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July 2009

  • Cabinet nod to free education to children below 14 years of age
    03rd July 2009
    Staff Writer

    Finally, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill 2005 has got approval of the Union Cabinet. The Bill seeks to make free education for all the children in the 6 to 14 age group mandatory. 

  • Education stocks riding on expectaion from Budget
    02nd July 2009
    Staff Writer

     The education stocks are riding, at this time of the year, on the speculations of higher outlay for the education sector in the forthcoming Union Budget. A higher budget allocation for the sector is anticipated in view of the interim budget.

  • SAFE traffic education for schoolchildren
    02nd July 2009
    Staff Writer

    Human error is the major cause of accidents that take place on the city roads. Lack of knowledge about traffic rules not only leads to fatal accidents, at times it results in street brawls and road rage. 

  • PG diploma course in global business on offer
    02nd July 2009
    Staff Writer

    An education chain, the Indira Group of Institutes, has launched a PG diploma programme in international business. Styled as 'Post graduate Diploma in Management-International Business the new management programme would be run by the Indira Group though its subsidiary, Indira Global Business School.

  • Shame! Report alleges Oz hiding foreign students’ death toll
    02nd July 2009
    Staff Writer

    'Almost half of them Indians.'
     
    In a shocking report published in Australia’s reputed daily The Age that could not have come at a worse time for the USD 15.5-billion-dollar Australian education industry, reveals that the Australian government has concealed the details of deaths of over 50 foreign students last year.

  • India to host meet of global universities
    02nd July 2009
    Staff Writer

    India is set to be the venue for the fourth meet of International Association of Universities (IAU). The rare honour of hosting the meet scheduled for 2011 is expected to give the country’s educational institutions global recognition. 

  • Rs 12.5 lakh stipend for 2-month internship
    02nd July 2009
    Staff Writer

    It is a record of sorts, an IIM student is earning a stipend of Rs 12.5 lakh for summer internship, that too, in times of recession. Last year, an IIM student had become the highest paid intern earning half the amount. It is a student of the Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta) who outdid the previous record holder. 

  • IITs not immune to reservation: Sibal
    02nd July 2009
    Staff Writer

    Minister wants medicine, law in IIT curriculum
    Setting at rest the speculations that the government may exempt the Indian Institutes of Technology from the quota for SCs, STs and OBCs, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday reservation for the faculty of the elite technology institutions will continue. 

  • Utkal University joins in research on ayurveda
    01st July 2009
    Staff Writer

     
    In keeping with the state’s tradition of ayurveda which dates back to ancient times, the Orissa based Utkal University tied up with Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS). The joint venture aims at carrying out advanced research in the parallel systems of medicine. 

  • Karnataka universities adopt CET model for admission
    01st July 2009
    Staff Writer

    Following a consensus among the universities of Karnataka on reforms in admission process, the Inter-University Board (IUB) has passed a resolution to adopt a Common Admission Process (CAP) for general degree courses. Modeled on the Common Entrance Test (CET) pattern, the CAP will come into effect from 2010-11 academic year. 

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