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Edwards declared Nobel winner for Medicine
Robert Edwards, British researcher and the pioneer of in vitro fertilization, won this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine, it was announced in Stockholm on September 4, 2010.
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Education Advertisements to be regulated by guidelines
Education sector topped the charts in print advertising this year. It will be required to follow certain advertising guidelines from October 2010.
Higher Education
CW Games get Robotic Shera created by DTU students
The former Delhi College of Engineering and now the Delhi Technological University (DTU), has been known for its technological innovations and new product development.
Higher Education
Ghana UEW launches distance learning centre
Over 10 hectre land and a four classroom block with offices and an ICT centre for its distance learning programme has been given by the Techiman Municipal Assembly to the authorities of the University of Education,...
Corporate Updates
Huges and Venera partner to deliver easy, affordable education in India
Venera Technologies and Hughes announced a partnership that is to facilitate Venera to offer its Virtual Classroom platform IeraTM for delivering online education using VSAT and Internet through HughesNet Fusion centers in the country.
Corporate Updates
McGraw Hill Education acquires Tegrity
Private equity firm Infinity Group recently announced sale of its software company Tegrity to McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., one of the largest publishers of educational books in the world.
Corporate Updates
Expansion on cards for Edify Education
A section of DRS Group, Edify Education plans to have pan-India presence through launch of 50 franchised Edify Schools, 250 Franchised Edify Kids pre-schools, and 10 company owned International schools by 2015.
Policy Matters
Punjab plans to eliterate every student
The Punjab Government is to come up with 494 more new computer labs under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project in Government and Govt. Aided schools in the state.
K-12
Pilot papers to be received soon by CBSE
Pilot papers that are to decide the proficiency levels for mathematics and science are to be soon submitted by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in...
K-12
CBSE to come up with PPP based Research and Development Centre
Mostly the Indian educational boards are involved in setting exams, papers and evaluation.
K-12
International help sought by CBSE
In order to build upon the international capabilities and resource pool for teachers and schools, Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is to soon start a centre for evaluation, assessment and research in Continuous Compulsory Evaluation (CCE).
K-12
Holistic development of students aims CBSE
The aim of the new project by CBSE is to indulge students in group activities during class hours and not as homework.