Puducherry, Aug 6 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry is to convert all its classrooms in government schools to turn into smart classrooms. The officials have drawn up plans to introduce smart classes in the primary schools of the territory with audio-visual devices, smart TVs and projectors, and e-content where the facility is planned. Around […]
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) The Indian Institute of Technology – Madras and the National Institute of Siddha have signed an agreement for the development of a new collaborative teaching programme and research. The areas of research that are to be focused on are clinical research, molecular biology and health system research. Director of IIT- Madras, […]
Chennai, July 26 (BPNS) Parents protested against a posh private school in Coimbatore forcing them to sign an indemnity bond that the school would not be responsible for any injury to their child inside the school campus. The bond also mentions that the school management or teachers would not be responsible for any loss of […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (BPNS) An alleged moral policing incident and students’ befitting reply to it has become the talk of the town. The central character of the incident was a bus stop near the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. The students in protest against the alleged moral policing act – as a long steel bench got […]
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu education department has commenced a crackdown on the educational credentials of teachers who are working under it. Several teams have been constituted to conduct searches in all the schools in the state. The education department officials during a routine inspection of a school in Tiruvallur district stumbled upon […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 (BPNS) The Kerala Police arrested five women including two lower grade employees of a private college for frisking girl students during the NEET examination. The arrested are S. Mariyamma and K. Mariyamma of Mar Thoma College, Ayur where the incident occurred, and Geetha, Jyotsna Joby, and Beena who are employees of the […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 19 (BPNS) The frisking incident at a private college in Kollam during the recently concluded National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) last Sunday has stirred up a hornet’s nest. The exam center, Mar Thomas Institute of Information and Technology at Ayur, is in the eye of the storm after some women candidates complained […]
Chennai , July 16(BPNS) A question for the second semester MA exam of Periyar University on the lowest caste in Tamil Nadu has sparked a major controversy in the state. The Periyar University has said that it will set up an enquiry committee to look up into the matter. The question was under Part A […]
Chennai, July 15 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu government will roll out free breakfast scheme as a trial basis in government schools of 292 village panchayats of the state in 15 districts. The state government had announced free breakfast for all students from Classes 1 to V in government schools and this project is being undertaken on […]
Chennai, July 11 (BPNS) The school education department of Tamil Nadu has constituted an expert panel comprising senior College professors in Science and Mathematics streams for launching a special initiative for students from Class VI to VIII in government schools and government-aided schools. A recent study conducted by the Tamil Nadu school education department in association […]
