http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/ India's FIRST and ONLY dedicated educational news site en-us 2007 National Network of Education Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:59:35 GMT Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:59:35 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/DTU_students_demonstrate,_boycott_exams_10945/ New Delhi: The stretch of road from India Gate to Jantar Mantar yesterday looked like a fortress with more than 500 students from the Delhi Technological University (DTU) demonstrating the tiff upon the status of the university by taking out a candlelight march under the vigil of the Rapid Action Fo... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:29:34 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/IGNOU_sets_up_more_evaluation_centres_to_hasten_results_10942/ New Delhi: Over three million students across India will get their exam results faster and more conveniently as the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Sunday created six zones to decentralize the evaluation of answer scripts."IGNOU recently decentralized the evaluation of answer scrip... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:08:29 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Notices_to_colleges_for_not_adhering_to_disability_quota_10940/ New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently issued notices to eight colleges run by the central government for not implementing the disability quota for teachers despite directions.A division bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Ajit Bharihoke asked the colleges to file their reply by April 16 and ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:57:08 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Honours_courses_to_be_taught_in_Hindi_at_Kirori_Mal_College_10926/ New Delhi: Initiating to breach the language barrier of North Campus colleges, the Kirori Mal College (KMC) of Delhi University (DU) is all set to introduce separate sections for students where all the Honours courses will be taught in Hindi.The college, in July, will be the only co-educational inst... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:50:22 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Jamia_staff_to_go_on_strike_over_minority_status_10915/ New Delhi: Over 2,000 professors and administrative staff of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) will go on strike on March 15 demanding minority educational institution status for the varsity, a tag that will allow 50 percent reservation for Muslims but no quota for any other category, an official said ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:29:27 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/With_Rs.32_lakh_offers,_its_now_official,_jobs_are_back_10914/ New Delhi: The barometer of recession seems to seep down with the placement drive at the Delhi University (DU) already setting new benchmarks while the hunt for the young recruits is still underway.With domestic packages as high as Rs.32 lakhs, one student each from Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRC... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:26:01 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Ensure_quality_measures_for_research_in_India_-_IGNOU_VC_10911/ New Delhi: "While higher education establishments and government focus on PhD programmes, there is also great concern and apprehension about the poor quality of the M Phil and PhD programmes offered in large numbers by some institutions misusing the autonomy and the concept of distance education. St... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:07:05 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Women_writers_celebrate_International_Women's_Day_at_IGNOU_10910/ New Delhi: International Women's Day was celebrated at the Indira Gandhi National Open University's (IGNOU) Convention Centre with eminent women writers in the discussion panel such as Dr. Lakshmi Kanan, a renowned Tamil poet and fiction writer, Maitreyi Pushpa, a writer who started feminist discour... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:32:13 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Apex_court_raps_Delhi_for_not_filling_teachers'_posts_10899/ New Delhi: The Delhi Government had to contend with the Supreme Court's rap on Tuesday for its failure to fill up over 200 vacant posts of government school teachers and principals for the last two years when free education for students up to 14 years has been made a fundamental right.A bench of Jus... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:16:23 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/IGNOU_flags_off_workshop_on_bilingual_dictionaries_10883/ New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University's (IGNOU) School of Foreign Languages has organized a five-day workshop of scholars in Indian languages. The initiative is a step forward to create bilingual dictionaries on French to Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Bengali, Asamese and Santhali.These sch... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:33:19 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Contradictions_appear_in_'DTU_Bill_2009'_after_RTI_petitions_10880/ New Delhi: As students protest and agitation at the Delhi Technological University (DTU) intensify, questions continue to be raised about the upgradation of the technical institution from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), which used to be under the umbrella of Delhi University (DU).Various recent ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:48:24 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/India_needs_more_translations_-_Mushirul_Hasan_10865/ New Delhi: The absence of organised translation activity in literature and academia has led to cultural and intellectual distancing in Indian society, believes eminent historian Mushirul Hasan. "This distancing has led to greater regionalisation and in some cases appropriation of languages. The unit... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:15:30 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Supreme_Court_tightens_noose_to_fill_200_vacancies_in_government_schools_10864/ New Delhi: With the Supreme Court's intervention, over 200 government schools in the capital will soon get principals.Decks for the appointment for principals have been cleared after three years of procedural wrangling between the Delhi government and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).The U... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:00:47 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/DTU_clears_air_about_upgradation,_blames_DU_10858/ New Delhi: The Delhi Technological University (DTU), which on one hand is blooming with its excellent placement season, on the other hand it has a stark contrast to offer. Almost 800 students recently protested outside the university objecting its upgradation from the Delhi College of Engineering (D... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:12:35 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Placement_season_blooms_at_DTU_10855/ New Delhi: Consequent upon upgradation of Delhi College of Engineering into Delhi Technological University (DTU), a great number of companies including MNCs and leading world-class research and consultancy organizations have chosen DTU for sourcing quality manpower, through campus placements.Almost ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:50:10 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/NCERT_committee_brings_forth_recommendations_to_implement_RTE_10854/ New Delhi: If the proposal of a National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) appointed committee comes into play then you will soon find road marshals drawn from National Cadet Cops (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS) on roads holding hands of your tiny tots helping them to cross... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:46:20 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/DUTA_continues_to_agitate,_on_strike_today_10853/ New Delhi: The Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) continues its agitation against the implementation of semester system in the undergraduate courses in the university from the upcoming academic session by again going on a strike today."If the authorities didn't budge from their decision t... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:42:12 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/UGC_likely_to_hike_non-teaching_staff_posts_in_DU_10845/ New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC), after a month long protest of the non-teaching staff of Delhi University (DU) to increase their posts, has finally decided to discuss the matter in the university in a meeting on March 10.The DU administration has increased seats for both students a... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:04:33 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/DTU_extends_application_date_for_MBA_programme_10832/ New Delhi: Owning to popular demand Delhi School of Management (DSM), the on campus B-school of Delhi Technological University (DTU), formerly Delhi College of Engineering, has extended the date to apply for its MBA programme till March 22, 2010. DTU forayed into management education in the year 20... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:52:10 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/IGNOU_fixes_maximum_duration_of_management_programmes_10831/ New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has fixed the maximum duration of management programmes to a maximum duration of eight years."All old 3.81 lakh students of management programmes of IGNOU and MBA (B&F) have been informed to successfully complete all the requirements for ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:28:25 GMT