As a college professor, former admissions officer and researcher on what happens to youths after high school, I believe the current panic over the increasing selectivity of elite schools misses the point. So much energy goes into getting into college. Many families can’t see that getting through college is far more important, and that graduating […]
Legendary athlete Carl Lewis will be the event ambassador of the TCS World 10K Bangalore in May. The arrival of King Carl makes the May 18 race one of the biggest events in India’s sporting calendar. “It would be Carl Lewis’ second visit to India, and we are excited. We were looking at some other […]
The newly started Govt. Medical Colleges in Gulbarga, Koppal, Karwar, Gadag, Madikeri and Chamrajnagar will go under the scanner of the MCI – Medical Council of India whose team will visit these colleges to inspect the available infrastructure. The new colleges will have an intake of 150 students each. Sharana Prakash Patil -Medical education minister- told […]
Over 10.5 lakh students have been denied what was promised by The State Government – to provide free laptops and notepads, the reason given is that there is no budgetary allocation for this. In his joint address to both houses of the state legislature in January last, governor H R Bhardwaj had said laptops and […]
The Supreme Court has directed the State government not to insist on a domicile certificate of ten years from post-graduate medical aspirants. Following a petition filed by some of the candidates questioning the State government’s decision on mandatory submission of domicile certificate, the Supreme Court passed the direction on Friday. The same was communicated to […]
Eight school students from Bangalore are a part of a delegation flying to Malta in south Europe on a nine-day national exchange programme.Students from three schools in Bangalore-DPS (South and East) and Sudarshan Vidya Mandir- have been picked for the programme, organized by the University of Malta and the Malta embassy. The workshops will be […]
Seat quotas and fees allotted through CET will remain unchanged this academic year. A huge relief for students taking up the Common Entrance Test for undergraduate professional courses. Private professional college managements have agreed to sign an agreement with the state government to go by last year’s fee structure and seat matrix. The colleges took […]
The event is organised by The Hindu Education Plus For the well-informed students, who are eager to explore newer options around the world, The Hindu Education Plus International Education Fair, is being organised in Vishakapatnam for the first time. The seventh edition of The International Education Fair will be held on Saturday at the Taj Gateway on […]
As many as 208 dental seats were allotted on the first day of COMEDK couselling which started here on Monday, the 21/04/2014. 339 candidates attended the counselling session for 234 seats in 19 dental colleges. The General Merit quota stands completed. However the students were in two minds whether to take the seats or wait […]
JAM 2014 results are out. This examination is conducted for the admission of M.Sc Programmes in IISc and in IITs. Candidates can now apply to these institutions based on the scores of JAM 2014. Eligible candidates can apply for the M.Sc , Ph.D programme online. Courses in IISc / IIT: 1. Biological Sciences (BL) Integrated […]