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May 31, 2008 - Marginal rise in pass percentage
Class X students of the SSLC stream recorded
a marginal increase in pass percentage this year, with 80.9
percent of the nearly 8 lakh candidates passing the public examination
held in March. Read More
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May 31, 2008 - Mumbai boy tops IIT-JEE 2008
Results of the Joint Entrance Examination
(JEE) 2008 for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology
were declared on Friday. Shitikanth from the Bombay zone is
the All-India topper in the prestigious examination.
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May 29, 2008 - “Varsity syllabus in line with global
changes”
The educational system in Tamil Nadu Agriculture
University (TNAU) is regularly examined and systematically redesigned
in accordance with global changes in agricultural sector, said
TNAU Dean (Agri) K. Vanangamudi here recently.
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May 28, 2008 - Girls outshine boys in CBSE Class X exams
Class X students of schools affiliated
to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the Chennai
Region, have recorded an overall pass percentage of 95.25 this
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May 28, 2008 -Heavy rush for admission to colleges
Government arts colleges in Madurai,
Melur and Karaikudi are seeing unprecedented rush for admissions
this academic year beating the figures of last year.
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May 26, 2008 - “Many won’t get through campus
interviews”
While the number of seats in engineering
colleges has increased to more than 1.3 lakh, a significant
number of the students will not be placed through campus recruitment,
Pandia Rajan, managing director, Ma Foi Management Consultants,
said on Sunday. Read More
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May 26, 2008 - Bharathiar University to open regional centre
in Madurai
A regional centre of Coimbatore-based
Bharathiar University will be opened in Madurai by the middle
of June for the benefit of students in its distance education
stream. Read More >> |
May 26, 2008 - University plans six new courses
The distance education wing of Madurai
Kamaraj University is getting stronger in hospitality segment
by launching six new courses in related fields from July this
year. Read More >> |
May 25, 2008 - Counselling dates announced
Counselling for engineering courses will
begin on July 3 and for medical courses on July 4, Higher Education
Minister K. Ponmudy said on Saturday. Sports quota will be the
first to be filled through counselling.
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May 23, 2008 - Engineering fee structure report soon
The Justice Balasubramanian Committee’s
report on the fee structure of engineering colleges in the State
will be released before Anna University closes applications
for this year’s B.E. admissions on May 31, according to
Higher Education Secretary K. Ganesan.
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May 23, 2008 - Anna varsity extends deadline
The deadline for submitting completed
application forms for admission to engineering colleges under
Anna University has been extended to May 31.
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May 22, 2008 - Significant rise in CBSE Class XII pass percentage
The pass percentage of Class XII students,
who took the All India Secondary School Examination conducted
by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), has gone
up to 90.71 this year. Read
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May 22, 2008 - TNAU relaxes admission norms for under-graduate
courses
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)
has liberalised admission norms for under-graduate courses offered
by it). Read More >> |
May 22, 2008 - TNAU to offer dual master’s degree programme
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
(TNAU), in association with Cornell University, United States
of America, has proposed to offer dual master’s degree
programme from 2008-09.
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May 21, 2008 - Government revises admission norms for arts,
science colleges
The State government has revised the admission
guidelines for arts and science colleges from this academic
year (2008-09) in view of the introduction of Choice Based Credit
System (CBCS). Read More>> |
May 21, 2008 - TNAU offers industry-oriented courses
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will
offer two industry-oriented courses to encourage entrepreneurial,
management and business skills among agri-students.
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May 21, 2008 - Manonmaniam varsity to offer new courses
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University will
offer M.Sc. and M.Tech. programmes in Nano Biotechnology through
its Centre for Marine Sciences and Technology at Rajakkalmangalam.
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May 21, 2008 - Websites: a boon for prospective college-goers
From announcing results or providing marklists to rank analysis and counselling, websites have come a long way. Read More >> |
May 19, 2008 - Single test for employability
If you are an engineering student, imagine
not going for a dozen interviews answering the same questions
being asked in different ways. Imagine having one score sheet
that you can wave in the face of any prospective employer.
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May 19, 2008 - Choosing your career path
This is the season when many students
and parents have to make crucial decisions in respect of choosing
the courses of study. Read
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May 17, 2008 - Periyar University to offer new course
The Department of Geology of Periyar University
will offer a new five-year integrated course, M.Sc. Earth Science,
under the choice based credit system pattern from the 2008-09
academic year. Read More
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May 16, 2008 - Bharathiar University’s MBA programme
for executives
Bharathiar University will begin two management
courses for executives from the coming academic year.
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May 15, 2008 - Supreme Court clears deck for admission without
CET
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared
the decks for the Tamil Nadu government to go ahead with admission
of students to professional courses for academic year 2008-2009.
