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BELGAUM: Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has created history by announcing BE and BTech results in a record period of seven days, thanks to advanced technology. VTU has started announcing the region-wise results of VIII semester BE/ BTech exams since June 27. The hard copies of the result sheets have already been sent to the principals of VTU-affiliated colleges. The results are also available on the http://results.vtu.ac.in. VTU completed evaluation of around two lakh answer scripts within seven days __ said to be the shortest-possible time __ beginning from the next day of the concluding exam. The results of Gulbarga, Belgaum and Mysore regions were announced on June 27, 28 and 29 (in that order), while the results of Bangalore region will be announced by July 1. VTU vice-chancellor H Maheshappa said students and faculty members have appreciated prompt and lightning speed in the announcement of results. "This has motivated VTU-affiliated colleges," he added. To

The government plans to expand the eligibility criteria for the Indian Forest Service examination, to include Indian Institute of Forestry Management graduates and other science and technology graduates. This decision was taken at a recent meeting chaired by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, considering the recommendations of the J.C. Kala Committee to improve IFS recruitment over the next 20 years. Other languages It was also decided that the examination, now conducted only in English, will soon be held in all other national languages too. In a further reform, specialisations in remote sensing and GIS will be introduced for IFS probationers, similar to the current wildlife specialisation.

Gujarat Technological University (GTU) will declare the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) merit list on July 8, six days after the second and final phase of the GCET examination gets over, confirmed Dr GP Vadodaria, GTU's controller of examinations. The test is being conducted in two phases. The first phase was held from June 25 to 28 and the second phase began on June 29 and will end on July 2. Dr Vadodaria said, "23,740 students registered for phase I, of which 22,827 appeared for the test. A total of 4,596 students took the exam from Ahmedabad at five centres in phase I." Regarding the number of students at the five centres in Ahmedabad, Dr Vadodaria said that at the Indus Institute of Technology and Engineering (IITE), 1,280 students took the exam; 1,1319 students appeared at the LJ Institute of Engineering and Technology; at Nirma University, 793 students appeared for GCET; at Som Lalit Education and Research Foundation, 750 students took the exam an

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) in its general body meeting held on June 30 announced that any student who is 18 can now appear for the class 10 exam through the open school system introduced this year. According to executive board member of GSHSEB, Bhaskar Patel earlier a student who had left studies mid-way and had completed 18-years of age had to first clear all other standards before appearing for class 10 exams. This meant that if a student left school while in class 8, then he could appear for class 10 exams only after clearing class 8 and 9. But now he/she can directly appear for class 10 through the open school system. "With class 8 being included in primary sections and class 9 coming under the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation system, he or she can now directly appear for standard tenth exam through open school system," said Patel. There are around 263 open school centres wherein, every weekend, teachers will be appoi

NAGPUR: Engineering colleges in Maharashtra, which were finding it extremely difficult to get candidates for degree courses, have some reason to cheer. AICTE has relaxed the basic eligibility criteria for admissions to engineering first year course to 45% (40% for reserved category candidates) aggregate in physics, chemistry and mathematics (PCM) group in standard XII exam. This criteria was fixed at 50% till last year. This follows the apex engineering body's decision to lower the bar for polytechnic admissions to 35% from 50% in standard X exam from any board. "The AICTE had taken this decision a couple of days back. But it's yet to reach us formally," technical education director Subhash Mahajan told TOI from Mumbai. He added that DTE will make changes only after getting official communication in this regard. Highly placed sources said that the last date of form submission is likely to be extended beyond July 2 if the new criterion is implemented. They pointed out

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has announced the result of B.Sc. Nursing and B.Pharm (Ay.) Entrance Test 2011. Entrance Test was conducted by Banaras Hindu University Institute of Medical Sciences on May 22, 2011. List of the selected candidates has been issued category wise. These candidates selected for B.Sc. Nursing are required to report to the Office of the Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi on July 15, 2011 at 9 AM along with all original certificates and marksheets. Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a public university located in Varanasi, India and is one of the Central Universities of India. It is the largest residential university in Asia, with over 12,000 students living on its campus. BHU was founded in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya under the Parliamentary legislation 'B.H.U. Act 1915'.

