Education in India

TEONTE JACKSON is a broomstick-thin fifth grader who looks just big enough to fill his white button-down dress shirt. What he lacks in size, he makes up for in personality. That’s probably why he was chosen to play Barack Obama in mock presidential election debates in October at his Hempstead school.
Given recent events, the [...]

Nagercoil (Tamil Nadu): The Government of Tamil Nadu has decided to establish an engineering college in the Kanyakumari district to promote engineering among students from rural areas.
The announcement was made by Tourism Minister N. Suresh Rajan recently during the inauguration of a laboratory building at Government Higher Secondary School, Arumanallur, constructed at a cost [...]

Madurai: The Department of Higher Education of Tamil Nadu is framing a bill of proposal to introduce the Common University Act. The proposal will be placed in the coming budget session of the Assembly.
The Department of Higher Education is giving ‘finishing touches’ to the proposal.
The contents of the Bill will be posted on [...]

New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (MetLife) to launch a special Life Insurance Education and Training program, called ‘Yuvodaya’, for students of the varsity.
The MoU was signed between Professor Deepak Pental, Vice Chancellor of DU and Mr. Rajesh Relan, Managing Director, MetLife.
The [...]

New Delhi: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), on Wednesday, launched the Accounting Technician Course at a function organized here at the Vigyan Bhawan.
Union Minister of Railways, Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav, launched the course along with Mr. Prem Chand Gupta, Union Minister of Corporate Affairs, who was the Guest of Honor.
After [...]