| Nursery Admissions Begin from Today |
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New Delhi: Paving the way for nursery admissions to start in the city, Delhi high court on monday rejected a plea by an association of private unaided schools to stay the guidelines framed for the process by the lieutenant governor's office. The admission process now begins on january 21 and applicatins can be submitted till february 5.
HC said... 21 Jan 2014 |
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| 25% EWS Seats in Kendriya Vidyalayas this Year |
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Class I Admissions Open At 80 Kendriya Vidyalayas in NCR On February 15
NEW DELHI: All 1,100 Kendriya Vidyalayas will start their admission process for Class I (entry level) from February 15. The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan will shortly bring out the admission notification as well as guidelines. Over one lakh students will be admitted in Class... 13 Jan 2014 |
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| Govt Clears 10,000 More MBBS Seats to Address Shortage of Doctors |
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NEW DELHI: The Centre today cleared a proposal for increasing over 10,000 MBBS seats in government medical colleges across the country by upgrading them to help bring down the doctor-patient ratio. Of the Rs 10,000 crore proposals, the Centre would bear Rs 7,500 crore and state/Union Territory's share will be Rs 2,500 crore. The Cabinet Committee... 10 Jan 2014 |
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| IIT Invited to Open Centre in Malaysia |
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NEW DELHI: Malaysia on Wednesday invited the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to set up a branch in the south-east Asian country which has nearly two million people of Indian origin. Addressing the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here, Malaysian Federal minister for Natural Resources and Environment Datu Seri G Palanivel invited IIT to open a branch... 10 Jan 2014 |
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| Private Schools to Seek Stay On Nursery Rules |
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NEW DELHI: The nursery admissions issue is far from settled. All representations and meetings having failed; the matter is now going back to court. A private, unaided school body will be filing a petition in high court on January 3 seeking a stay on the December 18 guidelines issued on the order of the lieutenant governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung. The... 03 Jan 2014 |
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| 5 IITs in Top 20 BRICS Universities List |
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LONDON: Five Institutes of Technology (IITs) are in the top 20 in the world's first dedicated ranking of universities in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of countries. China's universities dominated the table with 40 universities featured in the top 100, 22 in the top 50 and 4 in the top 5 with Tsinghua University being... 03 Jan 2014 |
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| Compulsory 1 Year Rural Posting for MBBS Doctors from 2015-16 |
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NEW DELHI: MBBS students applying for admission to post-graduate medical courses from academic year 2015-16 will have to undertake a mandatory rural posting at a public health centre (PHC) for one year. This was stated by minister of health and family welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
He... 19 Dec 2013 |
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| Doctors May have to Pass twin tests to Bag PG Seats |
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BANGALORE/MUMBAI: Medical graduates will have to take two tests before they can pursue post-graduation, if a new proposal of the Medical Council of India (MCI) gets the nod. In a recent meeting, the MCI proposed that the entrance exam for the post-graduate course, which assesses the theoretical knowledge gained during graduation, should be held immediately... 26 Oct 2013 |
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| NIT Fees to Be Double From Next Session |
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NEW DELHI: Tuition fees of B.Tech, M.Tech and MCA programmes in National Institutes of Technology (NITs) would be doubled from the next academic session to Rs 70,000. The NIT council which met here on Friday, however, decided not to hike the fees for SC and ST students, informed sources said. The decision was in line... 19 Oct 2013 |
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| DU to Have Music Diplomas |
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New Delhi: Delhi University’s (DU) Faculty of music and fine arts is all set to launch three new diploma courses for students who want short term training in music.
“We have drafted a proposal to start three new diploma courses in the faculty. We will add santoor in the present curriculum and in addition to that we will start... 27 Sep 2013 |
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| 3 Madras University, Bharathidasan Departments to Lose UGC funding |
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CHENNAI: Three departments of University of Madras and Bharathidasan University stand to lose funding from the University Grants Commission for not meeting requirements. The departments of economics and library & information sciences in the University of Madras, and the economics department of Bharathidasan University in Trichy stand to lose between... 24 Aug 2013 |
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| IIT Board May Review Entrance Test Format |
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NEW DELHI: IITs' Joint Admission Board (JAB), which is to meet over the weekend, is likely to revisit the format of JEE (Advanced). R K Shevgaonkar, director of IIT-Delhi, told TOI, "We could look into the present criterion of taking only top 20 percentile of successful class XII students from each Board. Till last year the standard class XII... 24 Aug 2013 |
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| Madras Veterinary College, CMC Vellore partner with UK institutions |
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| CHENNAI: Madras Veterinary College and the Christian Medical College in Vellore will now have partners in the UK as part of the Knowledge Economy Partnerships (KEP) programme by the British Council. The one-year partnership programme between the veterinary college and the Royal Veterinary College of the University of London will provide a number of... 07 Aug 2013 |
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| IITs losing brand value, Super 30 coach says |
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| BHOPAL: Director of famous IIT free coaching'Super 30', Anand Kumar says that Indian Institute of Technologies (IIT) is losing brand value after the government continued to increase number of seats and institutes. Kumar, who was in the city on Tuesday to interact with the students and give them tips on crackingIIT entrance exam during a talk show organised... 07 Aug 2013 |
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| Medical Council of India ups MBBS Seats in Madhya Pradesh's 5 Colleges |
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| BHOPAL: Here is good news for aspiring medical students. Medical Council of India (MCI) has increased the number of MBBS seats in five medical colleges of the state. All seats will be open for admission for the session 2013-14.