Just when you thought the reputation of India’s higher education sector couldn’t get worse, two recent developments regarding scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (SC/ST) cast doubt on the approach of a few of New Delhi’s academic institutions. In one case, two Delhi University officials have been arrested for supplying fake caste/tribe certificates to students for admission to colleges. In another case, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, a branch of one of the most prestigious engineering and technology oriented institutes of higher education in India, has proposed to dish out “etiquette lessons” for its freshman SC/ST students. The arrest of two permanent employees of Delhi University’s Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) cell came after a 26-year-old man allegedly managed to secure admissions for a dozen students in eight colleges this admission season. His “educational consultancy firm” guaranteed admission to renowned colleges in the university by providing f

Citing stiff competition from nation's like China, India and Brazil, President Barack Obama has said that he is not prepared to bring US deficit down by sacrificing education, medical research or rebuilding of infrastructure. "We live in a world where America is facing stiff competition for good jobs from rapidly growing nations, like China and India and Brazil," he said at two democratic party fundraisers in Philadelphia on Thursday lamenting the lack of progress on some of the nation's problems. "For a long time we were told the best way to win that competition is just to undermine consumer protections and undermine clean air laws and clean water laws and hand out tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires," Obama said. "That was the idea that held sway for close to a decade. And let's face it, it didn't work out very well," he said accusing opposition Republicans seeking their party's presidential nomination for the 2012 election fo

The All India Council for Technical Education has reduced the cut-off marks in Intermediate for admissions to engineering courses, bowing to pressure from several states, including Andhra Pradesh. It has brought down cut-off marks in 10+2 to 45 per cent for students from open category and to 40 per cent for reserved category students. The AICTE had in January made it mandatory for students in the open category to secure 50 per cent marks in 10+2 group subjects (maths, physics and chemistry), and 45 per cent marks for students from reserved categories, in order to improve standards in engineering education. However, several states have opposed the move, arguing that it will prevent students from studying engineering, particularly those from reserved categories and rural areas. To date, getting pass marks (35 per cent) in the Intermediate was enough for a student to get admission in BE, B.Tech courses, apart from securing 25 per cent marks in Eamcet. For students from scheduled castes an

On a trip to India, a five-member delegation from Afghanistan visited the Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, to discuss mutual coordination in higher education. Led by Afghan Deputy Minister of Higher Education for Academic Affairs M Osmam Baburi, the delegation met university Vice-Chancellor M L Ranga on Thursday. Baburi said that the purpose of his visit to India was to identify quality higher education institutes, so their students could be sent here for education. India had a significant role to play in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, besides helping it groom an educated future generation. The delegation visited the departments of Physics, Environmental, Science and Technology, Bio-technology, Food Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Electronics, Communications and Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, Printing technology, Physiotherapy and Library, besides its hostels and computer centre. The other members of the delegation w

NEW DELHI: Mid way into the second day of the third cutoff list admissions, Zakir Husain (evening) College allegedly declared there would be no more admission for the BCom programme. With no way out, eligible candidates approached the office of the dean of students' welfare, Delhi University, who got the admission process restored on Thursday. Aspirants alleged though they met the cutoff and other criteria, college officials refused them admissions on Wednesday, saying the seats were exhausted. "I has been waiting since afternoon in the queue. The admission process was pathetically slow and suddenly the college said no more candidates will be admitted in the BCom programme. There were around 20 students at that time in the queue who come under the ambit of the third cutoff and there was no way we could be denied admissions," said an aspirant, who requested anonymity. With no one to turn to in the college, the students approached the DSW and complained. The DSW sent a thre

PUNE: The state government has decided to set up a college in Gadchiroli, which will offer a diploma course in agriculture. Eighty per cent of the seats in the proposed college will be reserved for local tribal people. "Children of tribal people in Gadchiroli get education till secondary level, but have to go to other places for higher education, which leads to spending more. With the new agriculture diploma college, tribal people can come into mainstream education,"said Vijay Kolte, vice president of Maharashtra Council for Agricultural Education and Research (MCAER), while addressing a news conference on Thursday to give information about decisions taken by the council. The council heads agriculture universities in the state and plays a major role in their administration and forming of policies. Kolte said, "The state government has sanctioned Rs 10 crore for the college in Gadchiroli under the state tribal sub-plan. The college will start functioning from the next aca

HYDERABAD: All India Students Federation (AISF) has called for an educational bandh in the city on Friday demanding government control on fee structure in private schools and colleges. The student's union demanded the state government to introduce measures to regulate fee structure in corporate and international schools besides colleges. In view of the bandh call given by AISF, the recognised schools association has asked various school managements in the city to close down their institutions. Meanwhile, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (called for a Secretariat protest on July 2 demanding a repeal of the 14-F clause in Sub-Inspectors selection exam. The clause allows non-Telangana students to apply for SIs posts. toi

