In a meeting addressed to the principals of the pharmacy colleges affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinda, Vice chancellor of JNTUK, Prof Allam Apparao, declared that these colleges have been permitted to open fresh new post graduate courses M.Sc Chemistry and M.Tech Bio-technology from the next academic year. Also included in the declaration [...]

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Radcliffe Foundation, a premier foundation with education as the primary goal, has decided to set up 150 new Radcliffe schools across India in the next five years. It has so far invested already Rs. 100 crores in setting up nursery schools(classes I-V)  in cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata and Raipur, is set [...]

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Just a day after Shahnawaz Alam, a B.Sc final year student of the Aligarh Muslim University got killed by miscreants, the students forced the authorities, in a fit of rage, to shut down the doors temporarily. Around 600 students had protested the murder and had blocked the Delhi-Howrah route for hours, demanding punishment for the [...]

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If you are a student who struggles hard to remember texts or write answers, but quite good in extracurricular activities or perhaps sports such as basketball or football, then there is, apparently, no need to worry much about passing the frightening annual exams. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to give pass [...]

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The Indira Gandhi Open University is set to start two more courses, that is designing apparel, garments and fashion which are focussed on mainly hand-skills. Signing a memorandum of understanding with the University, Chairman Rakesh Vaid of Apparel Export Promotion Council claimed the courses sub-categorized in certificates, diploma and degree programmes(currently only for the Undergraduate [...]

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If the value based CBSE curriculum was not enough, the board has decided to examine students on the basis of their interaction with the general world(read fellow students and teachers), an issue that has raised eyebrows nationwide. While many have nodded their heads in support of the new gradation system citing examples of morality incorporation [...]

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