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Just increasing seats won’t help in Engineering (Sun 11 Apr 2010)
Reforms in the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) flagged off by HRD minister Kapil Sibal will allow anew engineering college to admit 300 students each year, instead of 240, and aB- School to double its intake from 60 to 120. We asked educationists to mull over the... more

JNU, DU professors in CBI net (Sat 06 Feb 2010)
Top Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University professors are among those in the CBI net for allegedly conspiring to facilitate recognition to colleges in Jaipur by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The agency has registered two separate cases of cheati... more

CBSE gives schools six criteria for assessment (Sat 06 Feb 2010)
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has come up with six criteria under which summative assessment-II will be conducted in March 2010. While the questions for the assessment will be provided by the Board, the students will be tested internally at their schools. The CB... more

IIT- Kanpur in a termination row (Sun 10 Jan 2010)
THE INDIAN Institute of Technology IIT-Kanpur has landed in a controversy after it expelled 39 students in an unprecedented move. IIT authorities said the students had only been barred from appearing in their next semester exams on the grounds of indiscipline and poor academic pe... more

IIT-Bombay short of 222 professors (Sat 02 Jan 2010)
They are regarded globally as centres of excellence and considered to be India’s ticket to making it big in the industrial and entrepreneurial world. So, it is shocking that the nine centrally funded technical institutions (collectively called CFTIs), which include the pres... more

Education Expo 2009 (Wed 16 Dec 2009)
A Focused Education Fair of 2009 by Education Times.... more

NUS-India Research Initiative (Mon 14 Dec 2009)
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS) IS OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS TO INDIAN STUDENTS FOR SHORT-TERM RESEARCH PROGRAMMES.SURBHI BHATIA REPORTS TO facilitate stronger ties with Indian institutes, the National University of Singapore (NUS) has established an India Research Initiativ... more

SRM University - Future Perfect (Mon 14 Dec 2009)
SRM University, in association with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has unveiled plans of launching a nano-satellite — SRMSAT — around July 2010. Accordingly, an MoU was recently signed between the two institutions. Select students and faculty members f... more

National consultation on legal education (Mon 14 Dec 2009)
IN order to introduce reforms in the legal education system, the law ministry will organise a national consultation in the month of January. The consultation will result in unveiling a vision document and a national policy on legal education. Issues pertaining to legal education ... more

First-ever online Common Admission Test (Mon 14 Dec 2009)
First-ever online Common Admission Test (CAT) unfolded, the term ‘post-mortem’ would become so appropriate! Though many managed to attempt the CAT without a hitch, others experienced bizarre problems. Any attempt to forecast the score is fraught with a risk generally.... more

50 deemed universties get UGC ‘all-clear' (Sun 11 Oct 2009)
Having found nothing wrong with deemed universities, UGC has decided, much against HRD ministry’s wish, to send a report of its review to the ministry for action. On Friday (9th Oct, 2009), the full commission met and approved the consolidated report of 50 deemed univ... more

IIMs to rectify error in online application (Sat 12 Sep 2009)
DO YOU use only your first name in official papers? Are you too careful about what you type in and take your time to complete online forms? If the answer to either of these questions is a ‘ yes’, chances are you may not be able to apply for the Common Admission Test (... more

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