Goa medical college ragging not a serious issue: Minister
9/5/2010 8:55:00 PM |
| Panaji, Sep 5 (IANS) A ragging incident in Goa's premier medical college in which six students were evicted from the hostel for disciplinary reasons is 'not that serious', Goa Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane said Sunday, adding it does not require his attention. |
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Delhi prepared for CWG but needs discipline: Dikshit
9/5/2010 8:17:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) With less than a month left for the Commonwealth Games, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday said the capital is well-prepared to host the Games but needs a sense of discipline and dedication, particularly from students, for the success of the mega-event. |
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Telangana students ransack exam centre at Osmania
9/5/2010 1:11:00 PM |
| Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Students protesting the conduct of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) exam ransacked an exam centre at the Osmania University campus here Sunday, leaving three injured. |
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Orissa coaches tribal students to compete in competititve tests
9/5/2010 12:22:00 PM |
| Bhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) Orissa, which has the second highest tribal population in the country, will start high-tech coaching progammes from next month exclusively for its tribal students to help them compete in tough competitive examinations. |
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Orissa students to get helpline for grievances
9/4/2010 10:09:00 PM |
| Bhubaneswar, Sep 4 (IANS) The Orissa government Saturday decided to set up a students helpline soon to redress grievances of school children, a senior official of the school and mass education department said. |
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Filtered water for all Chandigarh government schools
9/4/2010 9:01:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Sep 4 (IANS) All 106 government schools in the union territory of Chandigarh will soon have the facility of water filters to provide safe drinking water to students. |
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Modi honours school teachers
9/4/2010 8:19:00 PM |
| Gandhinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal and Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday honoured 33 school teachers at a function at Town Hall here on the eve of Teachers' Day. |
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Telangana ministers demand postponement of state exam
9/4/2010 6:54:00 PM |
| Hyderabad, Sep 4 (IANS) A group of ministers from Telangana region Saturday urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah to postpone the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) selection test as a showdown looks inevitable with students from the region intensifying their protest and calling for a shutdown Sunday. |
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Teachers should guard against lack of knowledge, biases: PM
9/4/2010 2:20:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The educational system in India is at 'a very critical juncture' and teachers should guard against 'lack of knowledge, poor understanding, or biases', which students could imbibe, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday on the eve of Teacher's Day. |
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Teacher's Day across the world (To go with Teacher's Day story)
9/4/2010 11:51:00 AM |
| New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) India celebrates Teachers Day on Sep 5, while the International Teachers Day is observed Oct 5. |
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Teacher shortage could hamper universal education goal (For Teacher's Day, Sep 5)
9/4/2010 11:48:00 AM |
| New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) As India celebrates another Teacher's Day on Sunday, it comes as a reminder of a major challenge that lies ahead - a massive crunch of teachers, at both the school and university levels that could hamper the goal of education for all. |
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40 percent turnout in Delhi varsity student union polls
9/3/2010 11:42:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) A mere 40 percent of the electorate turned out Friday for the elections to the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU), officials said. |
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Panjab University's students poll results out
9/3/2010 6:18:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) In a very close contest in the Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC) elections here Friday, the alliance of the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) and the Indian National Student Organisation (INSO) won three seats of the four-member panel. |
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School files complaint on illegal confinement of students
9/3/2010 5:15:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) St John's High School, one of the oldest schools here for boys, has lodged a complaint against two people, including a state official, for illegally confining five minor students and forcing them to record statements against the school management, police said Friday. |
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Protests over sealing of hall in prestigious Agra convent
9/3/2010 2:55:00 PM |
| Agra, Sep 3 (IANS) Teachers, students, parents and even the city mayor are up in arms over the Agra Development Authority's (ADA) move to seal the hall of a prestigious convent school - said to be one of the oldest in Asia. |
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Vitamin A controversy: Seven Haryana students hospitalised again
9/2/2010 11:37:00 AM |
| Sirsa (Haryana), Sep 2 (IANS) The controversy over nearly 100 girls taking ill in a Haryana town after being administered a Vitamin A dose in school raised its head again when seven of them had to be re-admitted to hospital. |
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Campaigning for Delhi University polls ends sans fervour
9/1/2010 8:04:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The regular poll fervour was missing from the campaigning for the Delhi University elections which ended Wednesday as students adhered to the official guidelines and eschewed electioneering in cars, using drums and other musical instruments. |
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Middlesex University plans campus in Noida
9/1/2010 5:55:00 PM |
| Shimla, Sep 1 (IANS) The Middlesex University of London, with overseas campuses in Dubai and Mauritius, plans to open a new campus in Delhi's satellite town of Noida, said its vice chancellor here Wednesday. |
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And now Kerala to air educational reality show
9/1/2010 3:21:00 PM |
| Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 1 (IANS) The country's first-of-its-kind Educational Reality Show is aimed at unleashing the creativity and innovativeness of school students in Kerala, thanks to the initiative of IT@School ViCTERS. |
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Apex court directs troops to vacate northeast schools
9/1/2010 2:17:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the home ministry to have all schools in the northeast that have been occupied by paramilitary forces vacated in two months. |
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