In a swift operation, the HRD ministry on Thursday night superseded the National Council for Teacher Education for six months through a gazette notification. The ministry had recently issued a show cause notice to the Council about the large scale irregularities in the grant of recognition to teacher training institutes. All members of the NCTE [...]

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India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Ltd. and Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, has jointly invited applications from eligible candidates for admission into 4 years BIHBM (Bachelor’s Degree Course in International Hospitality Business Management), offered in the upcoming academic session 2011. The admission to BIHBM course will be made on the basis of candidate’s merit obtained in [...]

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There is some good news for students considering a career in paramedical courses . This year, the academic session for paramedical courses will begin earlier than usual . The Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) announced on Thursday that admissions for institutes offering medical and paramedical courses will be conducted between July 18 and 27. [...]

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Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has postponed the dates for admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Applications (MCA) courses. The admission process for these courses which were scheduled to begin from July 8 has been postponed to July 18. The process has been postponed as the results of examinations for the [...]

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All state universities will have a common syllabus for all courses from the 2011-12 academic session. This was decided by the state higher education minister RD Tripathi in a review meeting held on Wednesday. The minister gave the green signal to the recommendation of Sehgal committee that met on June 30. The common syllabus will [...]

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The state government on Wednesday cleared the way for filling 13,000 teaching assistant vacancies for posts of ‘vidya sahayaks’ in various government run higher primary schools across the state. For this the state government has decided to extend the age limit by five years for candidates across various categories. These assistants would be paid a [...]

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Department of Physiotherapy Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana Website: http://www.gjust.ac.in Revised Admission Notice for BPT & MPT Programmes Session 2011-12. Department of Physiotherapy has issued the revised Admission Notice for BPT & MPT Programmes Session 2011-12. The last date for submission of application for Bachelor of Physiotherapy (50 Seats) & Master of [...]

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The Annamalai University, which is among the pioneers of distance education in the country, has come up with another ace programme. If the part-time and correspondence routes to an MBA were not enough, the university has launched an online MBA programme, in collaboration with a citybased management training consultancy. The online MBA course is aimed [...]

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Engineering colleges in Maharashtra, which were finding it extremely difficult to get candidates for degree courses, have some reason to cheer now. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), an an advisory body in all matters relating to technical education, has relaxed the basic eligibility criteria for admissions to the first year engineering course. [...]

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A plethora of interesting courses are being offered by open universities today. The two top institutions in the city are the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU). Over the years, more and more students are opting for the short term courses offered by these universities which in a [...]

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