Aug 27, 2006 - Panel planning to cancel entrance test
   The Justice S.S. Subramani committee is considering cancellation of the entrance test conducted last month by private medical colleges for admitting students to the management quota seats in three colleges in the State. read more

Aug 26, 2006 - High Court upholds mark incentive scheme
   The mark incentive scheme extended to Government doctors working in public health centres (PHCs), at the rate of one mark per year of service, when they apply for admission to super-speciality courses has been upheld by the Madras High Court. read more

Aug 23, 2006 - Increase in students opting for higher studies in the U.K.
   The education department of the British Council in Chennai has observed a gradual but steady studies. read more

Aug 23, 2006 - Counselling schedule for medical seats
   Counselling for re-allotment of MBBS seats in government medical colleges and allotment of MBBS seats in Government/ IRT/self-financing medical colleges will be held as follows. read more

Aug 22, 2006 - Mixed signals emanate from engineering admissions
   All seats were filled in 19 branches in the counselling under the Single Window System for admissions to engineering colleges in the State. Similarly, in 22 colleges the students took up all seats this year. read more

Aug 21, 2006 - Should Common Entrance Test be scrapped?
   WHEN THE Tamil Nadu Government appointed a committee of experts, headed by former Vice- Chancellor M. Anandakrishnan, to look at the system of a Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to professional courses, its mandate was clear. read more

Aug 21, 2006 - Over 16,800 seats vacant
   More than 16,800 seats remained vacant in 240 colleges across the State as the single window admission to engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu came to an end on Sunday. read more

Aug 21, 2006 - Dental Council proposes new courses
   The Dental Council of India (DCI) will collaborate with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to launch post-graduate distance learning courses in endodontics and oral implantology, DCI president Anil Kohli said on Saturday. read more

Aug 21, 2006 - Crossing the seas on scholarship
   Your decision to go overseas for higher education or research has to be followed by systematic effort in a disciplined manner. In most cases, parents or scholars may not be able to foot the bill, and therefore finding assistance from other sources is a vital part of study abroad. read more

Aug 16, 2006 - 22,000 engineering seats vacant
   Only a week remains before the single window counselling for B.E/B.Tech seats in the State is to end, but more than 22,000 seats remain vacant across 250 colleges in the State. read more

Aug 15, 2006 - "Anna varsity must grant affiliation if AICTE approves an institution"
   Once the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) grants approval for a technical institution, the Anna University is obliged to grant affiliation to it, the Madras High Court has ruled. read more

Aug 14, 2006 - MoU with U.S. varsity
   The Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER) near Tambaram has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Western Michigan University, USA. read more

Aug 14, 2006 - NCERT begins talent search
   TIME HAS come for talented students in Classes VIII and X to match their skills with the best in the country. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has announced its National Talent Search Scheme for 2007. The purpose of the scheme is to identify talented students and nurture their skills in areas such sciences, social sciences, engineering, medicine, mnagement and law. read more

Aug 14, 2006 - CET remains favourite option among many
   THE UNCERTAINTY over the fate of the Common Entrance Test to professional undergraduate courses seems to have earned the test per se more supporters than detractors, if one went by the mood at the first public hearing of the M.Anandakrishnan committee in Chennai recently. The committee has been constituted by the State government to go into the technicalities of doing away with the CET. read more

Aug 08, 2006 - Committee report on CET next month
   To put an end to the confusion prevailing among the student community over the Common Entrance Test (CET) for professional courses, the expert committee headed by M Anandakrishnan would submit its report to the government next month. read more

Aug 08, 2006 - Public hearing favours continuation of CET
   The public mood, barring a couple of dissenting voices, was overwhelmingly in favour of continuing with the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to professional courses, at the first public hearing by the M. Anandakrishnan committee in Anna University on Monday. read more

Aug 07, 2006 - Public forum on scrapping CET
   The M.Anandakrishnan committee that is examining the issue of scrapping the common entrance test for admission to professional undergraduate courses will hear the views of members of the public and representatives of educational institutions through two public hearings to be held in Chennai and Madurai. read more

Aug 07, 2006 - Is our education system outdated?
   Complete and drastic reconstruction. This is the prescription that eminent academician and long-time watcher of the Indian and global educational trends V.C. Kulandhaiswamy has to offer as panacea for the ills that dog Indian higher education. read more

Aug 07, 2006 - All seats vacant in 26 colleges
   As the second phase of counselling for undergraduate engineering admissions gets underway, it has been a no-show so far by 26 self-financing institutions which are yet to fill up a single seat even in the much-sought after circuit branches. Most of these institutions opened this year. read more

Aug 04, 2006 - Engineer wins Rs. 55 lakh U.S. fellowship
   A city-based engineer, fresh out of college, has won a Rs. 55 lakh fellowship for a doctoral programme in the University of California, Riverside. read more

Aug 03, 2006 - Counselling trend throws up curious pointers
   The end of the first phase of counselling for undergraduate engineering courses has thrown up a curious permutation as far as choice of courses goes. While the actual numbers of those seeking admissions has gone up compared to last year, more and more colleges are struggling to fill seats even in the high-intensity circuit branches. read more

Aug 02, 2006 - Merit list for paramedical courses
   The merit list for paramedical courses - B.Sc.(nursing), B.Pharm, BPT, BOT and D.Pharm to B.Pharm - for 2006-2007 has been released by the Selection Committee. read more

Aug 02, 2006 - Counselling for B. Arch from August 6
   Counselling for admission to the five-year B.Arch degree programme will be held on August 6 in Chennai. read more

Aug 01, 2006 - First phase of counselling ends
   A total of 15,206 seats have been filled through the first phase of single window counselling for engineering admissions. The first phase ended here on Monday. The second phase will start on Tuesday and is likely to go on till August 20. read more