http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/ India's FIRST and ONLY dedicated educational news site en-us 2007 National Network of Education Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:58:22 GMT Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:58:22 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Punjab_youth_admitted_to_NDA_will_get_Rs.1_lakh_10967/ Chandigarh: Alarmed by the depleting numbers of Punjab youth opting for the armed forces, the state government on Tuesday announced an incentive of Rs.1 lakh to each of those who get admitted to the National Defence Academy (NDA) and the Indian Military Academy (IMA). Punjab Finance Minister Manpree... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:28:21 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Nano_Technology_Centre_mulled_in_Mohali_10837/ New Delhi: The Union government after already supporting seven centres for Nano Technology in various institutions within the country is now proposing to set up an independent institute of Nano Science and Technology at Mohali.It also proposes to support a centre for Nano Science and Technology as p... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:00:09 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Over_180_Punjab_colleges_observe_'education_shutdown'_on_Friday_10785/ Chandigarh: Over 180 private colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh on Friday observed complete 'education bandh' (shutdown) on the call of Join Action Committee (JAC), which represents their faculty, principals and stakeholders.Besides, hundreds of teaching and non-teaching staff members of these colleg... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:42:25 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Badal_assures_jobs_to_protesting_trainee_teachers_10773/ Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday urged agitating unemployed trainee teachers to give up their protest and assured them the government will initiate measures to fill up vacant posts."A confrontational approach will not help the Elementary Teacher Training (ETT) teache... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:20:16 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Badal_wants_farm_science_institute_in_Punjab_10762/ Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday urged the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to set up the proposed Borlaug Institute for South Asia at Ladhowal, in Punjab's Ludhiana district.In a letter to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Badal stated that the Nobel laureate and father of the ... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:57:08 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Punjab_to_provide_70_acres_for_Indian_business_school_10757/ Chandigarh: The Punjab cabinet recently approved in principle transfer of 70 acres of land in the Knowledge City in Mohali town adjoining Chandigarh for setting up Indian School of Business (ISB) in the state.The land, located in Sector 81 of Mohali, 15 km from here, will be given to the ISB managem... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:26:32 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Punjab_Technical_Board_to_conduct_JET_2010_on_May_22_10727/ Chandigarh: The Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training (PSBTE&IT) has announced admissions for its three year diploma courses through a Joint Entrance Test (JET) 2010, which will be held on May 22.The JET is an objective type test with multiple-choice questions in Engl... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:58:51 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Punjab_private_colleges_to_observe_strike_on_February_26_10671/ Chandigarh: Nearly 190 private colleges of Punjab will observe an 'education bandh' (strike) on February 26 on the call of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), which represents their faculty, principals and stakeholders.The JAC was constituted last month by the private colleges management federation of... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:04:03 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Badal_seeks_British_assistance_for_Punjab_teachers_10651/ Chandigarh: Planning to initiate a specialised teachers' training programme in spoken English skills, the Punjab government on Monday mooted a proposal to invite collaboration with the British government as well as with the British Council. Punjab Chief Minster Parkash Singh Badal discussed this iss... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:00:45 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Punjab_to_train_1,00,000_unemployed_youth_10600/ Chandigarh: The Punjab government has asked the Vice Chancellors of universities in the state to prepare a blue print of a programme to impart vocational education training to nearly 100,000 unemployed youth.Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday asked the VCs to prepare the blue pri... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:25:59 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Punjab_B-school_gets_US_accreditation_10587/ Chandigarh: Punjab-based Aryans Business School (ABS) has become the first B-school in the region to get membership of US-based accreditation body 'Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business' (AACSB).AACSB Vice President and Chief Officer Asia Eileen Peacock granted the membership certifi... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:18:57 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/We_have_fulfilled_demands_of_volunteer_teachers_-_Punjab_government_10571/ Chandigarh: Close on the heels of the self-immolation of a teacher, the Punjab government on Monday clarified that it has taken all the steps to fulfill the demands of volunteer teachers."The government has already accepted all the demands. We simply do not understand why the union leaders took to t... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:25:09 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/13_new_government_colleges_coming_up_in_Punjab_10529/ Chandigarh: The Punjab government will set up 13 new government colleges across the state this year.State government officials said on Thursday that a uniform building layout plan for all these colleges was finalised at a meeting between Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and a panel of the Universi... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:58:58 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Questions_raised_over_brand_promos_inside_Panjab_University_10514/ Chandigarh: The use of the Panjab University campus for commercial activities like brand promotions has raked up a controversy, with student leaders demanding to know how the money thus made is utilised by authorities.The Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC), the elected and official s... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:37:57 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Punjab_to_spend_Rs.70_crore_for_new_schools_10460/ Muktsar: In a bid to impart quality education, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday launched a project of Rs.70 crore for setting up of 21 model schools in the rural areas.The project was launched after Badal laid the foundation stone of a model school worth Rs.32 lakh in Bhagsar vill... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:20:04 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Sibal_keen_on_central_status_for_PU_10229/ New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) is one of the largest and oldest central university of the country and the Human Resource Development (HRD) minister, Kapil Sibal, in lieu of paradigm reforms in the education sector is keen to extend that status to Panjab University (PU) in Chandigarh as well, but, ... Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:56:19 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Punjab_Governor_urges_achieving_quality_education_10052/ Patiala: The Punjab Governor and Chancellor of Punjabi University Retd. General SF Rodrigues, in his recent speech, addressing students at the convocation ceremony in the Punjabi University stressed upon improving the quality of higher education in the university by creating an atmosphere of discipl... Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:51:45 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Student_council_president_at_PU_to_be_member_of_senate_10047/ Chandigarh: The Panjab University, in a written petition to the Chancellor's office, has sought an immediate permission to make the Student Council’s president, an ex-officio member of the Senate.The Chancellor, in front of the UGC-fund deficit committee visiting Panjab University, claimed that th... Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:40:56 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Panjab_varsity_professors_retirement_age_raised_10046/ Chandigarh: The Vice Chancellor of Panjab University recently announced in front of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to increase the retirement age of its professors to 65 years. Receiving a formal communication regarding the same from the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) he... Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:37:47 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Punjab_to_open_21_schools_in_backward_areas_9955/ Chandigarh: The Punjab government has sanctioned Rs.23.73 crore (Rs.237.3 million) for construction of 21 model schools in educationally backward blocks, a State Minister said here on Sunday."Current academic year is declared as a 'qualitative year' to bring out educational reforms in the state scho... Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:14:32 GMT