Education News – Newsletter for December 15, 2010

British visa rules to affect 20,000 Chinese

BEIJING – Around 20,000 Chinese students may be forced to leave Britain if new proposals to tighten British visa policies come into effect next year, a media report said Wednesday.

The British Home Office intends to tighten visa regulations for international students to reduce the country’s annual migration and cope with high domestic unemployment. The …. Source  : British visa rules to affect 20,000 Chinese.

Chinese checkers: Mandarin teachers in short supply in India

NEW DELHI – Growing economic and cultural ties with China may have spurred a demand for Mandarin but experts say strict visa norms are preventing teachers of the language in China from coming to India, affecting the quality of instruction.

This even as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has plans to introduce Mandarin …. Source article  : Chinese checkers: Mandarin teachers in short supply in India.

Apex court questions states over deemed varsities

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to all the states asking them how they would accommodate students of 44 private deemed universities if these were to be derecognised.

The apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma said this while hearing a public interest litigation by Viplav Sharma who … Original source on Gaea Times at : Apex court questions states over deemed varsities.

Parents await Delhi’s new nursery admission system

NEW DELHI – The Delhi government’s decision to balance both the point and lottery systems in the new nursery admission guidelines that are likely to be announced Wednesday, has drawn a mixed response from parents in the capital.

“The new guidelines should be just and based on a rationale. The lottery system was totally random, …. Read the original article  : Parents await Delhi’s new nursery admission system.

Panel to monitor right to education law implementation

NEW DELHI – As the government prepares to implement the right to education law from 2011, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Tuesday announced setting up a committee to monitor quality.

We are setting up a committee which can set the guidelines for quality of education under the law, said Kiran … Read more : Panel to monitor right to education law implementation.