Schools News

Two tribal students of Class 8 in Odisha have won a scholarship to join a programme in the US, their institute said Thursday. The US embassy selected Bhutal Hansdah and Shantilata Murmu, students of Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), ...

Maharashtra state government has asked all the schools of the state to follow a common procedure for admission. As a result, all the admissions to pre-primary and primary sections in schools are put on hold, until the common admission schedule is ...

Ithaca: At Cornell University, one student out of every five is from abroad, are there to study at the Ivy League school. About 19.1% of the school's students comprise of international students. This has increased from 15.95 back in 2003. A ...

The CBSE ( Central Board of Secondary Education) is all set to conduct Proficiency test in April, 2014 for class X. The Proficiency Test measures an individual's abilities and skills in a domain or subject to know how well he/she ...

Maharashtra State Board Technical Education (MSBTE) will be declaring its results In January 2014. MSBTE conducted Winter Examination 2013 on 21 October to 29th November 2013. The result will be declared on the official website of MSBTE. The main aim ...

China has decided to improve basic schooling conditions for compulsory education in poverty-stricken areas, according to a new document unveiled Wednesday. "Schools in poor areas are a weak link in China's education cause," Xinhua reported citing a statement released after an ...

If you ever thought that more the homework the child does, more smarter the child becomes? It is a popular misconception. Having a pile of homework to do can have an effect on the child, that is exactly opposite to what ...

CBSE schools may function for six days a week from 2015 at the secondary and senior secondary levels. The board is mulling extending the functioning days keeping with the mandate of the Right to Education Act which seeks to fulfill ...

Hyderabad city is flooded by many schools with international tags, high standard and quality education but schools' authorities are unhappy when it comes down to quality of local teachers. Due to lack of expertise among local teachers, the authorities of ...

Aligarh Muslim university takes pride as its alumni are spread all over the world and leading a successful life as scientists, doctors, technologists, entrepreneurs etc., just as Sir Syed prophesied, "This small plant will, one day ,turn into a mighty tree ...

30 minutes extra will be given to the students of IX and XI in their Open Text Book Assessment (OTBA). The decision was taken by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), for OTBA, which will be conducted in March 2014, for ...

Himachal Pradesh government is spending Rs 3,836 crore on education during the current financial year, which is 17 per cent of the state budget, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said. Presiding over the annual function of a government girls' school in ...

The Gujarat government has initiated a programme to provide training to school children, on the lines of National Cadet Corps (NCC), in a bid to inculcate defence mechanism skills and cultivate habits of good citizenship in the students. "Under the ...

When there is a brand name, everyone is after it, be it the students or the parents. All the tedious work that is involved; enrolling for the famous entrance exams, the pleading for reference letters, attending all the classes for entrance ...