Education News – Newsletter for November 13, 2010

Panasonic India felicitates Country’s Best Talent

New Delhi, 11th November 2010: Panasonic, the Global Technology leader, today felicitated students from IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and PEC University of Technology, by offering scholarship to study in the prestigious Universities of Japan as a part of Panasonic Scholarship Program 2011. This program offers financial assistance to promising students who have the potential to … Read more : Panasonic India felicitates Country’s Best Talent.

India-Britain sign education MoU

NEW DELHI – India and Britain Friday signed an MoU for the second phase of their Education Research Initiative.

The MoU, signed by Human Resoure Development Minister Kapil Sibal and Britain’s Universities Minister David Willetts, will take ahead the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) that has already created almost 600 new partnerships between their [..] Read the original article: here.

Not in favour now of common entrance exam: Apex court told

NEW DELHI – The union health ministry Friday told the Supreme Court that “at this stage” it was not in favour of integrated entrance examination for medical and engineering streams.

The Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) told the apex court that “it is constrained to submit that it does not support the Central Board … Read more : Not in favour now of common entrance exam: Apex court told.

Australian High Commission brings social change for slum kids

NEW DELHI – As many as 170 children from various slums in the city gathered here Friday to celebrate their joining of colleges after the Australian High Commission funded their school education and brought a social change in their lives.

Working in partnership with ‘Asha’, an NGO involved with these slum children, the Australian High … Read more »».

Punjab accepts agitating teachers’ demands

CHANDIGARH – Bowing to the pressure from agitating teahers who train elementary teachers in the state, the Punjab government Friday announced major concessions for them.

“The state government today (Friday) decided in principle to set up a separate directorate for elementary teachers training (ETT) teachers of zila parishads (district councils) working under the …. Source  : Punjab accepts agitating teachers’ demands.