HYDERABAD: In a setback to thousands of minority students pursuing a second postgraduation course, the state government has barred them from availing tuition fee reimbursement from this academic year. The minority welfare department took the decision in view of the mounting financial burden and taking cue from the government's decision to stop fee reimbursement to students of backward castes (BCs) for their second PG course this year. Mohd Ilyas Rizvi, AP State Minorities Finance Corporation MD & vice-chairman told TOI that students pursuing second PG will not be included in the fee reimbursement scheme launched exclusively for minority students in 2008. Most of the students pursuing second PG are from humanities and traditional science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) streams. After completing one PG course, the students preparing for competitive exams prefer to pursue a second PG as they get accommodation and mess facilities in university hostels for another two years. Most o

KOLKATA: Higher education minister Bratya Basu has ordered an inquiry into a 2005 case of 'dalatantra' pertaining to the appointment former health minister Surjya Kanta Mishra's daughter as a lecturer at Calcutta University. After it was alleged that Mishra's daughter was favoured over a deserving candidate, Basu has asked university vice-chancellor Suranjan Das to submit resumes of both candidates – Roshnara Mishra and Chandradeepa Ghosh. "We are looking into the matter and I have asked the VC to submit their resumes," Basu said. Chandradeepa had completed her BSc from Presidency College, ranking first class first with 69.3%, went on to get another first class first in MSc with 70.2%. She qualified both the ICSR and NET exams for a PhD from Jadavpur University and did her post doctorate from the University of Texas Health Sciences. Chandradeepa alleged that Roshnara got the lectureship in Physiology for her political connections while academically, she had me

HYDERABAD: All work and no play is making city students not only dull but fat. City teenagers going on 17 are carrying not only the heavy burden of parental expectations but extra kilos that they gain in their classrooms. Doctors in the city report that intermediate students are becoming more prone to lifestyle health problems gaining as much as 10 to 12 kgs over the two years they spend in the college. So students chase better grades, spending long hours cramming in cramped classrooms, and walk out much heavier after two years of backbreaking studies. The absence of playgrounds and large campuses, places for recreation and athletics for these students or even the scope to indulge in any extra curricular activity is only fuelling the obesity trend. Both boys and girls of this age group face their own unique set of problems. Boys, as young as 17 or 18 are suffering from obesity and diabetes or even arthritis, while girls find themselves plagued by Poly-Cystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD). &qu

MUMBAI: Even as uncertainty looms large over the fate of hundreds of CBSE students who have opted out of the board exams but are seeking seats in the state's junior colleges, the government does not have any example to follow. For, most other states do not face such a situation as they have CBSE higher secondary schools that continue up to Class XII. School education department officials in Maharashtra are consulting CBSE officials to find a way out of this mess. An official said CBSE has not given any example to the state in the letter sent to the government, except for a note from Tamil Nadu. "In Tamil Nadu, too, most schools have a senior secondary section, which continues up to Class XII. The concept of junior college admissions exists only in Maharashtra. We are not sure how the state board can declare the school-based test and the board exam equivalent. There are legalities involved, which need to be sorted out,"the official added. In Karnataka, colleges have set as

MUMBAI: The first offline merit list for junior college admissions was announced at some colleges on Thursday and principals were not surprised with the high cut-offs. While the merit lists for online admissions will be announced only after July 12, currently, colleges with minority quotas are filling up their seats offline. The first cut-off for the science stream at St Xavier's College was 86.6%, while that for its arts stream was 79.6%. At SIES College of Science in Sion, the cut-offs for its vocational subjects were 92.54% (computer science) and 91.63% (electronics). The cut-off for the general category science list was 90%. "This was bound to happen following the rise in the number of high scorers. The real drama will start when the online merit lists are announced," said the principal of a south Mumbai college. Some colleges will put up their first offline merit lists on Friday and Saturday. Colleges have to finish offline admissions before July 7.