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May 15, 2008 - Fees in government polytechnics to go
There will be NO Tuition Fee in
Government Polytechnics from the coming academic year.
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May 15, 2008 - Institute signs MoU
SMK Fomra Institute of Technology
signed a memorandum of understanding with IT company Banyan
Technology Solutions recently.
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May 12, 2008 - Six new engineering colleges to function
from current academic year: Ponmudy
The six engineering colleges, proposed
in the State budget 2008-09, will start functioning from the
current academic year, according to Higher Education Minister
K. Ponmudy. Read More >> |
May 12, 2008 - Fewer questions in AIEEE this time
The All India Engineering Entrance
Examination (AIEEE) had fewer questions this year — 105
instead of the 120 last year.
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May 10, 2008 - Class XII: pass percentage up to 84.4
The overall pass percentage of students
who took the State Board Class XII (HSC) examinations this year
has gone up to 84.4 per cent.
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May 10, 2008 - MBBS applications
Applications for the MBBS/BDS courses
for the academic year 2008-2009 will be on sale from June 3
until 3 p.m. on June 17. The last date for receipt of filled
in applications is June 17 (up to 5 p.m.).
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May 10, 2008 - National conference on Varmololgy on May
11
A national conference on Varmology
(or Varmam, which is described as a holistic Indian medical
system) will be held at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
here on May 11. Read More
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May 10, 2008 - VC for more Tamil-related programmes in colleges
Lamenting over the quality
of programmes conducted in colleges in the name of culturals,
Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University G. Thiruvasagam has
announced the establishment of a “Bharathi Tamil Mandram”
in every college. Read More
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May 10, 2008 - Fee for engg colleges in TN finalised
An amicable settlement has been
reached for the long pending issue of fee revision for unaided
engineering colleges in the state. While the government stuck
to its stand of not changing the tuition fee for government
quota seats, the bureaucrats consented to allow an annual development
fee of Rs 2,500 per student.
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May 09, 2008 - “Stayabreastof new technology”
AICTE Member Secretary N. Narayana
Rao urged graduates to constantly update themselves with new
technology. Read More >> |
May 08, 2008 - Graduation Day at AMS Engineering College
The 4th Graduation Day of Aalim
Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering was celebrated in the
college campus on 27th April, 2008. Read
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May 08, 2008 - Graduation Day and Sports Day
The 3rd Graduation Day of Rajiv
Gandhi College of Engineering was held in the campus on 12th
April 2008. Read More >> |
May 07, 2008 - State to get 10 new universities: Ponmudy
Tamil Nadu is all set to get ten
new universities during the coming academic year, with both
Central and State governments chipping in to boost the State’s
education profile. Read More
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May 07, 2008 - Admission malpractices: VC warns colleges
Traditionally, the months of April
and May keep students who have written the Plus Two examinations
on tenterhooks as they await their results before choosing their
undergraduate courses. This no longer seems to be the case in
this region. Read More >> |
May 07, 2008 - Engg admissions made easier
The state government has reduced
the minimum eligibility marks to be scored in plus two for admission
to BE/B Tech courses. The move will help self-financing engineering
colleges to fill more seats from the coming academic year.
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May 07, 2008 - Students not to 'fail' in exams
No student of arts, science and
engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu will 'fail' in an examination
from the coming academic year 2008-09.
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May 07, 2008 - TN colleges to migrate to new system
The State government has made changes
to the proposed Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) in universities
and colleges following requests from certain quarters to relax
the guidelines for the benefit of students.
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May 05, 2008 - Compulsory Tamil’ clause in Choice-Based
Credit System goes
Arts and Science colleges and universities
across Tamil Nadu are set to migrate to the Choice Based Credit
System (CBCS) of study from the coming academic year. Besides,
the state government has decided to introduce on an experimental
basis, the cluster colleges system, in Chennai, Coimbatore,
Madurai and Tiruchi. Also, the grading system will replace the
mark-based system in universities in tune with global higher
education standards. Read
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May 05, 2008 - Campus Connect
The Department of Computer Science
and Engineering of Sethu Institute of Technology organised a
two-day national seminar on ‘Recent challenges in intelligent
pervasive computing’ under the sponsorship of Defence
Research and Development Organisation last recently.
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May 05, 2008 - More Tamil Nadu students take the AIEEE this
year
Living in a state with a large number
of engineering colleges — over 250 across the state —
Tamil Nadu students have largely been content to stay at home.
The rising numbers of students from the state who wrote the
All India Engineering Entrance Examination this year, however,
proves that that may be changing.
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May 02, 2008 - Computer centre inaugurated
Shree Motilal Kanhaialal Fomra Institue
of Technology inaugurated a computer cantre at its Kelambakkam
campus.The center was inaugurated by Manish Mehta,director of
Satyam Computer Services, release.
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