Chandigarh, July 06: While the Panjab University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) and other university authorities are planning to initiate a campaign to seek Central university status for the Panjab University, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has made it clear that it will not allow the university to attain the Central university status.
New Delhi, July 06: With more than 43,000 applications, BA Programme was shaping up to be Delhi University’s most sought after course for this academic session.
Two rounds of admissions later, some “reputed” colleges have managed to fill merely 29 out of 82 stipulated seats.
“We are surprised the BA Programme cut-offs have come down so much and that admissions are still open after the third cut-off list. It is for the first time this has happened in our college,” Nirmal Kumar, admissions convener at Sri Venkateswara College, said.
New Delhi, July 05: With a few States opposing his agenda of educational reforms, including making class X board examination optional, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has hinted at dropping some of his proposals if there is a “rationale” behind it.
“These reforms are good for the country. These reforms are required. If there is a public outcry that it is not possible and if I think there is a rationale in that, I certainly will not go ahead with it,” Sibal told a news channel.
He said the issue of reforms has been put in public domain and discussions have already started on several forums.
Jeddah, July 05: With the beginning of the summer vacation, many Saudi students are preparing to travel abroad to study English in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada or other countries where English is the native language.
Proficiency in the English language has become increasingly important for Saudis because of the globalization of the world economy and the investment of foreign firms in the Kingdom’s massive infrastructure projects.
Patna, July 05: After creating an upheaval in the academic circles in the West by attempting to revive the ancient Nalanda University, the Bihar government has now decided to set up first-ever ‘Knowledge University” in the state.
Thiruvananthapuram, July 04: Kerala government has signed an agreement with managements of self-financing engineering colleges in the state on fee structure and admission criteria in the institutions run by them.
The agreement was signed late last night after days of talks with representatives of engineering colleges while the talks with private medical colleges were progressing, sources at the Education Minister’s office said.
Srinagar, July 04: The central police welfare fund today sanctioned Rs one lakh as scholarship in favour of 54 children of personnel of Jammu and Kashmir police who laid down their lives while fighting militants or while in service, a police spokesman said here.
These children are presently studying in various educational institutions across the state.
–PTI
Hyderabad, July 04: Andhra Pradesh is now mulling fixing an upper limit on the fees charged by private schools. A panel constituted by the state government has recommended that private schools in urban areas should not charge more than Rs 24,000 per annum as tuition fee up to Class 5 and Rs.30,000 up to Class 10.
The six-member panel was constituted last month following public complaints that several schools effected a steep hike in tuition fees from the academic year 2009-10.
Ahmeddabad, July 04: The city-based C K Shah Vijapurwala Institute of Management on Friday said that the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Union HRD Ministry have granted it permission to offer MBA course from the academic year beginning August 1.
Rajesh Khajuria, Director and Member-Secretary of the institute told that the B-school is affiliated to Gujarat Technological University.
The two-year full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme is approved by the AICTE and the Ministry, he added.
Chennai, July 03: The Madras High Court today issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government on a petition by agitating medical students seeking a hike in their stipends and to forebear the authorities concerned from evicting them from their respective hostels.
A Division Bench comprising Justice D Murugesan and Justice K Venkataraman admitted the petition filed by Tamil Nadu Non-Service Medical and Dental Post Graduates Association and Compulsory Residential Rotatory Internship(CRRI) Association.
New Delhi, July 03 : About 460 foreign medical graduates this year cleared the screening exam that makes them eligible to practice in India, while the number was 1,326 last year, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Friday.
Addressing the Rajya Sabha, the health minister said that in 2007, of the 3,143 foreign degree holders who appeared for the examinations conducted by the National Board of Examination (NBE), only 536 passed.
Ahmedabad, July 03: Displaying exemplary determination and courage, the victim of the gangrape at the District Institute of Education & Training (DIET), Patan, has stood sixth in Patan district and has secured 86.40 per cent marks in the state’s PTC examination. The exam results were declared on Thursday (July 2). She is now planning to study for a bachelor’s degree.
Ahmedabad, July 03: Displaying exemplary determination and courage, the victim of the gangrape at the District Institute of Education & Training (DIET), Patan, has stood sixth in Patan district and has secured 86.40 per cent marks in the state’s PTC examination. The exam results were declared on Thursday (July 2). She is now planning to study for a bachelor’s degree.