New Delhi: The Supreme court on Friday will decide the admission criteria for OBC students into central institutions like Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University under the 27% quota provision. Justice P Sathasivam and AK Patnaik will address the ambiguity and agreed to decide this tricky yet highly contentious issue on Friday. Citing a constitution bench judgment, senior advocate Indu Malhotra argued that it was to be 10% less than the last cut-off mark for general category candidates but JNU was admitting students who had scored 10% less than the eligibility criteria for general category. This means, if the last cut-off for general category, which saw an astounding 100% for a college in Delhi, was 80%, then the OBC candidates must get 70% to be eligible for admission to the reserved seats under the Central Educational Institutes (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006. In most institutes, the admission eligibility criteria for general category candidates is 50% marks, and the OB

Chennai: It is the responsibility of colleges to train the students in the fundamentals of the course while industries should provide the fresh recruits with the requisite training and skill set - this was the unanimous view of speakers at an interactive session held here. "Institutes will train students in basics. Industries can adopt colleges and train the students so that they are aware as to what the industry looks for in them," said M.S. Shunmugam of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. He was speaking at an interactive session on Tamil Nadu Manufacturing Outlook 2011-12 organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday. According to John Devadason, unit head of Apollo Tyres Ltd Chennai operations, the company is tying up with local educational institutions so that its employees can pursue B.Tech courses and the company officials also teach the students on tyre production technologies. "There is no separate course curriculum on tyre t

New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development has taken measures to review the functioning of the National Translation Mission, which is viewed as a most important Scheme by the National Knowledge Commission, and as a major initiative of the government in making Knowledge accessible to all by transcending language barriers. The Mission in its first phase is expected to translate knowledge texts -at graduate and post graduate level -available in English in over 15 disciplines into all the 22 languages listed under the 8th schedule. The NTM is expected to strengthen the growth and development of all Indian languages in a rapidly modernizing society and pave way for a functioning knowledge society with healthy multilingualism. In this connection the Director, CIIL, Mysore, who is the nodal officer of the scheme and the Project Director, National Translation Mission (NTM) met the Union Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal recently and apprised him of the developments

Chennai: It is the responsibility of colleges to train the students in the fundamentals of the course while industries should provide the fresh recruits with the requisite training and skill set - this was the unanimous view of speakers at an interactive session held here. "Institutes will train students in basics. Industries can adopt colleges and train the students so that they are aware as to what the industry looks for in them," said M.S. Shunmugam of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. He was speaking at an interactive session on Tamil Nadu Manufacturing Outlook 2011-12 organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday. According to John Devadason, unit head of Apollo Tyres Ltd Chennai operations, the company is tying up with local educational institutions so that its employees can pursue B.Tech courses and the company officials also teach the students on tyre production technologies. "There is no separate course curriculum on tyre t

New Delhi: The Supreme court on Friday will decide the admission criteria for OBC students into central institutions like Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University under the 27% quota provision. Justice P Sathasivam and AK Patnaik will address the ambiguity and agreed to decide this tricky yet highly contentious issue on Friday. Citing a constitution bench judgment, senior advocate Indu Malhotra argued that it was to be 10% less than the last cut-off mark for general category candidates but JNU was admitting students who had scored 10% less than the eligibility criteria for general category. This means, if the last cut-off for general category, which saw an astounding 100% for a college in Delhi, was 80%, then the OBC candidates must get 70% to be eligible for admission to the reserved seats under the Central Educational Institutes (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006. In most institutes, the admission eligibility criteria for general category candidates is 50% marks, and the OB

Dharamsala, June 30 (PTI) Eight women employees of the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBSE) have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the 2010 examination scam, police said today. The employees were arrested yesterday and produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate (Kangra) here who later released them on bail today, they said. The recent arrests began last week after a gap of a few months, when about ten employees of the board were arrested, police added. With this the number of board employees arrested in the case has gone up to 28. These employees have been accused of dereliction of their duty and also of being hand-in-glove with the main accused Ashwani Dogra in the case, police said. A challan in court regarding this case will soon be filed, ACP O P Jamwal said. The scam was unearthed in September last year indicating that around 200 students passed different examinations of the Board without appearing for them. Two of the alleged masterminds in the scam,

Examinations, if the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is to be believed, are surplus to school education. First, they made the Class X Board examinations optional, and now, are keen to phase them out altogether. As a first step in this direction, the CBSE is currently comparing and analysing the results of the Class X school-based examination with the Board exam held in March this year. Speaking to MAIL TODAY, CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi said: "At the time we made the exam optional, parents were quite apprehensive and felt that scoring in the school-based exam will be much easier than the Boards. But the outcome of our initial comparison is quite encouraging. There's hardly any difference between the results of the two examinations." If the Board, through tools of statistical analysis, can establish that there's no difference between taking the two examinations, then it will use this analysis to advocate for scrapping of the Board exam entirely. This analysi

