Education News in India

The thrills and spills of seafarers 12/Oct/2010
We had discussed the overall nature of work in merchant navy and certain specific aspects of jobs in the deck department in these columns previously. Let us now look at some of the other areas of work in a merchant ship. Engine department The engineers are in sole charge of the engine room, ..
Highlights of committee report 12/Oct/2010
The following are the recommendations of the committee set up by the Kerala State Higher Education Council to suggest reforms in university examinations in the State. A suitable template with guidelines relating to the scope and structure of the syllabus statement of each separate course should be ..
Pointing the way for a major change 12/Oct/2010
University examinations in Kerala are today mostly administrative exercises. The academic component of examinations should be refurbished through clearly specified goals of learning, well laid out methods of assessing what has been learnt, and innovations in the way examinations are administered. These, in essence, are ..
Truth behind the hype 12/Oct/2010
About 75 per cent of the total seats in postgraduate programmes in various life science courses, including the much-hyped Biotechnology, offered in colleges affiliated to Bangalore University have found no takers this year. The statistics of admission details for the academic year 2010-11 show that there ..
Academics in the cradle of Romanticism' 12/Oct/2010
From a small village called Srirengapuram in Theni district in Tamil Nadu, my dream was to become a doctor during school days. Although it didn't work, I chose biology and enrolled in Lady Doak College, Madurai, in Biotechnology for my UG and The American College for my PG. To be honest I didn't have any ..
RAISE-ing the ladder for research 12/Oct/2010
A movement called Research Awareness in Student Environments (RAISE), engineered by Switzerland-based scientist Dr. Lawrence Rajendran, has sought to inculcate research culture in undergraduate engineering students in rural areas. Dr. Lawrence, born and brought up in Chennai, who now serves as ..
How good is the semester system? 12/Oct/2010
By and large, semester system is perceived to be better than the annual system in institutions of higher learning since the students could be kept busy all through the year. The system, indeed, intends good. But, to the chagrin of the student community, it is not fool-proof at the last hurdle; ..
India Inc. to run technical colleges 12/Oct/2010
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) might give the corporate sector the nod to start engineering and other technical colleges in the country. AICTE chairman S.S. Mantha said, "Companies formed under Section 25 of the Companies Act may be considered for this purpose. It may take one or two years to ..
India, Scotland sign four MoUs in field of education 13/Oct/2010
In a move to strengthen educational links between the two countries, India and Scotland today signed four MoUs in various fields that will also promote student and faculty exchange and encourage joint degree development. The Memorandum of Understanding were signed by directors of institutes from the two ..
NABET to sign MoU with Scottish accreditation authority 12/Oct/2010
To promote development of skill standards and accreditation systems and draw from each other's strengths in achieving this, India's premier accreditation board will sign an MoU with a Scottish body here tomorrow. The MoU will be signed between the Scottish Qualifications Authority and National ..

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