New Delhi, July 02: Launching the consultation process for reforms in education, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday underlined his commitment to implement 25 per cent quota in private schools for poor students as proposed in the Right To Education Bill.
Interacting with school principals here, Sibal said the institutions have responsibility to educate the people as the country is estimated to have 47 million surplus students by 2020.
New Delhi, July 02: India opened 276,903 new schools and appointed 966,000 teachers as part of its flagship Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme, the Economic Survey for 2008-09 revealed Thursday.
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) India opened 276,903 new schools and appointed 966,000 teachers as part of its flagship Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme, the Economic Survey for 2008-09 revealed Thursday.
New Delhi, July 02: With the number of students across the IITs growing at a much faster rate than faculty, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday had a stopgap solution to the problem — connectivity among the IITs to enable sharing of faculty resources.
Talking to IIT directors at a workshop at IIT-Delhi on Wednesday, Sibal said: “While I am happy that each of the institutes is taking a different path towards the future, I suggest that there should also be commonality and interconnectivity among the institutes. This could solve the problem of faculty crunch, at least for now.”
New Delhi, July 02: The global economic slowdown has also led to many job losses around the world. While India is better off than western countries, people have still suffered immensely.
Job loss is one of the worst fallout of any economic slowdown. What began as a housing mortgage crisis in the US last year quickly sipralled into a global economic meltdown and from September 2008 companies across the world began downsizing their workforce to cut losses.
Citibank cut 50,000 jobs globally; British Telecom cut 10,000 while Hewlett Packard cut 24,000 jobs.
New Delhi, July 01: Seeking to take forward reforms in education, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday asked the IITs to expand into new areas like medicine and law and evolve a framework in this regard.
Interacting with the IIT directors in the Capital, Sibal said the institutes need to explore the possibility of having multiple campuses, good connectivity and courses with multi-disciplinary approach.
Bangalore, July 01: The proposed oversight body for higher education is a “welcome development”, says Pushpa Bhargava, former vice-chairman of the Knowledge Commission. According to him, the present regulatory system is so inept that it is easy for anybody to set up a private professional college in India and fool regulators by hiring professors for three days.
Lucknow, July 01: Even when law and order is on top of the priority of Chief Minister Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh, the majority of the posts directly related to internal security of the state are lying vacant.
Not only this, out of 84 posts of IPS cadre which are lying vacant at present, a large number were created by Ms Mayawati herself to improve the policing and give security to the citizens.
Ludhiana, July 01: The state government finally lent a helping hand to Punjab School Education Board Class XII topper Prabhjot Kaur. The topper was awarded a cheque of Rs 1 lakh by Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Vikas Garg today.
Neha Sharma, who ranked third in the state and first in the district in the PSEB Class X exams, too was handed over a cheque of Rs 25,000. Both the achievers needed financial support to pursue their dreams.
While Prabhjot aspires to be a fashion designer, Neha wants to be an engineer.
New Delhi, july 01: Jamia Millia Islamia will soon be the first central university to have an undergraduate dental college in Delhi.
The newly-opened four-storied, state-of-the-art Faculty of Dentistry at the southern tip of the university’s cricket ground will soon house fifty students of dental surgery. Plans are on to offer postgraduate courses as well.
Designed by architect Romi Khosla at the cost of Rs 45 crore, faculty member Dr Sabina Sachdeva says the biggest advantage for students is that the college’s facilities are not being shared with other medical students.
New Delhi, June 01: In a move aimed at removing the stigma attached to poor performance in examination, the proposed grading system at Class-X in CBSE will do away with the term ‘failure’ in the test.
Those students who fail to secure 33 per cent marks in more than two subjects will be awarded the last grade in the nine-point grading system. The last grade will be termed as ‘needs improvement’.
New Delhi, July 01: While BJP-ruled states like Gujarat and Chhattisgarh have come out in support of Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal’s educational reforms proposals including optional Class X board examinations and a uniform board for the entire country, the minister is isolated within his own party.
At least five Congress-ruled states — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Assam — have expressed reservations against his proposals. Many have also raised concerns about the Foreign University Bill whose passage is on Sibal’s priority list.
Pune, July 01: Those who have failed in two subjects in the SSC or HSC examinations this year may not lose the whole academic year. The government is keen on conducting early supplementary exams for Classes X and XII from this year itself.
“The government has conveyed its intent to the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) to conduct early supplementary exams from this year,” Education Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe- Patil told Newsline on Tuesday.