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Technological University (GTU) will declare the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) merit list on July 8, six days after the second and final phase of the GCET examination gets over, confirmed Dr GP Vadodaria, GTU's controller of examinations. The test is being conducted in two phases. The first phase was held from June 25 to 28 and the second phase began on June 29 and will end on July 2. Dr Vadodaria said, "23,740 students registered for phase I, of which 22,827 appeared for the test. A total of 4,596 students took the exam from Ahmedabad at five centres in phase I." Regarding the number of students at the five centres in Ahmedabad, Dr Vadodaria said that at the Indus Institute of Technology & Engineering (IITE), 1,280 students took the exam; 1,1319 students appeared at the LJ Institute of Engineering and Technology; at Nirma University, 793 students appeared for GCET; at Som Lalit Education and Research Foundation, 750 students took the exam and

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The report of Comptroller and Auditor-General has observed that students who had not qualified in the entrance exam were admitted to the six affiliated engineering colleges of the Kerala University. The report which was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday pointed out that in 2008, 33 students admitted to Mary Matha College of Engineering and 25 students admitted to Travancore Engineering College, Kollam, had not qualified in the entrance examination conducted by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations. Similarly, during 2009, 96 students admitted to K R Gouri Amma College of Engineering, Alappuzha, had not qualified in the entrance examination conducted by the CEE. In an apparent dig at the functioning of the Kerala University, the report said that the functioning of the scrutiny boards to check question papers was ineffective. The presence of out-of-syllabus questions in significant number of question papers showed that the scrutiny boards were not functioning eff

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has announced the result of B.Sc. Nursing and B.Pharm (Ay.) Entrance Test 2011. Entrance Test was conducted by Banaras Hindu University Institute of Medical Sciences on May 22, 2011. BHU has announced the result of B.Sc. Nursing and B.Pharm Entrance Test 2011. List of the selected candidates has been issued category wise. These candidates selected for B.Sc. Nursing are required to report to the Office of the Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi on July 15, 2011 at 9 AM along with all original certificates and marksheets. Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a public university located in Varanasi, India and is one of the Central Universities of India. It is the largest residential university in Asia, with over 12,000 students living on its campus. BHU was founded in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya under the Parliamentary legislation 'B.H.U. Act 1915'. India today

So you are aiming to get your MBA Admissions in the year 2012. You must have thought of which MBA entrance exams to take and submerged yourself in the sea of preparation. But have you ever given it a thought that along with your preparation, you also need to plan your budget. When you plan your MBA, you plan to take a couple of MBA entrance exams followed by application in B-schools of your choice and caliber. In this article of MBAUniverse.com, you will know what your approximate budget should be for gaining your MBA Admission. First let us have a look at the MBA entrance exams that you must take in order to gain admission in one of the premium B-schools of the country and the budget you need to allocate for them. CAT To apply for CAT, you need to buy a CAT voucher. Last year, the cost of the CAT voucher was Rs. 1400. Through this CAT Voucher, you are applying to all the IIMs and you need not apply to the IIMs separately. The 13 IIMs in which you can apply for the year 2012 are IIM A

All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE 2011) which was held in two phases 01/May/2011 and 11/May/2011 has ran into many controversies over the paper leak issue , examination delay, miscommunication from CBSE over the retest dates is now all set to release the results of first round of seat allotment by tomorrow (25/June/2011) at 10 a.m. While a good majority of students were protesting to conduct a fresh AIEEE for all the candidates once again, the CBSE as per the supreme court directives has went a head and declared AIEEE 2011 results on 5 June 2011 (Sunday). The declaration of results had ruled out the possibility of a fresh AIEEE 2011. The AIEEE 2011 counseling has been held online through Central Counseling Board, where in candidates can login using their roll number and password after choosing their stream among Architecture & Engineering options. Candidates can now take printed out of their choice filling on the CCB Website . CCB has thanked all the can

With the AICTE moving in slowly to finalize the seat allocation matrix for several engineering colleges in Bangalore. The CET Engineering Counseling has been postponed from June 27, 2011 to July 7 2011. The seat matrix of engineering colleges which is to be released today hasn’t been announced yet. Students and eager parents are desperately waiting for the new counseling dates to be released by Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA). Mean while Career Mitra has worked out on few statistics and we are ready to announce the top engineering colleges one should opt during their CET Counseling Process. College cutoff marks are already published in our earlier post, which can be read from here. You can find links to download the fee details of all Engineering Colleges in Karnataka at the bottom of this post.

