Nursery admission put on hold

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January 16, 2014

Delhi government told the High Court on January 15 that the nursery admission will begin only after an order is passed on the petition of certain unaided private schools challenging the new admission guidelines.
The Delhi High Court heard a plea of the city’s private schools challenging the government’s notification on the criteria for nursery admissions in the capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw reserved the order after hearing both the parties. The nursery admission process is now on hold after the government told the bench that it would wait for the court’s decision on the issue before commencing the admission process.

Convocation of Gujarat Technological University to be webcast live

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January 16, 2014

Gujarat Technological University (GTU) will webcast its third convocation live which will be held at university’s Chandkheda Campus on January 16. The Governor of Gujarat and the chancellor of GTU Dr Kamla will present the degrees to all the eligible students of GTU.
A total of 62,687 students will be awarded degrees at the ceremony. GTU will also confer an honorary doctorate to Dr Vijay Bhatkar, the architect of India’s national initiative in supercomputing. The Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), S S Mantha is also expected to be present at the convocation. A total of 143 students will be awarded gold medals in nine courses. More than 5,000 students are expected to receive their degrees personally and others can watch the convocation ceremony by accessing the link given on the website of the university.

Mumbai University introduces new courses

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January 16, 2014

University of Mumbai is all set to introduce three new courses starting from January and February this year. The courses anchored at the extra-mural centre of the university are gardening course in Marathi, garden craft course in English and ornamental aquarium fish keeping and breeding course.
Gardening course in Marathi is an intensive course for gardening and farmhouse makers. The garden craft course which is taught in English is a 15 sessions course meant for small gardens and ornamental gardening. The ornamental aquarium fish keeping and breeding course commencing from February will cover training in setting up an aquarium, maintenance, aquatic flora, types of freshwater ornamental fish, marine aquarium setting and maintenance, preparing fish foods, breeding techniques of fresh water ornamental fish. All the courses will be taught by expert professionals. The admission procedure for all the courses is quiet simple as extra-mural does not keep age and qualifications bars.

Government plans to formulate ‘national standards’ for schools’ performance

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January 15, 2014

The government is planning to formulate ‘national standards’ for schools’ performance with the aim to keep the students and parents informed about various activities of the schools. The initiative will help in highlighting the schools which are performing well and which are not. This will help the parents take a well informed decision. The move becomes significant in light of reports which suggest that learning outcome is still far from satisfactory in both primary and upper primary classes.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and UNICEF had organized a convention to evaluate the progress of RTE after three years and the performance of the states especially after the three year deadline to implement the infrastructure requirement that came to an end on March 31, 2013. Speaking at the convention, senior HRD Ministry official Brinda Swarup said that though a lot has been achieved in meeting the RTE parameters, much more grounds need to be covered. As against the target of 19.82 lakh teachers, 14.80 lakh have been recruited as of September 30, 2013.

Nursery admissions to begin from January 17

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January 15, 2014

The nursery admissions in Delhi which were about to begin from January 15 will now start from January 17, as told by the Delhi government to the High court on January 13. The date has been deferred by two days on account of the hearing on January 13 on a challenge to the new nursery guidelines which remained inconclusive.
The government said that it would wait for the outcome of the next hearing on the petition filed by a group of private schools to put a stay on the notification laying out new criteria for nursery admissions in the capital. In the petition, the schools had urged the court to grant interim stay on the notification but the court declined to stay the process and said that the matter will be taken up in the next hearing by a proper bench which will decide the later course.

Apeejay School, Noida conferred the ‘Best School with Outstanding Academics in Delhi-NCR’

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January 15, 2014

Apeejay School, Noida conferred the ‘Best School with Outstanding Academics in Delhi-NCR’

Apeejay School, Noida has been awarded as the ‘Best School with Outstanding Academics in Delhi-NCR’ by Royal Brands Pvt. Ltd. The award was presented by Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Communication and Information Technology & Law and Justice.
Schools like Shalom Presidency, Banyan Tree World School and Indus Valley Public School also participated in the award ceremony. The winner was announced using the Royal Brands Indicative Consumer Insights (RBICI) TM Methodology, a proprietary tool of Royal Brands, to arrive at the final brand score. Factors like trust, belongingness, loyalty, providing quality and valuable services were considered while selecting the best school by Royal Brands Pvt. Ltd.

CAT 2013 results out, 8 students score 100 percentile

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January 15, 2014

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 results have been declared and eight candidates have scored 100 percentile. Incidentally, all of them are from engineering background.
Among the toppers, six candidates have done B Tech and two candidates have completed M Tech and three of them also have work experience of one to two years in sectors like automobile, banking services and information technology. Mumbai has highest number of toppers (three), New Delhi and Hyderabad have one each, and the other three are from Samalkot, Secunderabad and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.
Surprisingly, this year no female candidate could score a 100 percentile and only one female could make it to the 99.9 percentile group of ten students. Nearly 1.75 lakh students appeared for CAT 2013, of which 50,000 were female candidates. The number of students appearing for CAT registered a decline in 2013 and the number of students securing 100 percentile has also seen a fall as compared to CAT 2012.

