Education News – Newsletter for January 21, 2011

Lovely slams schools for costly admission forms

NEW DELHI – Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely Thursday lashed out at schools which are forcing parents to buy costly forms for their children’s nursery admission.

The minister was reacting to a sting operation conducted by CNN-IBN on various public schools which showed how the institutions were fleecing parents by charging anything between …. Original source  : Lovely slams schools for costly admission forms.

Cabinet approves Rs.322 crore for drug research institute

NEW DELHI – The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday approved a revised Rs.322.51 crore proposal of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for its project of setting up a world-class drug research institute at Lucknow.

The estimated cost of the project likely to be completed March 2011 has been enhanced … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Cabinet approves Rs.322 crore for drug research institute.

Girls draw a blank in AMU students union poll

ALIGARH – None of the girls won when they contested for the top posts in the Aligarh Muslim University Students Union for the first time, despite women students comprising nearly half the electorate.

Asma Jawed, a research scholar in the Department of Hindi, contested for the post of president and Somya Pundhir, first-year …. Original article  : Girls draw a blank in AMU students union poll.