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Chidambaram terms education priority area, hikes allocation 17 percent
New Delhi : Calling education an area of priority, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday announced an increase of 17 percent in the budget allocated to this sector to Rs.65,867 crore ($12,285 million). ”My idea is
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Pre-exam stress can affect performance: Experts
New Delhi :Stress before an exam is normal. But in excess, it’s bad – both physically and mentally – and can adversely impact on performance. With the CBSE board exams just two weeks away,
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Delhi notification on nursery admissions unaffected
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in the Delhi government’s notifications empowering unaided private schools to formulate their own criteria on nursery admissions. A division bench of Chief Justice
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No relief to suspended principal of Kirori Mal College
New Delhi: Holding the conduct of suspended Kirori Mal College (KMC) principal “contrary to maintenance of discipline in an educational institutions”, the Delhi High Court has dismissed his plea to revoke his suspension. Justice Mukta Gupta,
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Kerala centre for budget studies opens
Thiruvananthapuram : Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday inaugurated the K.M. Mani Centre for Budget Studies of Cochin University of Science and Technology at the old Kerala assembly hall here. “It is befitting that the
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Quality of higher education in India worrisome: Jamia VC
New Delhi : The quality of higher education in India is worrisome with the accent more on “job-oriented courses” rather than “broad-based, good, solid education” backed by “original quality research”, says Jamia Millia Islamic vice-chancellor
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Will help AMU maintain its historical character, assures Sonia
Aligarh: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday assured the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) community that she would lend support to the institution to preserve its historical character and its autonomy. Addressing AMU’s 60th annual convocation through
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Elitism affecting West Bengal education sector: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Elitisim is one of the many issues plaguing the education sector in West Bengal, said Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday. “There are many issues of different kinds… there is a question of elitisim.
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Students to ‘evaluate’ teachers at Panjab University
Chandigarh : Teachers in Panjab University (PU) will soon get some lessons from students with a new teacher feedback system. After much deliberation, the senate, the university’s highest decision-making body, has approved the mechanism, which will
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Modi to speak at Delhi University on Wednesday
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who some party colleagues want to see as prime ministerial candidate, will speak at a leading Delhi University college on Wednesday. He will address students and the faculty of
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Need to reverse declining trend in higher education: President
New Delhi: India is witnessing a decline in standards in the quality of higher education and the trend needs to be reversed, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. Addressing a conference of vice-chancellors of central universities,
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President to hold meet of central universities
New Delhi: With its focus on improving quality of education, President Pranab Mukherjee will host a conference of vice chancellors of 40 central universities here on Tuesday. ”The agenda includes steps required to improve the quality
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Citi India, IIM Lucknow hold banking workshop
Lucknow : Aimed at building capabilities among young students to prepare them for the dynamic and challenging banking sector, a workshop was held Monday at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow. ‘Demystifying Banking’ –
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‘Children adopt executive skills at preschool age’
Washington: Children start picking up executive abilities like planning, task monitoring and controlling attention at the preschool age when they are as young as four-and-half years old, says a new study. Findings of researchers from
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