Chennai, Jan 18 (BPNS) Samagra Shiksha of Tamil Nadu has worked out schemes to make Mathematics learning easier through an activity-based learning project. Titled, Magizh Kanitham ( Learning Mathematics with Joy), according to Samagra Shiksha officials will kindle interest among children to learn Mathematics. This new teaching concept will teach basic Mathematics, algebra, and geometry […]
Covid surge: TN College teachers want rotational presence in college
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu college teachers want the government to allow them to come to the institution on a rotational basis as the Covid -19 cases are surging in the state. The college teachers said that several teachers are getting infected with the disease and a teacher had passed away on Tuesday, […]
Stalin urges PM to consider TN’s request on NEET exemption
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider the request made by the state for exemption from National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination (NEET) for medical education. Chief Minister was speaking at a function in which 11 new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu were virtually inaugurated by Prime […]
Four IITs, including Delhi and Madras, get new directors
New Delhi, Jan 10 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Delhi, Madras, Mandi and Indore got new directors on Monday, according to officials. While IIT-Bombay professor Rangan Banerjee has been appointed as the next director of IIT-Delhi, IIT-Madras professor V Kamakoti has been appointed as the director of the institute, they said. Kamakoti designed India’s […]
TN postpones semester exams in all Universities of the state amid Covid surge
Chennai, Jan 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu higher education minister, K. Ponmudi said that the state government has decided to postpone all semester examinations in the universities of the state given the surge in Covid -19 cases. The exams were scheduled to commence on January 20th and the minister said that the revised dates would be announced […]
NCC Chief inaugurates Republic Day camp for cadets
New Delhi, Jan 4 The Republic Day camp for the cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) was formally inaugurated by its Director General Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The camp is held at the culmination of one complete year of training of NCC cadets and is conducted […]
Students of IIT Madras to conduct workshop on menstrual hygiene
Chennai, Dec 27( BPNS) The Students of the elite Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) will be conducting a menstrual awareness programme,’ Unmute’ focusing on menstrual hygiene management. The students of the premier institute will also be conducting awareness programmes on self-defence techniques to prevent sexual assault. A statement from the IIT- Madras said that […]
US consulate, Chennai for promotion of South India as study destination for US students
Chennai, Nov 19 (BPNS) The Consulate of the United States of America in Chennai held a week-long virtual workshop “Destination South India” in association with IIT Madras, United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF), and the US-based Forum on Education Abroad (FEA) for non-governmental organizations and educational institutions to promote South India as a foreign study […]
Students forcibly given transfer certificates from many colleges citing lack of online attendance
Chennai, Nov 16 (BPNS) Students of several colleges in many rural districts of Tamil Nadu are forcibly giving transfer certificates (TC) to students citing lack of online attendance. Most of the students were called and informed that their TC is ready and asked to collect. Rajesh. K, a student who is in the second year […]
MG University removes head of Nano department following complaint from SC woman researcher
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 6 (BPNS) Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala has removed the head of department of Nano Science and Technology department, Dr. Nandakumar Kalarickal from the post. A research scholar, Deepa Mohan who belongs to Scheduled Caste community had complained against the Professor that she was facing caste-based harassment from the head of department. The […]