New Delhi, December 09: Even as the online Common Admission Test (CAT) came to an end, it left many candidates in tears. One of the most high profile exams for premium management institutes left thousands of aspirants bruised emotionally and mentally for a simple reason—technical glitches.
New Delhi, Dec 08: Within months of Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal announcing that the 15 new Central Universities that were started in 2009 would be established as ‘benchmarks of excellence’ and recruit students on the basis of an All India exam, he has encountered protests from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
Ahmedabad, Dec 08: Candidates who have missed the first online and the ongoing Common Admission Test (CAT) for admission to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other prominent business schools due to “some genuine reasons” will be given yet another chance to appear for the test.
New Delhi, Dec 08: The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill 2009 to bifurcate the Central University in Jammu and Kashmir to cater for both regions of the State.
With this, the Bill has got Parliament’s approval as it was already passed by the Lok Sabha.
During the debate, some members alleged that there was a political motive behind bifurcation, which would lead to similar demands in other regions of the country.
New Delhi, December 08: The online Common Admission Test (CAT) has been extended by a day to Tuesday but all those students who could not take it will be provided another chance in a fortnight, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) said on Monday.
“The last date for conducting online CAT has already been extended by a day to December 8, 2009. This additional day would allow most candidates, who could not take the test in their scheduled slots, to take the test,” the CAT committee of the IIMs said.
Ahmedabad, December 07: The Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs) would review the contract of US firm Prometric, after large scale glitches in the first computer- based common admission test (CAT) across the country.
The US firm was hired by the IIMs to conduct the first computer-based CAT.
Ludhiana, December 06: The Punjab Agricultural University has rescheduled the examinations, which were to be held on December 7.
Registrar of Punjab Agricultural University, Dr Raj Kumar Mahay said that due to the Punjab Bandh call given by some organisations, the varsity will remain close on Monday, the 7th December, 2009.
The examinations scheduled for the day will be adjusted later, he said.
–Agencies
West Bengal, December 06: The who’s who of Bengal went there to study, from Rabindranath Tagore to Satyajit Ray to Jyoti Basu to Amartya Sen. And now the 192-year-old Presidency College here is about to be bestowed a rare honour – university status.
But many intellectuals, who are alumni of the hallowed institution and have seen its academic standards plummet over the years due to political interference, say a lot more needs to be done to restore its lost glory.
New Delhi, December 06: In an attempt to encourage student-friendly examinations, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), India’s largest distance learning institute, today announced that students of more courses would be allowed to pick the dates for their tests.
Under IGNOU’s “On-Demand Exam” scheme, students who have completed the minimum required study hours and submitted all their assignments can choose their date of examination according to their convenience and level of preparation.
New Delhi, December 05: The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) has published the exam admit cards on its website.
The ICWAI admit cards are available at its official website. The students can visit the following links to get the ICWAI exam admit cards: http://www.icwai.org/icwai/admit.asp.
Students will have to enter their identification/registration numbers to get the details of admit card.
Important things to while getting details for Admit cards:
Identification/Registration No should be entered in (SFO/000539/SRN/031808) format.
New Delhi, December 05: In a novel way to help students appear in exams as per their convenience, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has introduced an ‘On-demand examination’ scheme.
Those students, who have completed their period of minimum study hours and submitted assignments, can avail the facility, a release issued by the university said.
The results of such exam will be announced within two weeks of appearing in the exam. Students can choose the date of test as per their choice and preparation instead of waiting till the term-end examination.
New Delhi, December 05: After the online Common Admission Test (CAT) collapsed in several places, creating confusion among thousands of B-school aspirants, the authorities conducting it on Friday extended the exam schedule by one day but only in 20cities.
“Prometric and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) have extended the CAT 2009 till December 8. CAT 2009 was scheduled to run for 10 days from November 28 to December 7, 2009,” the US headquarteredPrometric said in an official communique.
Ludhiana, Dec 05: In view of the prevailing tension in the city following the clashes between the migrants, and the police, the schools and colleges in the city will remain closed tomorrow. This directive was issued by the deputy commisioner, Vikas Garg today.