"Approval to increase the intake capacity in medical colleges of state was pending. The approval letter has come... 02 Aug 2013 |
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| Medical Council of India nod for 50 more MBBS seats at Gandhi Medical College |
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HYDERABAD: In a decision that will boost medical education in the state, the Medical Council of India (MCI) gave its nod to increase MBBS seats in two state-run colleges, weeks after coming down heavily on the government for poor infrastructure and shortage of manpower in these institutes. While MBBS seats were increased to 200 from the existing 150... 04 Jun 2013 |
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| JPNAIIMS to double MBBS intake to 100 |
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PATNA: JPNAIIMS is all set to double the intake of students into its MBBS course to 100 this year from 50 last year. The institute had admitted its first batch of MBBS students last year. According to Dr Chandramani Singh of JPNAIIMS, the admission procedure has already started for all the AIIMS centres in India. The classes of the second batch would... 04 Jun 2013 |
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| Now, you can pay your Toefl iBT fees in Indian rupees |
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| Students now have the option to use Indian rupees as a payment method for the Toefl iBT fees. The new payment choice is available to test takers by selecting the credit card option through the Toefl online registration system. The euro, yen and won are also now accepted as payment through the online registration system, for many Indian students, this... 11 May 2012 |
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| GRE Candidates can now choose which scores to send to institutes |
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| After introducing the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) revised general test, the GRE programmme is now launching the score select option as one more enhancement. With the score select option which is due to be available from July 2012, candidates can decide which test scores to send to the institutions they designate, so they can send the scores they... 10 May 2012 |
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| 19% of Engineering, B-School seats vacant last year |
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About 19% seats in engineering colleges and business schools across the country remained unoccupied in the 2011-12 academic year, the government said on Wednesday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, MoS in HRD D Purandeswari said that of the total 14,85,894 seats in engineering colleges across the country, 2,82,320, or 19%, remained unoccupied in... 26 Apr 2012 |
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| 200 universities across India in next 5 years |
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Higher education in the country is set to get a boost with the HRD ministry finalising plans worth Rs. 80,000 crore inorder to improve access to colleges and universities. The UPA government has embarked upon an ambitious plan to double the gross enrollment ratio (GER), from present around 17% to 30% by the year 2020. For this, there would be a need... 26 Apr 2012 |
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| Free Engineering, Medical Education for Girls in UP Colleges |
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| Lucknow: Free engineering and medical education would be given to girls in government Colleges in Uttar Pradesh. CM Akhilesh Yadav announced on Thursday. He made the announcement while addressing an event on the 125th annual function of Isabella Thoburn College.
Akhilesh said the government would provide facilities to industrialists for setting... 13 Apr 2012 |
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| IIT-Delhi Finds City’s Comfort Zone |
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NEW DELHI: Extreme summers and winters in Delhi are clearly uncomfortable. But Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has calculated the percentage of hours when most Delhites may be finding the weather to be "comfortable". In a recent study, IIT's Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS) has ranked five cities on the basis of "comfortable... 12 Apr 2012 |
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| Gangaram Hospital to Launch a Post-Graduate Institute |
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| New Delhi: To boost research and aid post-graduate education, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) is launching Ganga Ram Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GRIPMER) on Sunday. “We lay a lot of emphasis on academics and research besides having a big share in patient care in the country,” said Dr DS Rana, chairman, board of... 02 Apr 2012 |
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| Learning About Mother Nature in Classrooms |
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How about studying environmental economics? Or doing a BTech in environmental engineering? The spectrum of courses that have direct or indirect link with environment has increased over the years. More students are opting for such courses. An environment ministry study in 2008 showed the number of courses themselves had increased from 52 in 1998 to... 02 Apr 2012 |
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| Indian engineers at bottom of BRIC layer: Study |
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A study by California\'s Stanford University has shown that among the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - Indian engineers are the least prepared to play a leading role in the global economy. The study was conducted before South Africa joined the grouping that related stories From today: Building BRICS for a new world now goes... 02 Apr 2012 |
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| Admission Process Kicks Off in Jamia |
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| NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia is going to begin its admission process for the 2012-13 academic session from Wednesday, while entrance examinations for various courses will start from the last week of May. This would be the first time that Jamia would be conducting its undergraduate admissions under the semester mode. Besides, BA (H) Turkish and MTech... 30 Mar 2012 |
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| Soon, Indian B.Tech degrees may be recognized abroad |
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Engineers with undergraduate degrees will find it easier to seek jobs and opportunities for higher studies abroad from 2012, if India’s bid to join the elite Washington Accord for international accreditation is accepted.
If it comes through, undergraduate engineering degrees from India will be brought on a par with those of the US, UK, Australia,... 29 Mar 2012 |
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| Pitroda Calls For Rejig of 'Obsolete' Education |
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| Educational Institutions, not only in India, but all over the world are obsolete. We need to restructure the system.
A complete restructuring of the education sector and inclusive growth for the country is what Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Infrastructure, Information and Innovations, said the country needed at Delhi... 29 Mar 2012 |
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| KVs get a Nifty makeover |
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| Designer Uniforms to Mark Golden Jubilee of Schools
Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) students are set to get a makeover from the next academic year. The National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFT) is designing uniforms to replace the navy blue-and-white dress that has been the trademark of the central government run chain of schools for the past 50 years.... 24 Mar 2012 |
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