Education News in India

Grading at Class-X in CBSE successful: Sibal 19/Jun/2010
A year after deciding to introduce grading in Class-X CBSE board exam, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said the experiment has been "successful" and has paid dividends in making the tests stress free and reducing the rate of suicides among students. The introduction of grading system ..
Meerut varsity to create web page for each student 19/Jun/2010
Students of Meerut University may not like it, but their parents surely will. The varsity is launching a web page with details of the academic performance and attendance of each student. Parents and guardians of the students will need to just log in to know the results and other details of their children. ..
Several companies on hire mode 19/Jun/2010
Now job aspirants can heave a sigh of relief after last years depressing downturn that shook work force of several companies. Several companies are now actively scouting for employees, according to a latest study by a leading HR firm. With the economy taking a positive turn over the past few months, ..
Sibal favours common entrance for admission into varsities 19/Jun/2010
Critical about holding of multiplee ntrance exams for admission into higher educational institutions, HRD Minister Sibal pitched for uniform entrance test. To start with, the CBSE, a premier school education board under the HRD Ministry, will merge the All India Engineering Entrance Exam and All India ..
Educational finance corpus inching towards reality 19/Jun/2010
A proposal to set up an initial corpus of Rs.5,500 crore to provide cheaper educational and institutional loans got strong backing from the states on Friday. Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said that all states have welcomed the proposal. He was talking to reporters after a meeting ..
Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Social Work to start next month 19/Jun/2010
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is all set to establish the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Social Work in Mokokchung district in ..
Sibal unveils ambitious insurance scheme for 60 lakh teachers 19/Jun/2010
An ambitious scheme to provide 60 lakh teachers life and health insurance and a vocational education framework are among a 10-point agenda unveiled by government today to make education a quality affair. Starting an institute for quality control in school education in the country and merging ..
Education Ministers oppose hiking college, univ teachers retirement age 19/Jun/2010
Education Ministers of several states today expressed their reservations against raising the retirement age of college and university teachers to 65 and demanded the superannuation issue be delinked from the composite package offered by the Centre to the states. The Sixth Pay Revision for ..
National institute to be set up to evaluate school education 18/Jun/2010
Government today announced plans for setting up a National Institute for Assessment which would evaluate curriculum and education standards at school level in different states and suggest measure to improve them. Addressing the state education ministers conference here, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal ..
Cabinet nod for CSIR Academy 18/Jun/2010
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is all set to start an Academy that will enable it award post-graduate and doctoral degrees from this year without spending a single paisa on capital expenditure. The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today, approved the CSIR ..

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