| Volume V, Issue XXXXXI, February 22, 2011, Weekly eNewsletter |
FEATURED INTERVIEW
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 XSEED Sapling Growing at Slow yet Steady Process
Ashish Rajpal, Co-founder of XSEED, speaks on the way XSEED is gradually taking over educational development with the highly integrated curriculum based on the guidelines of the National Curriculum Framework, 2005... |
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FEATURED STORY
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 Takers Take it Online
With the advent of Online Examinations, the nexgen procedures have been found to be more secured, uninhibited by the data loss possibility, resulting in unbiased evaluations.Ten–years back an exam without pen, pencil and paper
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TOP NEWS
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IGNOU, National Council of Rural Institutes sign MoU
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Council of Rural Institutes (NCRI), Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), to launch an Internship/Skill Development Certificate Programme...
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K–12
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Illiterate poor parents form school for their children
They can't read or write but are determined to ensure their children get proper education. A community of tribals in Rajasthan who toil hard to make just about Rs.70 a day have built a school for their children with their hard earned money....
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Denied nursery admission, student moves court
A response from the city government and six private schools has been sought by the Delhi High Court regarding a plea for doing away with a draw of lots that was conducted for admission into nursery for economically weaker sections (EWS)...
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HIGHER EDUCATION
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IIMs trash HRD suggestions on teaching hours,
smaller boards
Faculty bodies at IIM-Calcutta and IIM-Bangalore have passed unanimous resolutions to set aside the reports which suggest reducing the size of IIM boards and societies and asking each faculty to teach for 160 hours a year. Other IIMs are likely to follow suit...
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Fine arts teaching lagging in universities
With very little attention given to arts education in Indian universities, the country's classical art forms could end up as the biggest casualty, according to experts. Even while India boasts of a magnificent variety of classical dance forms, they are under threat...
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TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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English-reading software introduced in seven schools
To improve written and spoken English and comprehension of the language among students in schools, a read-to-me software has been introduced in seven schools in the capital. The software, introduced in four government and three private schools here on Friday ...
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JNTU, Synopsis to launch new software design programme
Synopsys, the US-headquartered world leader in software designing, and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Hyderabad on Friday signed an agreement to establish microelectronics programme at the JNTU. The programme is aimed at training local talent ...
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DEVELOPMENT NEWS
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Indian varsities fuel Mauritius ‘knowledge hub’ dream
Private Indian universities setting up campuses in Mauritius are helping the island nation off the African coast realise its vision of transforming into a knowledge hub. Two of the largest private universities in India, the DY Patil Medical College and Amity University...
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We need to outbuild, outeducate and outhustle
the world–Obama
For once US President Barack Obama did not name India as he underlined the importance of math and science education in pushing for more education funding despite the federal government’s growing fiscal crisis. Arguing that the investment is needed...
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PM lays foundation stone for new NID campus in Assam
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the gathering at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the National Institute of Design (NID) at Jorhat Campus in Assam today. Expressing his happiness at laying the foundation stone of the institute, the Prime Minister....
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