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News Today - Archive |
Jun 30, 2006 - Medicine losing its sheen?
It
may still be prestigious to secure admission to a medical college
in the State, with less than 2,000 seats on offer, compared
to nearly 80,000 in engineering colleges. Read
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Jun 29, 2006 - 12 point drop in MBBS cut-off mark
The cut-off mark for MBBS admissions
to government medical colleges this year has dropped by at least
12 points going by the rank list released by the Directorate
of Medical Education (DME) on Wednesday. Read
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Jun 29, 2006 - "Unaided colleges can follow last year's admission
norms"
The Tamil Nadu
Government has told the Madras High Court that unaided engineering
colleges can fill their management quota seats by following
last year's admission procedure, when neither the single window
system nor reservation rule was followed. Read
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Jun 29, 2006 - Plus Two topper secures first rank in medical
entrance examination
Sandhya
Suresh, topper in the Plus Two examinations from D.A.V. Matriculation
Higher Secondary School, Gopalapuram, secured the first rank
in the medical entrance list released by the Directorate of
Medical Education on Wednesday. Read
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Jun 29, 2006 - Projected shortage of engineering manpower
rings alarm bells
Given
the rate at which the Information Technology sector and IT Enabled
Services (ITES) are drawing the cream, if not a majority of
the engineering graduates passing out this year and the next,
it is time for manufacturing and construction sectors to take
note. Read More >>
Jun 28, 2006 - CET for filling 250 medical seats on July
14
The only two private
medical colleges in Tamil Nadu — PSG Institute of Medical Sciences
and the recently approved Chettinad Hospitals and Research Institute
— have come together to form a consortium to conduct a common
entrance exam to fill about 250 medical seats in the State.
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Jun 27, 2006 - New rule for unaided minority professional
colleges
In a new development,
the Tamil Nadu Government has told the Madras High Court that
unaided minority professional colleges must follow the rule
of reservation if they admit students from non-minority communities.
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Jun 24, 2006 - What about the Subramani committee?
The State Government and private
self-financing colleges have arrived at a compromise formula
on sharing of seats for the Government and management quotas.
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Jun 24, 2006 - Consensus on seats to be surrendered
The Tamil Nadu Government and
the association of private unaided engineering colleges have
reached an understanding on the percentage of seats to be surrendered
to the Government, besides on enforcement of single window system
of admissions and the rule of reservation for management quota
seats. Read More >> |
Jun 23, 2006 - AICTE approves new engineering college
The All India Council for Technical
Education has approved one more engineering college, Alpha College
of Engineering in Tamil Nadu for the academic year 2006-07.
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Jun 23, 2006 - Court nod for releasing MBBS/BDS rank list
The Madras High Court
has allowed the Tamil Nadu Government to release the rank list
for MBBS/BDS admissions as scheduled on June 28. Read
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Jun 22, 2006 - Medical admissions: orders today
The Madras High Court is to pass
orders on Thursday on a public interest litigation petition
seeking admission to MBBS/BDS courses only the basis of a common
entrance examination. Read
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Jun 22, 2006 - Sale of applications begins
The
Consortium of Self-financing Professional, Arts and Science
Colleges in Tamil Nadu has started issuing application forms
for the common entrance test for B.E/B.Tech seats under the
management quota. Read More
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Jun 21, 2006 - Focus on containing failures in Class XII
and X examinations
The
State Education Department will focus on bringing down failures
in the Class XII and X examinations this year, particularly
in government schools. Read
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Jun 12, 2006 - Ticket to a flying start
It
is not just about flying an aircraft, but more about managing
an aircraft and saving lives: This was the point reiterated
by seasoned pilot and instructor Captain A. Ranganathan at the
session for offbeat careers at the recently organised The Hindu
Education Plus career fair. Read
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Jun 12, 2006 - "Soft skills will clinch the job deal"
NIIT senior vice-president S.
Venkatesh was delightfully candid during an interactive session
with students at The Hindu Education Plus Career Fair held recently.
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Jun 12, 2006 - Profit from placement
Guide
to parents and students: Any student under the Open Competition/backward
classes category with a score of 255 or more out of the maximum
of 300 can relax, because he or she is bound to get a seat in
the ECE/CSE or IT branches in the top 20 private colleges, says
Career analyst Jayaprakash Gandhi. Read
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Jun 11, 2006 - Admissions possible with less marks
In the last academic year 2005-06,
a student with 296 marks out of 300 could not get into any of
the Government medical colleges as the number of outstanding
performers was high. Read
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Jun 11, 2006 - Two private medical colleges permitted to
hold joint entrance test
The
Permanent Committee for the Conduct of the Common Entrance Test
took on Saturday three major decisions on admissions to private
medical colleges in Tamil Nadu. Read
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Jun 09, 2006 - 150 more MBBS seats on cards
The
seat matrix for the MBBS degree programme in government medical
colleges in Tamil Nadu remains the same as last year with 1,625
seats. Read More >> |
Jun 08, 2006 - Now more seats, lower cut-off marks for engineering
courses
If the State
Government move to secure 70 per cent of the seats in private
self-financing colleges succeeds, the number of seats available
in its quota for admission through Anna University's counselling
and Single Window System (SWS) could cross 47,000 this year.
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