Campus Digest

Bangalore, May 18: The State performed exceedingly well in the ICSE and ISC exams by securing a near-100 per cent passing ratio in both. Out of the total 9,832 ICSE students and 1,105 ISC students who appeared for the exams in Karnataka, there were only 14 unsuccessful candidates in the former and 13 in the latter. The pass percentage was a staggering 99.86 for ICSE and 98.82 for ISC. Like

Dharwad, Mar 26: Karnatak University-Dharwad will now offer dual postgraduate degrees. The meeting of the Academic Council held here on Monday approved the proposal for introducing dual postgraduate degree programmes. Vice-Chancellor H.B. Walikar said that the University Grants Commission (UGC) had told the varsities that they could opt for dual postgraduate degree programmes in the interest of

Feb 28: Lower ability classes should get the best teachers so that they would have the best teaching available to compensate for their academic deficiencies, says N N Prahallada. In recent years various administrative procedures have been used to help “individualisation of instruction” in the schools. One such procedure popular with teachers and administrators is "ability grouping", also known as

New Delhi, Feb 19: The Right to Education Act is not applicable to nursery admissions, Delhi high court ruled on Tuesday disposing off the related public interest litigation (PIL). Ongoing nursery admission process will remain unaffected in the capital, the court said. The PIL, filed by NGO Social Jurist, challenged two government notifications giving powers to unaided private schools to formulate

Washington, Jan 14: The US Harvard University has posted a verse of the Holy Quran at the entrance of its faculty of law, describing the verse as one of the greatest expressions for justice in history, a Saudi newspaper reported on Sunday. Verse 135 of Sura Al Nisa (women chapter) has been posted at a wall facing the faculty"s main entrance, dedicated to the best phrases said about justice. A

New Delhi, July 10: Almost all colleges of Delhi University, barring a few famous and some lesser-known ones, have closed admissions to all their courses in the fifth cut-off list released late on Monday night. Hindu College with the season"s highest cut-offs has re-opened admissions to its B.Com. (Honours) course with a significantly reduced cut-off in the range of 98.75 to 95.75 per cent. The

Bangalore, July 5: Good news for MBBS seat aspirants in the State. The number of seats available for aspiring candidates has gone up by 380, from 5,555 to 5,935 for the year 2012-2013. While government colleges and institutions under the KRLMPCA (Karnataka Religious & Linguistic Minority Professional Colleges Association) will have 100 more seats each, the number of seats under the Consortium of

Going overseas to earn a foreign diploma or degree is the dream of millions of Indian students. Although the country has made significant advancements in the education sector, a foreign qualification still holds its allure. The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany and Canada are some of the favourite destinations where Indian students flock to. If you are one of those

New Delhi, May 28: Girls once again outperformed boys in the CBSE Class 12 results declared here Monday, an official said. Girls recorded a pass percentage of 86.21 percent against the 75.80 percent for boys, said the official of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Delhi recorded total pass percentage of 85.40 percent, a fall of 0.05 percent as compared to last year. A total of 8,16

The faculty of engineering and technology at Jamia Millia Islamia , under its department of electrical engineering, will be offering an MTech course in control and instrumentation. The two-year programme to be launched from the new academic year will have a total intake of 18 students. According to Khalid Moin, dean, faculty of engineering and technology, the varsity was deliberating on a range of