Issues
College days, commuting woes
It is a daily struggle with over-crowded buses, fleecing autos and sometimes hitch a free ride on a classmate's bike or car, finds Adhithya Srinivas
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Managing the expenses
Managing expenses within ‘budget’ is a puzzle for the grown-ups and for young adults it is almost unmanageable given the wide gap between the wants and the flow of money. Neither they are experien...
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Technical glitches mar AIEEE
The online AIEEE test that determines entry to the prestigious NITs, held here on Saturday, was marred with technical glitches for many students. The exam was held in five private engineering coll...
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Doctors' dilemma
The government's insistence that MBBS students who want to pursue postgraduation in the U.S. have to sign a bond promising to return immediately after course completion, has come as a dampener for many of them. A look at the implications of the proposal.
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Taking MBAs to the hinterland
It's a difficult task at a time when management graduates look only at the pay packet
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May 11, 2012
Industry-friendly syllabus needed
This is a week of farewell parties on engineering college campuses. Talk to any final-year engineering student, and the most common refrain is likely to be on the lines of, “I am all set for the ne...
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Thiruvananthapuram,
May 7, 2012
B.Tech. seats sans hassles
The State government's approval for an increase in fees has set the ball rolling for a “hassle-free” admission process for the engineering programmes offered by professional colleges in the State i...
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CHENNAI,
May 7, 2012
Deemed universities emerge as safe harbour for CBSE students in State
CBSE students aspiring for an engineering seat are increasingly knocking at the doors of deemed universities, not wanting to lose time — and a chance for admission in a decent college — by waiting...
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May 3, 2012
Equipping teachers for inclusion
India will assume the chair of the E-9 group later this month when it hosts the Ninth E-9 Ministerial Review Meeting on “Inclusive, relevant quality Education for All” identified as the theme for...
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April 30, 2012
Easing the affiliation burden
With the State universities burdened with administrative work of affiliating and managing large number of colleges, a University Grants Commission expert committee has recommended affiliation refor...
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KOCHI,
April 28, 2012
Protest against ‘threat to autonomy of universities'
Pro-Left organisations of university teachers, non-teaching staff and students have decided to float a common platform at every university in the State to battle what they see as the UDF government...
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BANGALORE,
April 26, 2012
Educationists fear RTE may eat into higher education funds
Stakeholders in the higher education sphere expressed apprehension that the large amount of funds needed for the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act will eat into allocations for hi...
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CHENNAI,
April 24, 2012
Former VCs and retired profs on syllabus panel
The experts' committee constituted to review the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu will include former vice-chancellors and retired professors.The 10-member committee, to be headed...
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TIRUCHI,
April 21, 2012
Gap between school and higher education systems takes a toll
The suicide committed earlier this week by a first-year-student of Anna University, Chennai, purportedly due to difficulties in coping with studies, after gaining admission by virtue of 92 per cen...
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MADURAI,
April 21, 2012
No education loan for those scoring low marks: Bench
The Madras High Court Bench here on Friday upheld the validity of a decision taken by Indian Banks Association that henceforth students who had secured less than 60 per cent of marks in qualifying...
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Learning Lessons: Make schooling joyful up to class XII
Worried about values
Minister hints at action against school
Children from weaker sections can now have access to private schools
Problems galore in school admission
Taking reservation to the next level
Testing times are not over yet
New scheme to raise higher education enrolment
CHENNAI,
May 10, 2012
NET aspirants wary of new format
For most aspirants of the National Eligibility Test (NET), the format introduced by the University Grants Commission this year, means they need to be thorough with the theory part of the syllabus.
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Hyderabad,
May 7, 2012
Dearth of good teachers in coming years
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
The age-old adage...
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May 5, 2012
Barefoot: Still under siege
For millennia, communities consigned to manual work by India's caste system were relentlessly barred from education. Free India's great experiment with republican democracy was expected to end thi...
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April 30, 2012
It will be a curriculum-plus model
A business professional and academic, S. Rajeev, is the Director of the Asian School of Business in Thiruvananthapuram. He is now the head of a committee constituted by the Kerala...
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MANGALORE,
April 28, 2012
‘Students will not be allowed to cover their faces in classroom'
St. Aloysius College has clarified its stand on the issue of students wearing burqa in classrooms, following a controversy over the issue. Registrar of the college A.M. Narahari told ...
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NEW DELHI,
April 27, 2012
One multiple choice paper for IITs is enough, suggests Super 30 founder
“Super 30” founder Anand Kumar, whose initiatives have led to over 300 students from marginalised sections of society gain entry into IITs, met Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Siba...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
April 26, 2012
Focus on reforms in civil services exams
The government is planning major changes in the recruitment process for the civil services. So, the aspirants have to be prepared for it. The Centre for Career Development Studies organised...
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April 23, 2012
It is not a B.Ed. of roses
A lot of debate has been going on about the standards of teacher education in the country and in Karnataka. In this context, when a member of the academic council of a varsity remarks that almost h...
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TIRUCHI,
April 21, 2012
‘Onus of deciding area of interest lies with students'
It is better to choose core branches for under-graduation and go for specialisation in post-graduation, V. Rhymend Uthariaraj, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions, said on Friday.W...
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April 21, 2012
Language barrier puts students from Tamil medium in a fix
It has only been a year since newspapers carried his photo, predicting he would soon fulfil his dream of becoming a software designer in a big company, but Prabhakar Rajan (name changed), a studen...
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Panel to explore new law to regulate private schools
25 colleges face action for charging excess fees
No justification for uniform fee: Ekbal
Supreme Court upholds RTE Act
HC favours expelled students
‘Youth play important role'
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