ACT Test To Conduct Poster Making Competition

IOWA CITY, (GaeaTimes.com)- All the aspiring students, who want to appear for the ACT Test for the year 2011-2012, will be thrilled now. The ACT Test Authorities have announced a poster making competition, where the winner, the first runner up and the second runner will get a scholarship, to continue with their college education.

The …. Read the original article  : here.

States’ views sought on common medical entrance test

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Friday sought the response of all the states, union territories and associations of private medical colleges on a petition by the Medical Council of India (MCI) seeking to enforce Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to MBBS and post-graduate medical courses across the country.

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Nobel Memorial Week begins in capital

NEW DELHI – The fourth edition of the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week 2010 Oct 22-31 began here Friday.

The Embassy of Sweden is simultaneously celebrating the commemorative week in six locations — Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and New Delhi– across the country.
“Alfred Nobel was one of the greatest innovators that the world …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Polaris to set up school of financial technology in Hyderabad

CHENNAI – City-based banking software company Polaris Software Lab Friday announced it has acquired a 50- acre facility in Hyderabad to house its School of Financial Technology from Catalytic Software Ltd.

Though listed in the Indian stock exchange, Polaris declined to reveal the deal size.
An company official told IANS that the major shareholder of … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Polaris to set up school of financial technology in Hyderabad.

IGNOU holds orientation programme for madrassa teachers

NEW DELHI – An orientation programme for madrassa (Islamic seminary) teachers was held recently by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a university official said Friday.

The programme for teachers belonging to Nagaon and Morigaon districts of Assam was held at the Kampur college, Nagaon under the aegis of IGNOU’s Institute of Professional Competence … Read more >>.

VSAT-enabled training for primary teachers launched

NEW DELHI – A VSAT-enabled teachers’ training programme was launched in nine cities across the country Friday to impart conceptual clarity in key areas of primary school teaching.

The cities are Noida, Delhi, Patna, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bhopal and Jaipur.
The five-day module, Transformational Teacher Training Programme, has experts sitting in studios in …. Read the original article  : VSAT-enabled training for primary teachers launched.

Tamil Nadu Schools Bars Collection Of Fees

CHENNAI, (GaeaTimes.com)- More than 500 schools, from all the district in Tamil Nadu, has been barred from collecting fees from the students. This even includes several Kendriya Vidyalayas run by the union Human Resource Development Ministry in Tamil Nadu. These schools have also been asked not to collect any fees from the students without the … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Tamil Nadu Schools Bars Collection Of Fees.