Presenting Top Schools of India :: December 2013

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January 14, 2014

EDITORIAL
21st Century Schools

INTRODUCTION

Top Schools of India

METHODOLOGY

How We Ranked Them

NORTH INDIA

Top Schools in Jammu & Kashmir

Top Schools in Himachal Pradesh

Top Schools in Chandigarh

Top Schools in Punjab

Top Schools in Haryana

Top Schools in Uttarakhand

Top Schools in Uttar Pradesh

Delhi-NCR

Top Schools in Delhi-NCR

CENTRAL INDIA

Top Schools in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

WEST INDIA

Top Schools in Rajasthan

Top Schools in Gujarat

Top Schools in Maharashtra

EAST INDIA

Top Schools in Bihar and Jharkhand

Top Schools in Bhubaneswar

Top Schools in West Bengal

NORTH-EAST

Top Schools in Assam

SOUTH INDIA

Top Schools in Kerala

Top Schools in Tamil Nadu

Top Schools in Karnataka

Top Schools in Andhra Pradesh

K-12 SPEAK

Preparing Students for Future

Learning, Unlearning and Relearning

Student’s All Round Development is a Major Challenge

Lottery system of admission hampers quality

Training students for tomorrow is Challenging

Teachers Getting Trained to Become Techno-Savvy

Government Should give Land to Schools at Lower Cost

Towards Pedagogical Leadership and Innovation

Most Schools Opting for World Class Education over Value Based

“Quality Education” The Ultimate Desire by Parents!

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Doon Public School Imparting Hitech, Premium Quality Education

Enriching Students’ Lives

“Looking Beyond MCQs in Computer Based Testing”

SPECIAL FEATURE

WizIQ facilitates ISM Dhanbad’s Flag-off of its First Ever Distance Course, Online

CYBER SECURITY

99 Percent Indian IT Engineers Lack Secure Programming Skills

EVENT REPORT

Accelerating Growth of Quality Higher Education

CORPORATE CONNECT

Leysin American School presents ‘The Future of Education’

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January 14, 2014

With the aim to increase its brand presence in India, Leysin American School (LAS) in Switzerland held a presentation on ‘The Future of Education: How each child can reach their full potential- An Introspective on Development in Education.’

Dr Steven Ott, Chair of the Board LAS, and Martin Strub, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Switzerland, India were present at the event which was organised to increase awareness about the International Baccalaureate program at LAS and to connect and network with prospective families in India.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Steven Ott said, “We want to increase the number of qualified and motivated Indian students that attend LAS as we see there is a potential in the India market. They contribute to the LAS community and are strong academic students who are accepted at prestigious and competitive universities.” The ambassador and alumni of LAS, Angad Sandhu said, “LAS provides a platform for children from different regions of the world to make lifelong relationships. In today’s wave of globalization such friendships add strength and scope for success in all fields of work and life”. He further added that LAS provides the competitive environment for the growth of the child’s personality, character and intellect.

WCRC honours Asia’s best private education institutes

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January 14, 2014

WCRC Leaders Asian Education Excellence Summit & Awards honoured Asia’s 100 best and fastest growing private education institutes on January 9. The event saw the participation of a number of reputed private education institutes and top of the league academicians from Asia.
The World Consulting & Research Corporation (WCRC), a multi-interest consulting, research and media conglomerate, played the host to the event which took place on the backdrop of the January 2014 issue of WCRC Leaders-Asia magazine. It has a special cover feature on Asia’s 100 best and fastest growing private education institutes. KPMG in India has been the process advisor and evaluator for the research survey.
Premier private education institutes like XLRI, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Christian Medical College, Asian College of Journalism, Gulf Medical University, The Doon School, Bangkok University attended the event. Distinguished luminaries and senior government officials like Pervez Dewan, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Pooran Chandra Pandey, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact, Sunaina Tomar, Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Ajay Tomar, IGP, BSF Punjab among others were present at the event as guests of honour. The event had a series of panel discussion sessions, themed around ‘Education creates Leaders’. Chancellors, principals, deans and directors of leading academic brands deliberated on various issues covering policy frameworks to academic quality improvement and placeability of graduates.
The guests of honour handed over the awards for Asia’s Best and Fastest Growing Private Education Institutes to the recipients. Few academicians were also conferred with the Excellence in Education Innovation & Leadership awards in different categories.

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