments in scholastic areas as well as grades obtained in co-scholastic areas.

Hyderabad, February 16: The last date for payment of examination fee and submission of examination form for M.A, M.Com and M.Sc (previous and final year) annual examinations, 2011 of Prof. G Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education has been fixed as February 24 and the last date for submission of both with a late fee of Rs 100 has been fixed as March 3.

The Director, PGRRCDE, Mr M Anand Rao stated in a press note that the examination application forms and news letters have already been sent to the candidates to their respective addresses.

New Delhi, February 15: The porn MMS clip at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has forced the administration to undertake some drastic measures. Some of them are not finding favour with students.

Student associations in the varsity held a protest on Monday in front of the Administrative Block condemning an official circular by the JNU administration on banning the entry of girls to boys’ hostel after 10.30 p.m. following the MMS episode.

New Delhi, February 14: Around 23,000 fresh law graduates will appear in a mandatory open book written exam on March 6 for the first time, the result of which will determine whether they would be eligible to practice as lawyers in Indian courts. The exam will be conducted by the Bar Council of India (BCI), the regulator for legal profession and education in the country, in 10 languages at 27 centres across the country.
The candidates will start receiving their admit cards for the exam from February 15 onwards, according to the BCI.

Shillong, February 14: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited this Meghalaya capital on Monday to interact with students of the North Eastern Hill University on a range of issues from corruption to price rise and insurgency.

Gandhi was here for a session “Rendezvous with Rahul Ji”. He was scheduled to visit Sikkim capital Gangtok earlier in the day for a similar session, but that was cancelled.

G. Krishnan, programme coordinator, said Gandhi interacted with students on issues ranging from corruption to price rise and insurgency.

New Delhi, February 14: The Vacation plans will now need to be reworked as all the government and government-aided schools will now break for summer from May 11, and not May 1, as is the practice. Winter holidays, according to a circular issued by the directorate of education, will be longer � from December 26 to January 15. The break usually ended on January 2.

During the past few years it is seen that winter has become much harsher in January. This year the vacations were extended till the second week of January, so it was decided to changed the annual calendar.

Patna, February 14: A team from a Japanese television channel has arrived in Patna to make a documentary on Anand Kumar, who founded Bihar’s free coaching centre Super 30.
Yuta Amma from Japan’s Kansai Telecasting Corporation, told that Anand Kumar is regarded as “a role model in Japan”.

Kumar’s Super 30 coaching centre has helped many students from underprivileged sections of the society to enter the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

Amma is in Patna with his crew to make a special documentary on Kumar and his Super 30.

Chandigarh, February 14: In a bid to highlight developmental issues and the problems of the people, the Panjab University (PU) here on Sunday got its own “Jyotirgamaya” community radio.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni inaugurated the radio station at the School of Communication Studies building on the university campus.

New Delhi, February 14: As Egypt celebrated the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade-long rule Friday night, students from the Arab world studying here rejoiced with them. Glued to the internet for the latest update until now, they are now keeping a close watch on what happens next.

Most students said their happiness is more for the people of Egypt whose voice was finally heard than over the end of Mubarak’s rule.

Washington, February 14: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna has sought US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s personal intervention to ensure that the interests of over 1,500 Indian students of a sham California university are protected and their future is not jeopardised.
Krishna raised the plight of the Indian students of the dubious Tri Valley University (TVU) in Pleasanton, California that was closed down last month on charges of selling student visas, in a conversation with Clinton over the weekend, the Indian embassy here said.

Aligarh, February 14: Vice Chancellor of Manglayatan University Satish Chandra Jain said that Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was a great visionary who laid down the foundation of modern education in India.

He was addressing a symposium on “Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Vision & Mission” organized by Sir Syed Awareness Forum at Muktakash Manch of Aligarh Exhibition at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

Chandigarh, February 14: Girls clearly outnumbered boys at the 60th annual convocation function at Panjab University (PU) here Monday. Out of the 479 students who were awarded degrees, 351 were girls.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni was the chief guest at the convocation, while Punjab Governor and Chandigarh administrator Shivraj Patil presided over the function.

Hyderabad, February 14: Asserting the importance of sports and games for students, senior IPS officer Rajiv Trivedi, himself an athlete, called upon all school managements to promote sports along with academics while providing more time in the student’s regular time-table for drill session for a particular purpose of learning sports and games.

Rajiv Trivedi was the chief guest at the annual Sports Day meet-2011 at the Jubilee Hills Public School premises on the occasion of the school silver jubilee celebrations, which was held on February 12.

Hyderabad, February 15: The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI) will be conducting a four-day certificate course in “Indirect Taxation Management” from February 21 to 24, from 4 pm to 6 pm, at JS Krishna Murthy Hall, Federation House, FAPCCI, Red Hills, Lakdi-Ka-Pul, here.