Reportedly from sources, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has nodded for lowering down the minimum +2 / II PUC percentage by 5%. Which means the eligibility criteria for engineering admissions will now be restored back to 45% for General and 40% for reserved categories. Earlier this year AICTE has hiked the eligibility norms to 50% for General & 45% for reserved classes keeping in view of quality. The decision will favor many Engineering Colleges & Students across the Country, as many as 15,000 engineering seats were left out in Karnataka Engineering Colleges, 20,000 seats were unfilled in Maharastra last year. The decision might just help students to secure admission in Engineering Colleges, however it may have worse effect on the quality of Engineers. The unemployment rate will significantly go up with thousands of Engineering Graduates graduated every year, colleges find it difficult to offer campus placements. Top MNC’s like Infosys, TCS keeps a standard be

BANGALORE: Over 12,000 more students are likely to qualify for engineering admissions this year if the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) makes good on its promise to the State Government. The AICTE has agreed to reverse its decision and slash the eligibility cut-off for engineering courses from 50 to 45 per cent. Highly placed sources in the Higher Education Department told The Hindu that following its appeal to the apex body, the AICTE has assured the Government that this will be notified in a few days. Earlier this year, the AICTE stepped up the eligibility requirement from 45 per cent (40 per cent for SC/ST category students) to 50 per cent (45 for SC/ST). This notification, part of the AICTE's key reforms aimed at increasing the quality of engineering graduates, is likely to be rescinded. Appeal The number of engineering ranks allotted in the State, through the Common Entrance Test, dipped from 73,600 in 2010 to 64,962 this year. Following this, the State Govern

New Delhi, June 29 (PTI) India and New Zealand have decided to establish a joint education council to carry forward cooperation in the sector.The cooperation, which would primarily focus on higher education, research, and skills development, was discussed between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting New Zealand counterpart Johan Key here yesterday.The total funding for the initiative is expected to be NZ$1 million per year with both India and New Zealand contributing equally, said an HRD Ministry official.The University Grants Commission of India will provide the funds for India, he said.Both the countries already have signed an Education Exchange Programme during the visit of HRD Minister Kapil Sibal to New Zealand earlier.A statement issued by the HRD Ministry said the initiative is expected to strengthen the relationship even further and promote academic, industry links and open up opportunities for education services collaboration between the two countries."The Educa

LUCKNOW: Controller of admission, Lucknow University announced the cut off lists for BCom and BSc (maths). Cut offs have been segregated on the basis of boards.

MUMBAI: Even as Class-X students are busy applying to junior colleges of their choice, CBSE Class-X students are anxiously waiting for their original marksheets, without which they cannot apply to any college. Schools have been receiving numerous calls from parents and students but they are as helpless since the CBSE board has not yet commented on the status of marksheets. "We have tried to contact board authorities almost every day and also contacted officials at the Chennai region office (which handles Maharashtra schools), but all to no avail. We have still not got any response from the authorities. Our parents are really anxious," said the principal of a CBSE school. Parents are worried that their wards' admission forms might not get approved without originals of the marksheets. The worst affected are those who want to apply to junior colleges under various quotas. The admission process for these has already begun and most colleges will be announcing their first merit

While several successful Class-XII students are unhappy about not making it to a college or a course of their choice this year, they must know that college heads share their grief too. For, even after showing interest in creating more space for students in their colleges and various unaided courses, government approval is yet to come. "Colleges completed the applications in January itself. An application is first passed by the University of Mumbai and, once done, it goes to the government and by the time we get approval for the new course, admissions are long done," said a professor from a south Mumbai College. Even when colleges apply for extra seats or divisions to the existing unaided courses in their college, he said, approval comes really late and most times, colleges end up not running the course that year. "We had faced a similar problem last year when we had applied to start two new unaided courses in Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance (BAF) and Bache

The government's decision to issue show-cause notices to four prominent city schools on the grounds that they are violating rules while filling up their minority quota is based on an incorrect reading of the law, say educationists and experts. The minorities minister Arif Naseem Khan on Tuesday had threatened to withdraw the minority status of St Mary's, St Xavier's, Christ Church and Holy Family Schools saying that they were not following the rules. He said that "all educational institutions with religious or linguistic minority status had to give 50% of the total seats to the minority communities they represent". Khan, however, failed to take into consideration a government resolution (GR) dated July 4, 2008—issued by the minorities development department—which clearly states that only institutions running higher and technical educational and professional courses have to compulsorily admit 50% students from the minority community. There is no such quota prescrib

