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The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala, has invited applications for an entrance examination to be held on August 13 in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode for admission to the three-year, six-semester, full-time Master of Computer Applications (MCA) course in 33 institutions affiliated to the University of Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi University, the University of Calicut or Kannur [...]

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Counselling for re-allotment to government and self-financing medical colleges and allotment to the medical and dental colleges for 2011-2012 will begin on July 28. The counselling will be held at Kilapuk Medical College auditorium till August 4. No individual intimation will be sent for re-allotment, officials said. Students who were selected during the first phase [...]

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The BEd counselling entered the fifth day on Monday. As many as 35,071 candidates had locked their seats across the state so far. There are roughly one lakh seats in 971 colleges across the state. As the first phase of counselling is to continue till July 27, it is expected that a large chunk of [...]

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Notwithstanding the strong opposition and protests, Goa government today stated before the High Court that it would be “unreasonable” to reverse its decision to grant recognition to English as a Medium of Instruction (MOI) in state-funded schools. In an affidavit, the state government has said that 90 per cent of the students have opted to [...]

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Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) has launched a diploma programme in Chinese language and culture. Aaditi Isaac reports. Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (Ignou) School of Foreign Languages (SOFL) has launched a Diploma in Chinese Language and Culture (DCLC). In the coming session, the programme will be conducted face-to-face for students who want to [...]

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From the academic session 2011-12, M Tech students in colleges affiliated to Rajasthan Technical University (RTU) can apply for re-evaluation in all branches of engineering. The decision was taken at an academic council meeting held on July 16. This will allow students to apply for re-evaluation in case they are not satisfied with marks. “The [...]

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The state government might be planning to introduce a no-detention policy for students up to Class VIII, but sports minister Madan Mitra has different plans altogether. He wants to make sports compulsory and a student has to pass the subject for being promoted. Mitra’s visit on Sunday was part of his political programme prior to [...]

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Patna University (PU) has once again extended the last date of admission to undergraduate courses by three days with a view to filling up maximum number of seats. Now PU colleges can admit students against vacant seats till July 22. Even as the number of seats in different colleges of PU were almost doubled this [...]

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A teachers association in Manipur on Saturday objected to state government’s decision bringing elementary schools in hill districts under autonomous district councils and threatened to call a strike if it was not withdrawn. “The government decision was to degrade the status of education in the state and the hill teachers would not accept the government’s [...]

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In a move that would disappoint nearly 800 MPs, the law ministry has rejected the proposal to increase the Kendriya Vidyalaya admission quota for Members of Parliament from two to five — three for the KV schools in the MP’s constitutency and two for KVs in Delhi. The proposal also said that in case there [...]

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