Education News in India

Former olympians call for setting up of Sports Medicine Centre 17/Aug/2012
Hailing the performance of Indian sportspersons at the recently-conduclued London Olympics, former Olympians called for the setting up of a Sports Medicine Centre (SMC) as well as appointment of mental trainers to achieve excellence in the next Games. "We have found the path and it ..
NBA accreditation to ensure quality technical education 17/Aug/2012
With only 20%, of the technical colleges having obtained minimum quality assured certification from authorized issuing authority, technical education is certain to take the back seat in the state, reveals Prof. Moorthy Selvakumaran, Education consultant In the current scenario, students and parents ..
Mechanism to be put in place to assess Teachers and quality of teaching 16/Aug/2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that a new mechanism will soon be put in place to continuously assess teachers and ensure participation of parents to keep a check on quality of teaching for improving quality of education. The announcement came during Singh's address to the nation on the occasion ..
TCS is expanding its goIT summer camp for American students 16/Aug/2012
Indian software giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is expanding its 'goIT' summer camp for American students, which was first started four years ago. TCS's annual goIT programme for students is designed to foster high school students' interest in pursuing a career in Science, Technology, Engineering ..
Lectures inspiring public debate on matters of international importance .. 16/Aug/2012
A lecture series aimed at inspiring public debate on matters of international importance was launched by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and the Oberoi Group. The Director of Geo-economics and strategy of IISS Sanjaya Baru said that the lectures and the forum meetings will take ..
Specialised agency to be set up to train eight crore people in the next .. 16/Aug/2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said a specialised agency would be set up to facilitate training of eight crore people in the next five years, emphasising on job creation infusing requisite skills to the youths, The Prime Minister said, "This is an ambitious scheme which can be implemented only ..
World Conference on International Telecommunications 16/Aug/2012
The UN telecoms agency has invited the world's more than 2 billion Internet users to join a debate about the future of the Internet. The Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union's announcement follows criticism from civil society groups who say preparations for an upcoming global conference ..
NIIT-IFBI announce 2ND NBET for their Post Graduate programs from August .. 14/Aug/2012
NIIT Institute of Finance, Banking & Insurance Training Ltd. (IFBI), announced the 2ND National Banking Entrance Test (NBET) for their Post Graduate programs from August 8th to August 30th, 2012. The post graduate banking programs offered under NBET are Post Graduate Diploma in Banking Operations ..
Teachers express concern over key higher education reform bills 14/Aug/2012
Teachers participating at an all-India convention expressed concern over key higher education reform bills the government is pushing in parliament and said if passed they would "institutionalise privatisation". Besides expressing apprehension over the education bills, they also slammed the ..
Universities are key elements in driving economic development 14/Aug/2012
Asking universities to focus on research, the Director of Indian Institute of Science (IIS) Padmanabhan Balaram today wondered whether this was the appropriate time for a major intervention by governments to catalyse transformation. Balaram was addressing as chief guest at the Fifth Convocation of ..

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