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Jul 31, 2006 - Counselling continues, 13,372 allotted seats
On the tenth day of counselling
for Tamil Nadu's engineering colleges, 1531 candidates of 1993
the called were allotted seats. Read
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Jul 30, 2006 - Students selective about engineering colleges
In the first five days
of counselling for admission to engineering colleges in the
State, over 80 per cent of the seats allotted have been in "circuit"
branches — Electronics and Communications, Computer Science
and Information Technology. It was 74.5 per cent for the same
phase in 2005. Read More >>
Jul 26, 2006 - Seats for students who passed in second attempt
Plus-Two students who
have failed in the first attempt this year but have managed
to pass in the next attempt have some good news: they can still
get into a professional college, if they had taken the professional
colleges' entrance examination. Read
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Jul 24, 2006 - MBA results
The results of the common entrance test conducted on July 17
by the Consortium of Self-financing Professional, Arts and Science
Colleges in Tamil Nadu for management quota M.B.A/M.C.A seats
in self-financing institutions have been published on the website.
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Jul 24, 2006 - Medicine retains its sheen
Despite
a slight delay on account of legal battles in court, the medical
admissions in the first phase, to 14 Government colleges, the
36 surrendered seats in IRT college in Perunthurai, and the
Dental colleges were wrapped up in a week's time. Read
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Jul 23, 2006 - Engineering seats vacancy position
TheA total of 1,342 candidates
were allotted seats up to Saturday, the second day of general
counselling for undergraduate engineering admissions. A total
number of 1,812 candidates were called for counselling. While
461 students absented themselves, nine skipped the process,
a release here said. Read
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Jul 22, 2006 - New law soon to regulate fees in engineering
colleges
In an attempt
to rationalise the fee structure in private engineering colleges,
the State government will pass a law in the forthcoming budget
session to regulate the fee and admissions in these institutions.
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Jul 22, 2006 - Toppers discard plum seats at will
Does being an academic topper
give you the right to choose and discard at will plum seats
in the State's topmost professional institutions? Read
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Jul 20, 2006 - Total engineering seats available may cross
55,000
The arithmetic
of seats available for engineering admissions has finally become
clear: with just a day to go before start of general counselling
on Friday, the total number of seats available for single window
counselling will exceed 55,000, government sources told The
Hindu. Read More >> |
Jul 18, 2006 - First phase of counselling for MBBS/BDS ends
The first phase of counselling
for admission to MBBS/BDS courses in Tamil Nadu medical colleges
for 2006 concluded on Monday with all the 1,545 seats being
allotted. Read More >>
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Jul 18, 2006 - Engineering colleges struggle to retain teaching
talent
In a dramatic
turnaround of fortunes within three years, engineering colleges
in the State are going all out to woo quality talent in teaching.
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Jul 18, 2006 - Court refuses to nullify admissions
The Madras High Court on Monday
declined to nullify admissions to 207 Master of Dental Surgery
(MDS) seats in eight institutions in the State. Read
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Jul 14, 2006 - AICTE cannot take direct action against deemed
varsities: court
The
University Grants Commission (UGC) has "primacy" over
the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in maintaining
standards and enforcing regulations in deemed universities,
the Madras High Court has ruled. Read
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Jul 12, 2006 - Engineering counselling to begin on July 17
Single window counselling
for admissions to BE/B.Tech programmes in State colleges will
begin on July 17 for the `special reservation for Sports and
Physically challenged' category, and July 21 for academic (general)
category. Read More >>
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Jul 11, 2006 - All eleven medicine toppers plump for Madras
Medical College
The first
phase of single window counselling for admission to undergraduate
medical courses that began here on Monday contained no surprises
with all 11 toppers choosing Madras Medical College.
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Jul 10, 2006 - Getting ready for counselling
THE
STAGE is set for counselling under the Anna University's Single
Window System (SWS) for admission to the engineering colleges
in Tamil Nadu. Read More >>
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Jul 09, 2006 - MBA/MCA seat sharing talks
Discussions on seat sharing for admission to MBA/MCA courses
in arts and science and engineering colleges and standalone
institutions are expected to conclude within a week. Read
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Jul 09, 2006 - Counselling for medical courses begins on
Monday
With general
counselling under the single window system for admissions to
medical courses scheduled to start on Monday, a clash of dates
is on the cards for students who wish to take entrance tests
being held by private institutions for admissions to medical
and engineering courses.
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Jul 08, 2006 - Schools in State to follow uniform syllabus
from next year
Starting
next year, schools functioning under the Directorate of School
Education will follow a uniform syllabus. With a view to standardising
the examination pattern from standards I to X, the Government
will put in place an integrated syllabus for all State Board,
Anglo-Indian and Matriculation schools.
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Jul 08, 2006 - Professional courses: "improvement marks will
not be considered"
The
Madras High Court has declined to direct the Government to consider
Plus Two improvement examination marks for admission to professional
courses this year. Read More
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Jul 07, 2006 - Engineering seats matrix in for change
The matrix of seats available
for undergraduate engineering courses this year will undergo
major change, with the State Government facilitating the surrender
of 13,205 additional seats by self-financing engineering colleges
to the single window system (SWS) of counselling. Read
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Jul 07, 2006 - Hold CET within 10 days from July 6, consortium
colleges told
Formalising
the consensus reached by the Government and the consortium of
private engineering colleges, the Madras High Court on Thursday
ruled that centralised counselling and single window system
of admission need not be followed for management quota seats.
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Jul 07, 2006 - MBBS/BDS admission: court wants the present
system to continue
The
Madras High Court has declined to "upset" the existing practice
of taking into account marks obtained in Plus Two examination
as well as those scored in the common entrance test, for MBBS/BDS
admission. Read More >>
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Jul 06, 2006 - Panel formed to determine fate of CET
The State Government has set
up a seven-member panel, headed by academic M. Anandakrishnan,
to go into the issue of scrapping the common entrance test as
a mode of admission to professional undergraduate courses. Read
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Jul 06, 2006 - 7 Chennai colleges granted autonomy
For seven Chennai-based colleges,
the 150th year celebrations of Madras University will now gain
added resonance. Read More
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Jul 05, 2006 - Plus Two students get revised marks
Hundreds of students who wrote
the higher secondary examinations thronged the Presidency Girls
Higher Secondary School at Egmore here on Tuesday to collect
their revised mark sheets following the publication of revaluation
marks/results. Read More
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Jul 05, 2006 - Plea to consider only CET marks for MBBS/BDS
admission
The Madras
High Court on Wednesday will pass orders on a public interest
litigation petition, seeking to consider only the marks obtained
in the common entrance test (CET), for MBBS/BDS admissions in
Tamil Nadu. Read More >>
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Jul 02, 2006 - Anna University website inaccessible
Thousands of students and parents
who were eagerly waiting on Saturday to view the rank list of
the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2006 were disappointed,
as the University's website remained inaccessible throughout
the day. Read More >>
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Jul 02, 2006 - Vellore student bags first rank in TNEA
Subash Nehru of Sathuvachari,
Vellore, is the first ranker in the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions
(TNEA), with a score of 298.25 out of 300. Read
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