Kolkata, Dec 05: The Calcutta High Court has directed Director of School Education, Dibyen Mukherjee, to appear before the court next Friday and file a status report on corporal punishment in schools across the state.
Delivering the order, the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattachayra and Justice Prasenjit Mandal expressed displeasure over the failure of the Director School Education to file a status report and an action taken report on corporal punishment in compliance with the order passed on October 30.
Kolkata, Dec 05: Facing criticism from doctors and the Opposition over the proposed West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 that provides for a three-year medical diploma course, state Health Minister Surya Kanta Mishra today defended the Bill saying it would help fill in the vacancies in rural healthcare system where qualified doctors were not willing to go.
The Bill, to be placed in the Assembly in the winter session, aims to create a pool of health care practitioners who would provide preliminary services to the rural people.
Pune, Dec 05: Around 200 colleges out of the 600 affiliated to the University of Pune are still without full-time principals though only six months remain for the May 31 deadline set by the Supreme Court to ensure all colleges appoint them.
A handful of colleges has been running without full-time principals for over a decade, some since inception.
Hyderabad, December 05: This is with reference to certain news reports published on December 4, 2009 in connection with CAT exams 2009 in Hyderabad.
A press release by Prometric clarifies the tests are being held at all test centres in Hyderabad.
The candidates do not have to go to other cities to take the exam.
Candidates who have not been able to take the test due to various reasons will be given new dates in the same city where they were to originally take the test.
New Delhi, December 05: Recognising India’s excellence in education, Australia has invited “elite Indian institutions” to set up campuses there and help Adelaide become a “University City”.
Some of them are already on the table, a senior minister of South Australia said.
“We are now inviting elite Indian universities and institutions to set up campuses in our province,” Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education in the provincial government of South Australia Michael O’Brien told media.
New Delhi, Dec 05: After elementary education, the government aims to make secondary education a right of every child in the country in the next five years, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday.
The Parliament passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill in the last session, making education a fundamental right of every child in the age group of six to 14 years.
New Delhi, Dec 05: IIMs have decided to extend the 10-day Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 by one more day. CAT 2009 was scheduled to run for 10 days from November 28 to December 7 but with over 8,000 students unable to appear for the exam on scheduled days owing to virus attacks forcing cancellations of CAT at several centres, it has been decided to extend the CAT until December 8.
New Delhi, December 04: After the online Common Admission Test (CAT) collapsed in several places, creating confusion among thousands of B-school aspirants, the authorities conducting it Friday extended the exam schedule by one day but only in 20 cities.
“Prometric and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) have extended the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 till Dec 8. CAT 2009 was scheduled to run for 10 days from Nov 28 to Dec 7, 2009,” the US headquartered Prometric said in an official communique.
New Delhi, December 04: After the online Common Admission Test collapsed in several places, creating confusion among thousands of B-school aspirants, the CAT authorities today extended the exam schedule by one day.
“Prometric and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) have extended the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 till Dec 8. CAT 2009 was scheduled to run for 10 days from Nov 28 to Dec 7 2009,” the US headquartered Prometric said in an official communique.
Melbourne, Dec 04: An Australian group of colleges in Victoria has asked for immediate freeze in registration of new private colleges for international students until the State Government’s emergency audit of 41 high-risk colleges is complete.
Victorian TAFE Association’s executive director, David Williams, said the “failure of the international education market” had damaged the reputation of TAFE colleges, according to ‘The Age’ report today.
Kolkata, Dec 04: A decision on extending or rescheduling the CAT will be taken once the entire process draws to a close on December 7, said Sekhar Chowdhury, Director of IIM-Calcutta.
“We are all aware of the problem. Right now we cannot take a decision on this. We will have to go through the entire process, collect information from Prometric and then take a decision,” said the director on the sidelines of an international finance conference in the city.
Ludhiana, Dec 04: Now the principal and headmasters of government senior secondary schools of the state will conduct weekly meetings of class monitors, who will give feedback about the teachers to the school heads. These instructions have been issued by Krishan Kumar, Director General, Sarv Shiksha Abhiya, Punjab, under “Monitor diary” project of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, Punjab.