SMCI Media Education Master Herbal360

February 2010

  • IITs, IIMs get raw deal as school education take lion’s share
    27th February 2010
    Pallavi Kulkarni

    Keeping in mind the need to upgrade school education, the Union Budget for 2010-11 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukharjee has proposed 30 percent increase in the allocation for primary and higher secondary education, while reduced the budgetary share for higher education. Even institutes like IITs and IIMs run by the government for the upcoming financial year are affected by budget cut for higher education.

  • US budget cut in higher education worries experts
    27th February 2010
    Pallavi Kulkarni

    When many major countries are increasingly spending highly on quality education even in the time of great recession, big economies like US and UK are making budget cuts in their higher education sectors. Many UK industrials and academic leaders fear that budget cuts in higher education may lead to many losses in the country as a result of losing the educational edge it currently holds against many developing countries.

  • How to prepare for IIT JEE
    27th February 2010
    YK Singh, Director, Genex Learning Systems

    The Indian Institutes of Technology (popularly known as IITs) are institutions of national importance established through an Act of Parliament for fostering excellence in education. There are fifteen IITs at present, located in Bhubaneswar, Bombay (Mumbai), Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras (Chennai), Mandi, Patna, Punjab, Rajasthan and Roorkee. Over the years IITs have created world class educational platforms dynamically sustained through internationally recognized research based on excellent infrastructural facilities.

  • Core curriculum may pave way for level playing field
    27th February 2010
    Ishpreet Bindra

    The facelift of Indian education system it seems is not over yet; for, going by what it appears on the outset, things have started to take shape and there’s no stopping just now. As brainstorming churns out new and better ideas by the day, there are education makeover coupons flying all around, with the latest one falling in the kitty of the Council for Board of Secondary Education (COBSE). With a great new plan to introduce a core curriculum for all state boards across the nation, the board is poised to bring in a big time change.

  • Spare the arc light, secure childhood
    27th February 2010
    K. Rasheeduddin

    Round-the-clock TV channels had already turned homes into virtual theatres. Children, as young as 2-year old, could be seen mimicking dialogues and singing and dancing to the tunes of Bollywood numbers. Reality TV programmes opened up a Pandora’s Box by providing young artistes with a platform for the outlet of their inherent talent, while igniting the urge to perform among hundreds of thousands others.

  • Sachin Tendulkar – the greatest batsman of all times
    27th February 2010
    MR Siddiqui

    An old saying, “A genius is a genius and shall always remain a genius”, has been aptly proved by Sachin Tendulkar. At a tender age of 16 in 1989, and at his debut match against Pakistan, Tendulkar has demonstrated his exceptional natural batting flair by hitting Abdul Kader’s balls out off the boundary repeatedly.
    Abdul Kader – the then world renowned spinner was stunned by his aggressive batting and most atrocious hitting. Kader then paid his tribute by describing Tendulkar as future great cricketer. Since then, he never looked back.

  • AICTE Corruption: Tribunal dismisses former chairman's plea
    26th February 2010
    Pallavi Kulkarni

    CAT (Central Administrative Tribunal) has dismissed the petition filed by the suspended chairman of AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education) RA Yadav. Yadav had filed the petition in the court against government regarding his suspension.

  • Intel's 'model taluk' for education on cards
    26th February 2010
    Pallavi Kulkarni

    The world’s largest chip-maker company Intel, on completing its ten years in the country is planning to make a model taluk in Karnataka.

    The company is already working with the State Government and education department to identify a taluk where the company can provide best skills and knowledge for the students.

  • IIMs defer CAT results to end of February
    26th February 2010
    Pallavi Kulkarni

    The Indian Institute of Managements (IIM) has declared that the results of CAT 2009-2010 exam will be deferred to the end of February this year. Earlier, results of the entrance exam were scheduled to be announced by the third week of this month.

  • Budget allocations make education sector bullish
    26th February 2010
    Ishpreet Bindra

    With the Union budget out in the open, education seems to be a happy sector least to say. With an allocation of 1.38 trillion rupees and stocks surging high, the budget sure seems to have worked well for the education sector.
     

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