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May 31, 2007 - No normalisation of marks for 5-year law course
Selection of candidates for the
five-year law courses will not be based on normalisation of
marks, the Tamil Nadu Government informed the Madras High Court
on Wednesday. Read More >>
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May 31, 2007 - Counselling for admission to Government arts
and science colleges to begin soon
The
general counselling for admission to Government arts and science
colleges will be organised between June 18 and 21. Read
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May 30, 2007 - Campus recruitment drive in Enathi engineering
college
Vickram College
of Engineering, Enathi, near here, has decided to organise a
4-day campus recruitment drive on its premises from June 1 to
4 for students who passed out in 2006 and 2007. Read
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May 29, 2007 - State records 98.23 per cent in Standard X
CBSE examination
Tamil
Nadu schools have put up an impressive performance in this year's
CBSE Class X examination, the results of which were declared
on Monday. Read More >>
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May 27, 2007 - Admission schedule for MBBS and BDS
Issuance of application forms
for M.B.B.S. and B.D.S. courses in the State will begin on May
28 and the admission process will come to a close on September
30, according to the schedule announced by Health Minister K.K.S.S.R.
Ramachandran on Saturday. Read
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May 27, 2007 - Abolition of entrance test for law courses
challenged in court
A
Tamil Nadu Government order abolishing entrance test for admission
to law degree courses has been challenged in the Madras High
Court. Read More >> |
May 25, 2007 - Counselling fee stands abolished
Higher
Education Minister K. Ponmudy on Thursday announced cancellation
of the counselling fee. It had earlier been reduced from Rs.
300 to Rs. 200. Read More
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May 24, 2007 - Chennai students do well in CBSE XII exam
Students from the CBSE stream
are likely to give their State board counterparts tough competition
during admission to professional courses. Read
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May 23, 2007 - Medical counselling from July 2, says Ponmudy
Counselling for medical and para-medical
courses will be held from July 2 to 8, Higher Education Minister
K. Ponmudy said here on Tuesday. Read
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May 18, 2007 - Supreme Court refuses to stay CET abolition
The Supreme Court on Thursday
declined to stay the operation of the Madras High Court judgment
upholding the abolition of the Common Entrance Test (CET) for
admission to professional courses in Tamil Nadu. Read
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May 18, 2007 - Analysis reveals rural students may still
find the going tough
The
scrapping of the common entrance test for professional admissions
by the State government may not have actually given rural students
the promised level playing field — in terms of the best
of engineering and medical seats — an analysis of the
Plus Two Board examination results has shown. Read
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May 15, 2007 - Girls excel again in Plus Two exams
Girls stole the show at the Plus
Two examinations, the results of which were released on Monday.
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May 11, 2007 - Supreme Court declines to stay order on CET
The Supreme Court on
Thursday declined to stay, at this stage, operation of the Madras
High Court judgment upholding the abolition of the Common Entrance
Test for admission to professional courses in Tamil Nadu. Read
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May 10, 2007 - Focus on research, Barnala urges universities
Governor Surjit Singh Barnala
on Wednesday underlined the significance of pursuing higher
education and the need for educational institutions to accord
priority to research activities. Read
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May 08, 2007 - Court tells State to create extra seats for
professional courses
The
Supreme Court on Monday extended to academic year 2007-2008
its 1994 order, directing the Tamil Nadu Government to create
extra seats in medicine, engineering and other courses, to accommodate
meritorious students in 'open category' affected by the 69 per
cent reservation policy. Read
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May 08, 2007 - Medical courses admission schedule
Applications for MBBS, BDS seats
to medical and dental colleges for the admission year 2007 will
be issued from May 28. Read
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May 07, 2007 - Govt. lays rules for law admissions
The state government has ordered
that while admitting students for three year B.L and five year
B.A.B.L. courses, through a centralised counselling, languages
(English and Tamil) would not be taken into account, a government
order said on Sunday. Read
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May 06, 2007 - Chaos still reigns over admissions
The confusion over admissions
to professional courses still continues due to lack of clear-cut
orders from the state government regarding the counselling,
according to seasoned observers of the education scene in the
state. Read More >> |
May 05, 2007 - TNEA 2007 selection criteria in a tie-breaker
The State Government on Friday
released the guidelines for selecting BE/BTech courses aspirants
through the Single Window System of Counselling for both Government
and management quota seats in engineering colleges. Read
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May 05, 2007 - Centralised counselling for TNEA 2007
The single window counselling
for admission to B.E/B.Tech courses in 247 colleges across Tamil
Nadu will be held only in Chennai this year, Higher Education
Minister K Ponmudy announced in the Legislative Assembly on
Friday. Read More >> |
May 03, 2007 - Nearly 3000 BE seats less in TN
The
number of BE/B Tech seats available in the 247 engineering colleges
in Tamil Nadu has been reduced by nearly 3,000 for the forthcoming
academic year 2007-08. Read
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May 02, 2007 - Caveat filed in CET case
The
Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday filed a caveat in the Supreme
Court in the batch of petitions challenging the abolition of
the Common Entrance Test (CET) that were dismissed by the Madras
High Court on April 27. Read
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May 02, 2007 - CET for Paramedical, Dental seats
The Tamil Nadu Private Professional
Colleges Association (Health Sciences) has decided to conduct
a common entrance test for the management quota seats in the
110 paramedical and dental colleges in the state. Read
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