IGNOU to open centres in 6 European countries-Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai
New Delhi, Sep 22 (Calcutta Tube) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), the largest in the world, will open study centres in six European nations, including Germany and France, to offer personalised courses, its Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai has said. ‘We will open our centre in Paris next month. Negotiation is going on [...]
Chennai, Aug 23 (Calcutta Tube) The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is looking into the reasons behind the low pass out rates in the May 2010 chartered accountancy examination. ‘We are examining the reasons for the low pass out percentage this year,’ ICAI President Amarjit Chopra told IANS. Out of the 13,242 students [...]
Continue reading …Kharagpur (West Bengal) , Aug 22 (Calcutta Tube/IBNS) The IIT joint entrance examination for 2011 is slated to be held on April 10. A meeting held at IIT-Kanpur on Saturday also decided that the question pattern will remain unchanged. The joint admission board, a body represented by the IITs for overseeing the joint entrance examination [...]
Continue reading …New Delhi, Aug 22 (Calcutta Tube) Two years ago, an apprehensive Joseph Gitonga arrived in India from Kenya to study to become a teacher. Now, he has one refrain – India is incredible. Every year, Delhi is thronged by students from the African continent in pursuit of better opportunity for higher studies. There are around [...]
Continue reading …New Delhi, Aug 22 (Calcutta Tube) The University Grants Commission (UGC) has allocated a special grant of Rs.54.2 crore for Jamia Millia Islamia University, an official said here Thursday. ‘The fund has been allocated for the purpose of upgradation of laboratories, construction of new buildings, extension of old buildings, expansion of hostels and dinning facilities, [...]
Continue reading …Chandigarh, Aug 21 (Calcutta Tube) Twenty-nine students from different towns of Punjab and Haryana are waiting for the refund of their tuition fees, amounting to Rs. 87 lakh, from a Dutch university that was closed in June. The students had applied for different courses at the European University for Professional Education (EUPE) at The Hague [...]
Continue reading …Lucknow, Aug 11 (IANS) Students of a private engineering college in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad district Wednesday went on a rampage and torched three college buses and several private vehicles to protest the death of a fellow scholar. Hundreds of students of the United Engineering College also indulged in brick-batting during the series of violent protests [...]
Continue reading …New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) A bill for re-establishing the ancient Nalanda university was introduced in the Rajya Sabha Thursday. The Nalanda University Bill, 2010, will establish a central university in Nalanda district of Bihar, identifying with the ancient university, which was founded in 5th century AD and became a centre of learning for students [...]
Continue reading …New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Jamia Millia Islamia University has appointed S.M. Rashid the new pro-vice-chancellor, an official said Monday. Professor Rashid, who was the dean of the faculty of natural sciences, specialises in remote-sensing and has been working in the area of cartography. Speaking about his new appointment, Rashid said: ‘I would work [...]
Continue reading …New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said a bill will be brought soon in parliament to set up two separate councils in higher education and health to accelerate eforms in these areas. In his Independence Day speech, Manmohan Singh said the country had been giving special attention to education and health [...]
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