Quality education has the power to transform society in a single generation; provide children with the protection they need from poverty, exploitation and disease; and give them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential. Real quality in education is fundamental to the quality of the human resource of the nation which is re
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Faced with a lack of demand for B.Ed (Bachelor of Education) seats, the State government was recently forced to scrap the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to B.Ed colleges.
With an increase in the number of colleges that offer the course (418 colleges, more than 40,000 seats), these institutions struggle to fill their seats.
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The State government is in the final stages of restoring Anna University, Chennai, as an affiliating university by abolishing the five newly created technical universities.
The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) is for creating more universities and there is a perception in academic circles at present that not more than 100 colleges
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Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India's performance audit of Anna University, Chennai, has exposed the weakness in the valuation system calling for a review.
The conclusion was reached following a review of the substantial change or rather increase in marks of students who had given answer scripts for revaluation during the
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The demand for polytechnic courses may have declined owing to a variety of factors, including the rise in the number of engineering colleges. But many students who recently cleared the supplementary exams for Plus 2 complain that they are being denied opportunities to apply for the considerable number of vacant seats in polytechnics.
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College students who can reproduce excerpts from Shakespeare but cringe at the idea of carrying a simple conversation in English? Graduates from various disciplines sporting seventy plus scores in English but struggling to frame simple questions?
All is not what it seems when it comes to language, as marks are poor indicators of comp
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Chennai School in Vadapalani is a few metres away from the residence of Sanjay Kumar(6). Yet he was not on the rolls of any school. His cerebral palsy with mental retardation was the justification given by his parents for not sending him to school.
After the screening camp for such children conducted by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in
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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in its performance audit of Anna University-Chennai, has found deviance from norms on many counts compromising the quality of education.
In its report on the functioning of Anna University, the State's premier technical university, the CAG has disclosed policy violations in admissio
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A test-check of land records in 15 taluks between January and March 2010 has revealed that 40 private engineering colleges have encroached on government land to the extent of 170.38 hectares, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General has revealed.
The value of the lands encroached, based on the value as on August 1, 2007, worke
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The IIT Joint Council's decision to hold a joint entrance exam for IITs and NITs is unlikely to affect the fortunes of engineering aspirants in Tamil Nadu. And, the State is unlikely to agree to a common entrance exam for all engineering colleges anytime in the immediate future.
“The mindset of majority of the students and parents is
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