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All Gram Panchayats to have Broadband by 2012
The Indian government is shifting focus to small towns and rural areas for up scaling broadband penetration to bridge the digital divide.
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Education Day to be celebrated on Nov 11
Educational institutions at all levels across the country will celebrate November 11 as the ‘National Education Day’, commemorating the birthday of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, an eminent educationist and the first Union Minister of Education of...
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Panel for greater power to varsities
The Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) has recommended setting up of a special agency for higher and professional education and trimming powers of the existing regulatory bodies like the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
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IIT model eyed by Centre to fill vacant quota seats
The human resource ministry is considering preparatory courses for quota students failing to secure admission.
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Polytechnic lecturer receives fellowship honour
Open Polytechnic lecturer Alison Fields has been awarded a fellowship from the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA).
Higher Education
2.7lakh aspirants to take test CAT
Coming November 16, the common admission test (CAT) would see a new high with around 2.7 lakh aspirants taking one of the `globally-acclaimed toughest entrance-test’.
Corporate Updates
Hard year for IT jobs with no end in sight
The global financial crisis hits the job market as employers re-think their headcount and new appointments.
K-12
Health camp at Delhi Govt school from 4-6th Nov
The Naval Health Camp at Delhi will be organized at the Government Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Sultanpuri from November 4-6, 2008.
K-12
Low rate of diagnosis of learning difficulties
As many as 1 in 5 kiwis have a learning difficulty and until their Dyslexia, ADD, ADHD or Dyspraxia is identified and dealt with literacy programmes are of little benefit to them.
K-12
People favour inclusion of information on HIV/AIDS in school curriculum
It was revealed that most men and women favoured inclusion of information on HIV/AIDS in the school curriculum, in Karnataka.
K-12
Washington schools try cash as incentive
Children in 15 middle schools in the US capital received their first checks for good grades, attendance and behavior.
Policy Matters
High Court: Quota applicable to all central institutions
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ruled that the reservation policy will be applicable to all Central Government-run universities in the capital regardless of caste-specific quotas at various institutions.