Goa information commissioner’s posting hits RTI roadblock
June 19th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 19 (IANS) The appointment of a new state information commissioner (SIC) in Goa has hit a Right To Information (RTI) roadblock.The Goa government has been forced to seek ... Read more...
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Trimming ‘excess’ of Marxism in favour of globalisation (West Bengal Newsletter)
April 8th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Statues of Karl Marx and his lifelong friend Friedrich Engels still stand proudly in a main park of the 300-year-old capital city of Bengal. No ... Read more...
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Student approaches court to flunk her exam
July 23rd, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) A Class 12 student from West Bengal's East Midnapore district took calculated risk when she crossed her mathematics exam paper, hoping to fail in it.But she ... Read more...
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Fake school certificates scam busted, four arrested
June 15th, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Four people were arrested for supplying forged Class 10 and 12 pass certificates to students here, police said Tuesday."The kingpin, Mange Ram Acharya, 46, and ... Read more...
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RTE should cover higher secondary education: Sibal
June 7th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday suggested that the Right to Education (RTE) be extended to the higher secondary level, which will provide more ... Read more...
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Probe begins into Goa marks-sheet goof-up
May 23rd, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 23 (IANS) The Goa government Monday began probing the goof-up this year in around 12,000 Class XII marks-sheets, a senior official said.State Education Secretary V.P. Rao will ... Read more...
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Errors force Goa to recall Class 12 mark sheets, probe ordered (Lead)
May 21st, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 21 (IANS) Over 12,000 Class 12 students have been left in a lurch after the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHE) withdrew their mark sheets, ... Read more...
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Error forces Goa board to recall Class 12 mark sheets
May 21st, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 21 (IANS) Over 12,000 Class 12 students have been left in a lurch after the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHE) withdrew their mark sheets, ... Read more...
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Manipur residents condemn murder of senior education official
January 21st, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal (Manipur), Jan.21 (ANI): Manipur residents have condemned the recent murder of education official by unidentified militants.Dr. Naorem Kunjabihari Singh, Chairman of the Board of Secondary Education Manipur was found dead inside ... Read more...
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Rural Kashmir has given thumbs up to education
October 19th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
By Basheer Ahmad PeerKupwara (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct.19 (ANI): The last three months' turmoil in Kashmir took a heavy toll on everyday life of ordinary people. As is often the case in ... Read more...
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Northeast’s enrolment rate in higher education increasing
September 26th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 26 (IANS) Enrolment levels in higher education in urban areas of the northeastern region are higher than the national average, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Sukhadeo Thorat has said.
The enrolment ... Read more...
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Advani says Muslims fare better in Gujarat
May 17th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Muslims fare better in Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said Monday, citing Justice Rajinder Sachar's report on minorities.
"In setting ... Read more...
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English pass marks reduced for Gujarati medium students
February 18th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Feb 18 (IANS) Gujarati medium Students appearing in the state higher secondary examinations in March this year need to score just 20 marks out of 100 in English to be ... Read more...
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Maharashtra Government to reform education system to de-stress students
January 22nd, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan 22(ANI): In a bid to de-stress the students, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education is considering 'Best of the Five' as the criteria for the students ... Read more...
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Central government school’s staff don black bands as protest
November 3rd, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) The entire teaching and non-teaching staff of the central government's 586 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) across India has decided to work with a black arm bands to protest ... Read more...
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KPMG identifies 11 areas for Indo-Bhutanese cooperation
August 23rd, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Thimphu (Bhutan), Aug.23 (ANI): Leading audit, tax and advisory services firm KPMG has reportedly identified eleven keys areas in which India and Bhutan can cooperate.Titled a 'Study of Investment Climate ... Read more...
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Bombay High Court scraps quota formula for college admissions
July 6th, 2009 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Bombay High Court Monday struck down the Maharashtra government's proposal to reserve 90 percent of college seats in the state for students from the state board.
The government ... Read more...
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Gujarat students can take along books during examinations
September 18th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
By Uday Adhvaryu
Ahmedabad, Sep.18 (ANI): Gujarat Higher Secondary Education Board has decided to introduce ''open book examinations'' system for standard VIII to X students, enabling them to refer the books while ... Read more...
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Gujarat decides against allowing books during exams
September 10th, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 10 (IANS) The Gujarat government has for the time being shelved a plan to allow Class 8, 9 and 10 students to consult their books while writing examinations - an ... Read more...
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Furore over puffing French general’s photo in book
June 19th, 2008 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) A photograph of a late French general smoking cigarette published in a social science book of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has caused ... Read more...
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CCTVs to monitor board exams in Ahmedabad
March 8th, 2008 - 8:09 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, March 8 (IANS) Closed circuit TVs (CCTVs) will be mounted in examination halls in the city to monitor the week-long state board examinations beginning Monday. Twenty-seven examination halls will have CCTVs ... Read more...
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