Education News – Weekly Newsletter for March 1-7, 2011
IIM-Calcutta to boost research and upgrade lab
KOLKATA - The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) plans to utilise the Rs.20 crore special budgetary grant to help students do research in global finance markets and to upgrade its financial research and trading lab.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukhejee announced the special grant to the IIM-C in the union budget he presented to the ... Read : IIM-Calcutta to boost research and upgrade lab.
Education News – Weekly Newsletter for February 21-28, 2011
A school for their children - a gift from illiterate poor parents
SIROHI - They can’t read or write but are determined to ensure their children get proper education. A community of tribals in Rajasthan who toil hard to make just about Rs.70 a day have built a school for their children with their hard earned money.
The tribals in the tiny Vasela Phali village in Rajasthan’s .... Read the original article : A school for their children - a gift from illiterate poor parents.
Education News – Weekly Newsletter for February 14-21, 2011
Snake slithers into school bag in Orissa
BHUBANESWAR - A three feet long poisonous snake found in the school bag of a class five student in Orissa triggered panic in the school campus, the boy’s father said Monday.
The staff and the students of Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir in the Bhimtangi area here received this shock Saturday.
Chiranjib Das went to school .... Read the original article : Snake slithers into school bag in Orissa.
Education News – Weekly Newsletter for February 7-14, 2011
Haryana to run 100 schools in public partnership
CHANDIGARH - A public partnership project will be implemented on a pilot basis in Haryana to make it an educational hub, the state’s Education and Social Welfare Minister Geeta Bhukkal said Sunday.
She said that under this project, at least one school in each of the states 21 districts will be run in the ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Haryana to run 100 schools in public partnership.
Education News – Weekly Newsletter for February 1-7, 2011
Malaysian team to study mosque structures in Kerala (Lead superseding earlier story)
MALAPPURAM - A Malaysian team will arrive next month to study mosque structures in Kerala as a collaborative venture between the International Islamic University, Malaysia (IIUM) and Madin Islamic Academy (MIA) here.
In what is believed to be its first such accord with an Indian institution, the IIUM has entered into an agreement for academic .... Original source : Malaysian team to study mosque structures in Kerala (Lead superseding earlier story).
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