MUMBAI: The fourth and final merit list for degree college courses was out on Wednesday, and several students were left dejected as they couldn't find their names on the lists of colleges of their choice. Many, therefore, ended up taking admissions wherever they could, just so that they don't miss out on a year of education. "The cut-offs hardly came down in most colleges. So much so that we had the same cut-off for the second and the third merit lists. There were hardly any seats left for the fourth merit list," said Kirti Narain, principal of Jai Hind College at Churchgate. Most of the city's top colleges had a short fourth merit list; some even stopped admissions after their second merit list itself. St Xavier's College, one of the most sought-after institutions, for instance, announced on its website that admissions to all its courses had closed as all their seats got taken in the first two lists itself. Most colleges saw a minimal drop in cut-offs for all

LUDHIANA: The first round of counselling of GADVASU was completed for three undergraduate courses -- veterinary science and animal husbandry (BVSc & A.H), bachelor of fisheries science (B.F.Sc ) and BTech (dairy technology) at the Silver Jubilee Block auditorium of the university on Wednesday. A total 1,014 students appeared for the common entrance test conducted by this university on June 22 this year. toi

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved setting up of 22 new degree colleges in the state, higher education minister Abdul Gani Malik said. The degree colleges will be set up under the centrally sponsored scheme 'Establishment of Model Degree Colleges in Educationally Backward districts'. "In all, 22 new degree colleges will be set up in the state and this will revolutionise higher education scenario in the coming years," Malik said. He also said that a comprehensive survey was conducted to ascertain viability of setting up these colleges, keeping in view the genuineness and geographical educational backwardness of the area. The colleges will come up in Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam district, Tangmarg in Baramulla district, Chrar-i-Sharief in Budgam district, Zanaskar in Kargil district, Marwah in Kishtwar district, Mahanpur in Kathua district, Surankote in Poonch district, Kalakote in Rajouri district, Nobra in Leh district and Sarah Bagha Mahore in Reas

KOCHI: Continuing on its path of gender diversity for the second consecutive year, Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) has taken in large number of women students, about 35 per cent, for its flagship Post Graduate Programme (PGP) for the 2011-13 batch. Of the total 341 students for the PGP, 121 are women, IIM-K said in a press release here. This is against last year's intake of 30 per cent. Out of the women admitted, 84 have Common Admission Test percentile between 90 and 100. Institute director Debashis Chatterjee says 'giving prominence to girl students has become a trend in IIM-Kozhikode. Last year also IIM-K had the maximum number of women students among all IIMs. Girls have always performed better than boys. Even in summer placements, they have been placed in better companies, he said, adding. this was all on merit. 'The female students have brought greater diversity both in the learning environment as well as in their academic and social profiles. It is t

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved setting up of 22 new degree colleges in the state, higher education minister Abdul Gani Malik said. The degree colleges will be set up under the centrally sponsored scheme 'Establishment of Model Degree Colleges in Educationally Backward districts'. "In all, 22 new degree colleges will be set up in the state and this will revolutionise higher education scenario in the coming years," Malik said. He also said that a comprehensive survey was conducted to ascertain viability of setting up these colleges, keeping in view the genuineness and geographical educational backwardness of the area. The colleges will come up in Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam district, Tangmarg in Baramulla district, Chrar-i-Sharief in Budgam district, Zanaskar in Kargil district, Marwah in Kishtwar district, Mahanpur in Kathua district, Surankote in Poonch district, Kalakote in Rajouri district, Nobra in Leh district and Sarah Bagha Mahore in Reas

New Delhi: A prominent commerce chamber on Wednesday urged the government to introduce the public-private partnership (PPP) model for efficient management of education services and skill development initiatives across the country. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) said such partnerships will help the government in meeting its obligation under the Right to Education Act which provides for free and compulsory education for children between six and 14 years of age. "There could be contractual arrangements where private players perform a part of government's service delivery functions while assuming investment risks involved," said Assocham general secretary D.S. Rawat. Citing huge dearth of education infrastructure in India, Rawat said the private sector will have to step in so that quality education and vocational skills can be imparted to students. According to Assocham, over 16 percent of villages in the country do not have primary schoo

