New Delhi, Oct 21 – Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday met the directors of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology to discuss the teething problems they were facing. The eight new IITs have been started in Ropar (2008), Bhubaneswar (2008), Gandhinagar (2008), Hyderabad (2008), Patna (2008), Jodhpur (2008), Mandi (2009) and Indore [...]
Shillong, Oct 21 – Meghalaya has asked a central government team to appoint a local academician as vice chancellor of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) even as protesting students have set Oct 29 as the new deadline for removal of A.N. Rai from the post. The three-member team of the union human resource development [...]
Kolkata, Oct 20 – Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday said the central government was planning to set up a national vocational education framework to help school students who fall short of receiving higher education. ‘We need a national vocational education framework to empower and harness the talent of those school students who [...]
Aizawl, Oct 20 – The Mizoram government is training teachers in disaster management to cope with natural tragedies. According to a senior official, the scheme was undertaken under a central government- UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction Programme. Two batches of teachers belonging to 50 primary and high schools have already had the training. The exercise will [...]
New Delhi, Oct 20 – The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced admissions for the January 2011 session, a university official said Wednesday. Aspirants can apply for Master’s, Bachelor’s, Post-Graduate Diplomas, Diplomas, Post-Graduate Certificates and Certificate programmes. ‘The students can obtain the common prospectus for Rs.100 at the IGNOU campus or can get [...]
New Delhi, Oct 20 – The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore was Wednesday announced as an institute of national importance by the union cabinet, an official statement said here. ‘The union cabinet today approved the proposal of the ministry of health and family welfare to declare National Institute of Mental [...]
Shillong, Oct 19 – Over 3,000 school teachers in Meghalaya, who went on an indefinite strike demanding payment of arrears, Tuesday called off their protest after the state government assured that their dues will be cleared before Christmas. The teachers under the banner of Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers’ Association (KJDSTA) and Garo Hills Deficit [...]
New Delhi, Oct 19 – India, Brazil and South Africa, three leading economies of Asia, Latin America and Africa, held a brainstorming session here to explore trilateral cooperation in areas of agriculture, defence and education. Students from Jamia Millia Islamia represented India in the ‘Model’ India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) teleconference, which was held to ‘provide a [...]
New Delhi, Oct 19 – Expressing shock over the removal of author Rohinton Mistry’s novel ‘Such a Long Journey’ from the syllabus of the University of Bombay, a group activists Tuesday demanded removal of the varsity’s vice chancellor. Coming together under the umbrella of Sahmat (Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust), eminent activists like Ram Rahman, M.K. [...]
New Delhi, Oct 19 – Setting the stage for US President Barack Obama’s maiden visit to India next month, the American Center will organise a ‘Rock with the US Presidents’ quiz show for college students in the capital Wednesday. The quiz will be on US presidents, with special focus on Obama. The show will take [...]
New Delhi, Oct 19 – The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a programme in German teaching to meet the increasing demand for German teachers in the country, officials said Tuesday. The Diploma in Teaching German as a Foreign Language in association with the Max Mueller Bhavan (Goethe-Institut), New Delhi, and the University [...]
Shillong, Oct 18 – North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Vice-Chancellor A.N. Rai Monday said he will not bow down to the pressure of the agitating students, who are demanding his removal. ‘Stepping down is not an option. I am here as the vice chancellor on the appointment of the President of India and I am [...]
New Delhi, Oct 18 – In a major step towards changing the pattern for the civil services entrance exams, the Union Public Service Commission Monday announced a new syllabus for the preliminary exam, replacing the optional subject with an aptitude test. The new syllabus, applicable for the 2011 exams, will have two papers. The first [...]
Hyderabad, Oct 18 – Tight security arrangements are in place for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the University of Hyderabad here Tuesday as a section of the students and faculty is planning a protest against laying of the foundation stone for the Hyderabad campus of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). The students’ unions [...]
New Delhi, Oct 18 – The city witnessed massive traffic jams Monday after schools and colleges reopened following a 16-day break due to the Commonwealth Games and Durga Puja-Dussehra festivities. Traffic snarls were reported on the arterial Aurobindo Marg, ITO intersection, Laxmi Nagar and South Extension areas during the morning rush hours, the Delhi Traffic [...]
Raipur, Oct 18 – Dantewada, labelled as India’s worst Maoist violence-hit district, has recorded a 20 percent rise in literacy rate in the last nine years, the Chhattisgarh government said Monday claiming credit for the development. The literacy rate in Dantewada district was 24.56 percent in 2001, but has gone up to 45.19 percent with [...]
Guwahati, Oct 18 – A teacher, a lawyer, a judge and now back to being a student – 100-year-old Bholaram Das has just enrolled for his doctorate, perhaps becoming India’s oldest university student. Das has got admission in a PhD programme at the Gauhati University in Assam – an announcement he made at a public [...]
Aligarh, Oct 17 – After the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) opened its centres in West Bengal and Kerala, Muslims in five other states also want similar centres, AMU Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis said here Sunday. ‘Muslims living in West Bengal and Kerala are exulted and Assam, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have [...]
New Delhi, Oct 17 – Three of India’s top bureaucrats, all from Kerala, turned gurus for 134 children as they led them into the world of letters here Sunday on the occasion of ‘Vidyarambham’ – as Vijaydashami is celebrated by Keralites across the world. It was a ‘humbling experience’ for the trio – President Pratibha [...]
New Delhi, Oct 16 – Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday mooted a neighbourhood book policy, with libraries and reading rooms across the country. ‘The aim should be that in the manner of neighbourhood schools, there should be neighbourhood libraries and reading rooms,’ Sibal said speaking at the conclusion of a round table on [...]
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