Education News in India Sep 2011

SAI to introduce come and play scheme 30/Sep/2011
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is introducing 'come and play' scheme at all its centres across the country to encourage participation in sports by children in the age group of 8-17 years. The move is also aimed at better utilisation of sports facilities. The scheme would be ..
1.7 crore students dewormed in Bihar 30/Sep/2011
As many as 1.7 crore students in the age-group of 6-14 years have been dewormed during a three-month campaign across 38 districts in Bihar this year. Principal Secretary (Health) Amarjeet Sinha told reporters here that altogether 1.7 crore students enrolled in 67,000 government schools had been ..
Centre sanctions 11,366 schools for UP 30/Sep/2011
In a significant step, the Centre today sanctioned 10,366 new primary schools and over 1000 new upper primary schools for Uttar Pradesh after the state notified the RTE rules in July. The schools were sanctioned by the HRD Ministry under the Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan programme, said an official. ..
Private schools in Bihar to be registered with govt: Official 30/Sep/2011
The Bihar government today said that all private schools will have to be registered with it in conformity with the Right to Education Act. "The private schools have no no option but to get registered with the state government under the RTE," the Principal Secretary (HRD) ..
Genome of Neem analysed by Ganit 30/Sep/2011
The Bangalore-based Ganit Labs today said it has sequenced and analysed the genome and coding parts of the Neem plant, claimed by an expert to be the first such in the world. "We believe that our current sequencing study on Neem will provide the right scientific impetus for students and ..
Indian girl crosses English Channel 30/Sep/2011
A teenage Indian girl crossed the English Channel today in a relay swim making her among the youngest to undertake the endeavour. Ramya Chinthapally, daughter of Rajashekar, Minister, political, Press and Information at the Indian High Commission to the UK here, teamed up with five English swimmers. ..
Bihar govt wants Central university at Motihari 30/Sep/2011
Bihar government reiterated that it wants the Central university in the state should be set up only at Motihari in East Champaran district. "As far the site of the proposed Central university in Bihar is concerned, the state government has urged the Centre to set up the Central university at Motihari ..
MPs for centrally run colleges in every district 30/Sep/2011
Several MPs have suggested that HRD Ministry set up 'centrally run colleges' in every district on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalaya or Navodaya Vidyalaya. The suggestion came as the lawmakers attending a Consultative Committee of Parliament of the HRD Ministry voiced concern over the "declining ..
State to move SC on medical CET 29/Sep/2011
Maharashtra is up in arms against the Centre’s move to introduce a common examination for the country’s medical colleges next year. The state education department has decided to challenge the decision in the Supreme Court. Maharashtra is not alone in opposing the National ..
GLC gets a new principal 29/Sep/2011
Higher and technical education minister Rajesh Tope spent a week in the US to study the administration of Harvard University, but nearer home, he was unable to set the prestigious Government Law College (GLC) in order owing to his lackadaisical approach. GLC was without a principal for well over two years...

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