National Literacy Programme: TN to educate 5 lakh people
Chennai, Dec 16 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu minister for school education, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has said that the state would educate 5 lakh people under the National Literacy programme. He said that in the previous year the state educated 3.15 lakh people under the programme and even overcame the set target of 3.10 lakh people. He […]
TN to constitute ICC in schools to prevent sex abuse of children
Chennai, Nov 30 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu school education department will soon be constituting Internal Complaints Committees(ICC) to prevent sexual abuse of school children. The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the increasing sexual abuse of school children had come down heavily on the school […]
Chennai councilor teaching English language skills to children
Chennai, Nov 15 (BPNS) A councilor of Greater Chennai Corporation has joined hands with an NGO for improving the English language skills of children of her ward in Ashok Nagar. The councilor, Yazhini .B, who is a representative of Dalit political party, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) while speaking to BPNS said, “ My schooling was […]
United States remains top choice for Indian Students
New Delhi, November 14, 2022 For the second year in a row, a record number of Indian students chose the United States to pursue higher education. According to the Open Doors Report released today, almost 200,000 Indian students chose the United States as their higher education destination in the 2021-22 academic year, a 19 percent […]
IIT Madras develops regional climate model to predict localized and accurate rainfall
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) The Indian Institute of Madras has developed a localized regional weather model to predict rainfall at the ward level and is now implanted in the Chennai corporation. This was a research project of an IIT Madras scholar, Krithiga to provide weather forecasts for irrigation management and is now used in Chennai […]
Ragging: CMC Vellore suspends 7 senior MBBS students
Chennai, Nov 9 (BPNS) Seven senior MBBS students of the prestigious Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore were suspended by the college management after they had subjected juniors to ragging. A first-year MBBS student had shared the video in which he and other batch mates were subjected to ragging by seniors. The video which went viral […]
TN to commence NEET coaching from Nov third week
Chennai, Nov 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu School education department has announced that it would commence coaching classes for Class 11 and Class 12 students for National Eligibility Cum Entrance Examination (NEET). The classes, according to a statement from the school education department would start in the third week of November. Around 420 centres are […]
Career guidance classes commence in TN govt schools for Class 11, 12 students
Chennai, Nov 4 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu school education department has commenced career guidance classes for students in government schools who are in classes 11 and 12. The classes are designed in such a manner that students will be empowered to do self-assessment of themselves. This, according to a senior officer with the school education […]
TN slips in PGI of the Ministry of Education
Chennai, Nov 3 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu has slipped a notch below in the Performance Grading Index (PGI) of the Union Ministry of Education report released on Thursday. Kerala and Andhra Pradesh retained their positions among the top seven performing states of the country along with Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chandigarh, and Maharashtra. Performance Grading Index (PGI) […]