Education News – Weekly Newsletter for January 10-17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011

More realistic account of Bhopal Gas Tragedy in new NCERT book

BHOPAL – Against a background of black, the pages tell the story of the world’s worst industrial disaster – in Bhopal on Dec 2-3 night, 1984. The photographs, of the deaths, the sufferers, and the killer factory, have photo captions highlighted in red. This is part of NCERT’s new Social Sciences book for Class 8 … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : More realistic account of Bhopal Gas Tragedy in new NCERT book.

‘IGNOU has brought teachers-students closer’

NEW DELHI – The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has bridged the gap between teachers and students with its quality study material for the last 25 years, Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai said Sunday.

Pillai said that IGNOU has been committed to quality teaching, education and capacity building through the Open Distance Learning pedagogy …. Source : Gaea News Network.

44 deemed universities facing closure get breather

NEW DELHI – In a relief to 44 deemed universities that were faced with the prospect of de-recognition, the government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it will carry out a fresh reappraisal of their infrastructure and facilities.

Following the submission, the court gave the central government two weeks to issue individual notices to … Read : 44 deemed universities facing closure get breather.

Kashmir trashes MCI notification for medical courses

SRINAGAR – Jammu and Kashmir has decided to continue the selection process for medical graduate and post-graduate courses through its Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE), trashing the Medical Council of India (MCI) proposal to conduct the national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET).

The state’s Minister for Medical Education R.S. Chibb told some newsmen here Tuesday that …. Source : Kashmir trashes MCI notification for medical courses.

Chandigarh schools extend winter vacations till Jan 16

CHANDIGARH – The winter vacations have been extended in all schools of this city till Jan 16 due to the prevailing intense cold, an official said here Tuesday.

The schools were supposed to open Jan 3 after the usually 15-day winter vacation but the break was extended till Jan 11 as the city and …. Source : Gaea News Network.

Varsity slammed for unfairly filling up vacant quota seats

NEW DELHI – The Delhi High Court has directed the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashtha University not to admit in an unfair manner students from the general category against vacant reserved seats.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan set aside an order of a single judge who allowed the [..] Read the original article: here.

Coca-Cola, ISB to set up retail academy

HYDERABAD – Beverage major Coca-Cola has joined hands with the Indian School of Business (ISB) to set up a retail academy at the latter’s campus here, officials said Monday.

The Coca-Cola Indian School of Business retail academy will offer a six-month programme to train mid-level professionals in retail management.
Top officials of Coca-Cola and the …. Source article : Coca-Cola, ISB to set up retail academy.

Mexico curbs junk food sales in schools

Mexico City, Jan 12 (IANS/EFE) Mexico has asked its all private and government schools to limit sales of junk food to protect children from being overweight or obese.

About 30 percent of children and 70 percent of adults in Mexico are overweight.
The law does not ban sales of junk food in schools, but it …. Original article on Gaea Times at : Mexico curbs junk food sales in schools.

How Wikipedia wooed and won the world

BERLIN – An encyclopedia that anybody can help to write – whether a pupil or a professor? Encyclopedia entries which are updated from one minute to the next? And all of that financed by reader donations?

Ten years ago when online companies vanished almost as quickly as they appeared, nobody thought that a reliable encyclopedia … Read more >>.

Court stays transparency panel’s order on school data

NEW DELHI – The Delhi High Court has stayed a Central Information Commission (CIC) order directing the Delhi government to make public the admission criteria for poor children followed by private schools in the last three years.

The court also stayed the CIC order to put on the government website details about the annual income …. Source : Court stays transparency panel’s order on school data.

44 deemed universities facing closure get apex court breather

NEW DELHI – In a temporary relief to 44 deemed universities that were facing the prospect of derecognition, the Supreme Court Tuesday asked the central government to offer them another opportunity to remove deficiencies in infrastructure.

The apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma passed the order after recording a statement …. Source : 44 deemed universities facing closure get apex court breather.

Extended vacation may eat into Delhi students’ weekends

NEW DELHI – An extended winter vacation may have spelt good news for Delhi’s school kids, but not for long. Running short on time to finish their syllabi, schools are planning extra classes which will most likely eat into the much-cherished weekends.

The biting cold forced the Delhi government to re-extend vacations in all public …. Source : Extended vacation may eat into Delhi students’ weekends.

‘IGNOU committed to promoting Hindi’

NEW DELHI – The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is committed to conserving and promoting the Hindi language, Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai Thursday said.

“Keeping in mind the government policies about the conservation of Indian languages, we leave no stone unturned to publish most of our courses in Hindi,” Pillai said in a … Original article on : ‘IGNOU committed to promoting Hindi’.

Online American courses becoming popular in China

BEIJING – Online courses from top US universities are becoming popular among young Chinese who cannot afford to go overseas to study but still want to learn.

According to the China Daily, the students can now go online for free courses from top American varsities on the Chinese website 163.com.
The open courses range from …. Source article on Gaea Times at : Online American courses becoming popular in China.