New Delhi: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is now planning to allow students who have studied vocational courses or completed 12 years of basic education to appear in the Common Proficiency Test (CPT), an entrance exam to pursue Chartered Accountancy. Currently only those students who have passed Class 12 with regular academic programmes are eligible to appear in the test. G Ramaswamy, ICAI president said that they now want to expand and give an opportunity to students from various backgrounds. The council has decided to let students who have completed Class 12 in vocational subjects or some other disciplines to take the entrance exam. The council also plans to exempt graduates and postgraduates from the Commerce stream that has cleared all exams with 55% aggregate and has studied any three full papers such as accounting, auditing and business laws from having to appear in the CPT. They will be allowed to commence article training straightaway since they will hav

Kolkata: Eight scholars from India and abroad have been named for a mentors group, led by Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen, to make the newly-formed Presidency University - born out of the Presidency College - a centre of excellence. Sen, who is professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University, will be the adviser to the 10-member panel. Historian and Harvard University professor Sugato Bose, great grandson of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, will be the chairman of the group. In addition to Sen and Bose, the group will have eight scholars. Speaking to media persons after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bose announced the names of the group's six academicians, all alumni of the college that has produced students like spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda and filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Eight of the members have already agreed to be part of the panel entrusted with the task of reviving the old glory of academic institutions, he said. "So far, eight

New Delhi: India and New Zealand have decided to establish a Joint Education Council to carry forward the education cooperation between the two countries. Both the countries already have signed an Education Exchange Programme during the visit of Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development to New Zealand. During the meeting of the Prime Ministers of India Dr. Manmohan Singh with his New Zealand counterpart on 28th June 2011 it was declared that an Education Initiative, a jointly-funded programme will be launched to enhance bilateral cooperation in higher education, research, and skills development. The total funding for the initiative is expected to be NZ$1 million per year with both India and New Zealand contributing equally. The University Grants Commission of India will provide the funds for India. It is expected that this initiative will strengthen the relationship even further and promote academic, industry links and open up opportunities for education services colla

It seems, you may now have to wait for more than 10 days to pick your engineering seats in Karnataka. Postponing the launch of the Common Entrance Test (CET) counselling for engineering courses to July 7 —it was earlier scheduled to begin on June 27 — state higher education minister VS Acharya assured that the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) would accord sanctions to all engineering colleges in the state by Tuesday. Acharya said on Thursday last: “The counselling and seat selection process for admission to engineering courses will begin from July 7 in the state. AICTE has promised that it will release the seat matrix by June 28 (Tuesday).” But that has failed to happen. Only 140 of the 189 engineering colleges in the state had received AICTE sanctions as of last week. AICTE was expected to approve these 40 engineering colleges on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Medical Council of India (MCI) approval for 700-odd medical seats are still pending, though the first round of couns

New Delhi: The marginal dip in the Delhi University's third cutoffs has not stopped colleges to witness a lot of rush on the first day of admissions for the third list. SRCC, which had exhausted all seats in BA (H) economics and BCom (H), reopened admissions in economics following eight withdrawals in the second list. It lowered the cutoff by 0.25% and 14 candidates turned up. According to officials, the number is likely to go up with three more days left for admissions. Another North Campus college, Daulat Ram � where seven courses are open for general category � admitted 136 aspirants. According to media coordinator Ira Pandit said that the rush was maximum for BA programme as we admitted 33 candidates, followed by BSc (H) botany with 13 students. Sanskrit, which received a lukewarm response in the first two lists, saw nine admissions on Tuesday. At KMC, the rush was primarily for BCom (H), which is closed in most of the colleges. Bhim Sen Singh, principal of Kirori Mal College,

New Delhi: Ten scholars from India will be awarded 90,000 Australian dollars (about $94,400) each to pursue their Ph.Ds from varsities in Australia's Victoria state starting 2012, the Australian High Commission said on Tuesday. The new Victoria-India Doctoral Scholarships Programme, launched by the state government of Victoria and the Australia India Institute, is among the several strategic engagement opportunities initiated by the Victorian government to woo Indian students. The nine universities in the state have agreed to provide a full tuition waiver to Indian students, and the scholarships will support living costs and education-related travel. The scheme was launched here by the Australian High Commissioner Peter Varghese and Amitabh Mattoo, director of the Australia India Institute, Melbourne, along with Victoria's Commissioner to India Geoffrey Conaghan. "This generous scholarship is a great opportunity for some of India's smartest researchers to pursue their