Archive for the 'Education' Category

Board exams nearing, but schools in Kandhamal turned into relief camps

Kandhamal (Orissa), Oct 27 (IANS) Students and their parents in Kandhamal district are a worried lot. Though board examinations are just four months away, 40 schools in this Orissa district are closed due to the widespread anti-Christian violence that engulfed the region and have been turned into camps for the displaced people and Central Reserve […]

Apex court stays JNU students union poll

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday imposed a conditional stay on the Nov 4 elections of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union after taking serious note of the violation of the Lyngdoh committee recommendations.
The apex court said the stay would not apply if the students complied with the recommendations of the […]

Five-year old tied and dragged for not attending school

Lucknow, Oct 23 (IANS) A school principal in Uttar Pradesh has been booked for tying a five-year-old student with ropes and dragging him for nearly 50 metres for not attending school regularly, an official said Thursday.
&#39An FIR has been registered against the school principal Shamsad Ali for ill-treating the child Alok Gupta, studying in the […]

SC directs Centre to fill up OBC seats by October

New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central Government to fill all vacant seats in central educational institutions for Other Backward Classes (OBC) with General Category students by October.
The apex court said that allowing vacant reserved seats to be carried over to the next year would be a waste of […]

Supreme Court upholds minority educational bodies&#39 autonomy

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Endorsing the constitutional autonomy of minority educational institutions in managing their affairs, the Supreme Court Monday dismissed a Delhi University lawsuit questioning the appointment of the St. Stephen&#39s College principal.
A bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice J.M. Panchal dismissed the lawsuit questioning appointment of Father Walson Thimpu and said: […]

Literature a uniting force in India, agree Hindi, Urdu, Konkani, Kannada scholars

New Delhi, Oct.13 (ANI): Indeed, one may say that the crucial meeting of National Integration Council (NIC) had an apt forerunner, in the seminar &#39Integration Through Languages&#39 organised by the Vishwa Konkani Abhiyan, a Mangalore-based Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation on Sunday in the national capital.
The central message which came out at the […]

NIT, Warangal, plans Rs.1 bn upgrade

Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS) The National Institute of Technology, Warangal, ranked among the top 10 technology institutes in the country, will upgrade its facilities at a cost of Rs.1 billion, it was announced Friday.
The institute, which is celebrating its golden jubilee, plans to establish state of the art e-class rooms, interactive lecture halls and new […]

Court asks Delhi for report on school facilities for disabled

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the state government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to prepare a detailed report on the absence of teachers and facilities available for disabled students in city schools.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar said […]

Notice to states on dalits&#39 admission to medical colleges

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to several state governments on an apprehension expressed by the government that dalit and tribal students might not be able to study for a medical degree if they did not secure the 40 percent marks required for admission.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan […]

British language test outranks TOEFL in India

Chennai, Sep 23 (IANS) The British Council&#39s language proficiency test International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is more popular in India than the US Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
&#39Last year around 160,000 people took the tests in India against 13,000 in 2006. We are seeking 36 percent increase over last year&#39s figures […]