SMCI Media Education Master Herbal360

October 2009

  • Mumbai crowned international school capital of India
    31st October 2009
    Ishpreet Bindra

    With two international school boards -- International Baccalaureate (IB) and International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) -- having set up bases in the city, Mumbai has become the international school capital of the country. The city now boasts of the largest number of international schools in the country. 

  • Agri scientists to tutor Bihar farmers soon
    31st October 2009
    Ishpreet Bindra

    After the farmer consciousness programmes, development camps and agriculture fairs, the farmers of rural Bihar will soon be seen getting themselves admitted to ‘green schools’ where state level agriculture scientists will tutor them in better farming know-how.
     

  • IIT-R scientists stand ground against TN Govt over dam safety
    31st October 2009
    Ishpreet Bindra

    The IIT Roorkee scientists stood by the seismic study they had carried out on the Mullaperiyar dam even as the Tamil Nadu government rubbished their findings. The issue seems to have taken a serious turn with the scientists remaining firm on their findings according to which the dam is seismically unsafe.

  • Dikshit intervenes in NE students’ safety issue
    31st October 2009
    Lakshmi Anil

    The series of attacks on North Eastern student community has made Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit convene a high level meeting on this regard. Attended by all stakeholders including top government officials the meeting sought various ways to solve the crisis.

  • Sibal offers equal opportunity to US varsities
    31st October 2009
    K. Rasheeduddin

    In its quest to provide quality education in the country, the Central government is going whole hog to rope in global educational institutions. With a view to woo foreign investors for the education sector, the government has gone a step further. It offered US educational institutions equal opportunities at home at par with their domestic counterparts. 

  • Hunger for Education: Remote Bhalessa shows the way
    31st October 2009
    Ishpreet Bindra

    Tucked away from the limelight and hustle-bustle of the city is a town in the lap of Himalayas called Bhalessa. While nature has blessed the township with abundant resources to boast of, the other thing that this little mountain town proudly boasts of these days is the booming interest in education and growth in resources facilitating the same.

  • HC wants info on ICSE schools fee hike
    31st October 2009
    Ishpreet Bindra

    Following an almost 200-300 percent hike in the fees of all ICSE registered schools, the Patna High Court has directed the central government counsel to seek all required information as to why the hike was implemented.

    Acting on a PIL by Sudhir Kumar Ojha, the HC wants all information on the hike from the Union HRD secretary, within a time frame of three weeks. The court wants to know the circumstances leading the board to increase the fee so drastically.

  • AMU shut down indefinitely over murder agitation
    31st October 2009
    Lakshmi Anil

    The agitated mood prevailing in the Aligarh Muslim University campus following the death of its first year UG student, Shahnawaz has led to the closure of the institution sine die. Hostel inmates were also asked to vacate within forty eight hours.

  • US universities eye pact with IIMs, IITs to set up shops here
    30th October 2009
    Ishpreet Bindra

    India seems to be emerging as a hot education destination for foreign universities these days, after UK universities putting India at top of the charts for higher education collaborations; US universities too are showing an interest in getting into pacts with India’s premier management and engineering institutes, the IIMs and the IITs.

  • Education crisis looming over Arab world: Report
    30th October 2009
    K. Rasheeduddin

    A regional education report has set alarm bells ringing for Arab states. The report says if these countries do not raise the level of investment in the education sector now, they would face social and political crisis in future. 

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