http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/ India's FIRST and ONLY dedicated educational news site en-us 2007 National Network of Education Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:22 GMT Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:22 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Framework_for_vocational_education_launched_15321/ New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday launched a framework for vocational education to be implemented in polytechnics, engineering colleges and other colleges across the country.Announcing the launch of the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF)... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:30:21 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/CBSE_to_offer_international_curriculum_in_Indian_schools_15316/ New Delhi: About 50 schools in India may soon offer the international curriculum of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on a trial basis, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said on Tuesday.Making the announcement here, the minister said the board's international curriculum, ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:12:46 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/JNU_Admissions_2012-13_to_begin_on_February_6_15312/ New Delhi: The prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has announced its admission process for the 2012-13 academic session. It is for the first time that the varsity has introduced an online application process and the sale and submission of application forms, both online and offline will sta... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:11:06 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/ICSI_launches_new_syllabus_for_CS_foundation_programme_15308/ New Delhi: The Institute of Company secretaries of India ( ICSI), a premier National Professional body established by Act of Parliament to develop and regulate the Profession of Company Secretaries has launched a new syllabus for CS Foundation Programme today, at New Delhi. The CS Foundation program... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:01:21 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/UPSC_to_conduct_CDS_Examination_I_2012_on_February_12_15306/ New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct the Combined Defence Services Examination (I) 2012 on February 12, 2012 (Sunday) at 41 Centers all over India.For the convenience of candidates, the Commission has this year introduced the facility of generating e-Admit Card (Admissi... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:00 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Government,_UPSC_get_notices_on_new_exam_pattern_15304/ New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the government and the UPSC on a petition challenging the new pattern for an English paper in the preliminary examination for civil services.Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri sought the responses by March 14 after the petitioner said the p... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:53:28 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/India_revises_2010-11_economic_growth_down_to_8.4_percent_15299/ New Delhi: The Indian government on Tuesday revised economic growth for 2010-11 down to 8.4 percent from the earlier estimate of 8.5 percent."The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at factor cost at constant prices in 2010-11 has registered a growth of 8.4 percent over the previous year," according to pro... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:45:24 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/CBSE_starts_counselling_for_board_exams_15296/ New Delhi: In an attempt to address anxieties of students and parents, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will start from Wednesday the first phase of counseling for those appearing for board examinations this year.Students can dial the toll-free number 1800-180-3456 between 8 a.m. to m... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:05:52 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Jamia_Milia_to_confer_doctorate_on_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_15295/ New Delhi: Recognising Aung San Suu Kyi's over two-decade fight for democracy in Myanmar, Delhi's Jamia Milia Islamia will confer an honorary doctorate degree on her very soon.Jamia Milia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung announced this at a seminar on "Myanmar: Bridging South and Southeast Asia" ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:42 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Court_allows_judge_to_join_Ph.D._course_in_Delhi_varsity_15294/ New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa to pursue her Ph.D. course from Delhi University and directed the university to take a decision on her plea to relax the condition on taking a two-year study leave.The court said the academic council of the univ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:42:57 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Algeria_wants_to_learn_English_from_India_15292/ New Delhi: With only five percent of its people able to speak "good English", Algeria has invited Indians to teach the language in its universities, according to the envoy of the largely Arabic and French-speaking North African nation.Some 100 institutes affiliated to 13 Algerian universities need n... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:12:57 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Pakistani_students_to_visit_India_15289/ New Delhi: A group of 19 school students from Pakistan will visit Delhi from Feb 8-14 under the "Students Exchange for Change", an initiative launched by two NGOS of Pakistan and India.Routes 2 Roots from India and Citizens Archive of Pakistan had launched this campaign in 2010 to promote relations ... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:44:04 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/IGNOU_to_focus_on_more_foreign_tie-ups_15287/ New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the world's largest universities, will be focusing on more foreign tie-ups in order to provide more quality education to students, Vice Chancellor M. Aslam said."IGNOU should get more international presence, so we will have more f... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:18:55 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/IGNOU_bags_best_teaching_practices_award_15285/ New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) here, one of the world's largest, on Friday received an award for the best teaching practices at the India Today Aspire Education Summit 2012."It is a great pleasure to recive the award in this category. This showcases that IGNOU is doing... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:07:48 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Court_allows_nursery_admissions_at_3-plus_15283/ New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday gave the go-ahead to the existing nursery admission process in the capital's private unaided schools, allowing them to admit children aged three-plus years.A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw said: "Those schools where pre-school (nur... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:57:07 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/India-Thailand_FTA_by_middle_of_2012_15280/ New Delhi: Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday said India and Thailand will finalise by the middle of 2012 a free trade agreement and upgrade the pact to a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), opening trade in services and investments."In my discussion with Prime... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:57:45 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Replace_tent_classrooms_with_portable_cabins_-_Court_15278/ New Delhi: Taking a serious note of schools being run from tents, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the government to immediately replace the temporary structures with pre-fabricated portable cabins.The court's order came on a plea filed by NGO Social Jurist which highlighted the poor facil... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:43:10 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/IGNOU_gets_a_new_and_improved_website_15274/ New Delhi: A new and improved website of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), with easy access to regional centres, was inaugurated here on Thursday.The inauguration was done by Vice Chancellor M. Aslam after unfurling the tricolour at the campus on Republic Day.The website has a bett... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:03:59 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/HRD_ministry_preparing_citizen's_charter_15272/ New Delhi: The human resource development ministry on Monday announced it was preparing a citizen's charter to bring more transparency in its functioning.Under the charter, 25 working days has been fixed for releasing funds for any programme. Similarly, for copyright, a time frame of 15 days has bee... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:20:59 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/24_children_to_be_awarded_with_National_Bravery_Awards_15263/ New Delhi: Twenty four children from across the country will receive the National Bravery Awards for 2011. The awards will be given away on January 23 2011 and the winner's names were announced on Wednesday by the Indian Council for Child Welfare, which oversees the initiative that recognizes deeds ... Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:48:32 GMT