Asian Lite News Archive

Category: Education

  • Delhi boy wins top award

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    Delhi student Arjit Kansal named Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 world champ Sixteen-year old Delhi student Arjit Kansal has been named the 2014 Microsoft Office Specialist World Champion in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, it was announced here Monday. Certiport, a Pearson VUE business and a test delivery solution provider for the global workforce and academic markets, announced the award.…

  • Cyberbullying is now more common

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    Cyberbullying and exposure to online sites with negative content such as messages of hate or self-harm is a growing problem for the UK’s children, according to a new report from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The report from EU Kids Online, a research programme based at LSE, examines how the UK’s…

  • Ethnic students get fewer uni seats

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    Britain’s ethnic minority students are less likely than their white British peers to receive offers from UK universities, research suggests. A study, by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), analysed university applications made in 2008 by 50,000 would-be students, BBC reported. Degree applications from 12 minority groups analysed were “significantly” less likely to…

  • India has 274 accredited universities

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    There are 274 universities and 7,070 colleges in India which have been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), HRD Minister Smriti Irani said Monday. Citing information provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the human resource development minister said there are 676 universities and 37,204 colleges in the country. “Accreditation is the…

  • India to revive ancient Nalanda

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    Imran Khan says Applications have come from the US, Russia, England, Spain, Germany, Japan, Myanmar, Austria and Sri Lanka for Nalanda University which is set to open Sept 1 Part of a premier state-owned hotel will temporarily serve as a hostel for students of the revived Nalanda University, an international centre of learning coming up in…

  • ‘Knowledge, innovation key for progress’

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    Knowledge and innovation are the underpinnings of progress and prosperity in the 21st century, President Pranab Mukherjee said . “In this age of globalisation, we can derive competitive advantage only from an eco-system that is conducive to new learning, research and innovation,” he said after inaugurating the golden jubilee celebrations of the National Institute of Technology…

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  • EDUCATION – Chalo Delhi, not Oxford

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    Shradha Chettri says institutions across the national capital are offering courses to mould social entrepreneurs, medical experts and disaster management experts, to name just a few, as the rush for students from all over the country to study in Delhi continues. Fancy pursuing distinctive areas of study to create a niche for yourself? Institutions across…

  • NRI scholar becomes dean of top US law school

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    Sujit Choudhry, a noted expert in comparative constitutional law, has become the first Indian-American dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, a top US law school. Born in Delhi and raised in Toronto, Choudhry, 44, who was the Cecelia Goetz Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and founder…

  • Thousands forged English Results

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      Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said about 48,000 immigrants may have fraudulently obtained English language certificates despite being unable to speak English. Mrs  Brokenshire told the Commons that an inquiry into abuse of the student visa system had found evidence of criminal activity, which would now be investigated fully, BBC reported. Of the 48,000 certificates, 29,000 were invalid and…

  • Education, education, education!

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    Prantick Majumder focus on a group of women who are gaining educationto uplift their communities  How do you help your backward community living in remote, virtually inaccessible villages to progress if most of them are uneducated? Simple, finish your own studies, train as teachers and then use your knowledge to spread the cause in your home –…

  • Kerala schools to fight cyber crime

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    The higher education department in Kerala Monday launched a cyber safety awareness campaign as part of which a “Stop Cyber-Crime Army” will be formed in all schools in the state, officials said. State-owned IT venture Infopark is playing host to the cyber safety awareness campaign. “Infopark will always be at the forefront to promote anti-cyber…

  • UK schools to skip fried food

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    The British government has launched a new school meal plan to tame the burgeoning obesity crisis in the country. According to the new rules, school meals should include at least one portion of vegetables a day  and no more than two portions of fried food each week. The new regulations will apply from January 2015. The regulations promote…

  • ‘Bad parents’ face fine

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    Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools in Britain, says head teachers in England should be given powers to fine parents who fail to support their children’s education. Sir Michael told the Times parents who allow homework to be left, miss parents’ evenings or fail to read with their children should be fined. Currently parents receive…

  • Indian-origin woman wins service award

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    An Indian-origin woman in the US has been conferred an Indian diaspora organisation’s 2014 Service Award. Meena Kumari, associate professor of anatomy and physiology at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, has received the 2014 Service Award of the Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America, a university statement said. “It is very…

  • PM supports British Values

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron said plans for schools to promote “British values” are likely to have the “overwhelming support” of people in the UK. Mr Cameron said he hoped Education Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals for England would be “inculcated into the curriculum in any school in Britain”, BBC reported. He was speaking amid concerns…

  • President urges for new ideas in education

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    Observing that research in the higher education structure was a neglected domain, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday called for transformative ideas to steer India’s educational institutions from the “muddy waters of mediocrity”. Delivering the Sir Asutosh Mookerjee Memorial Lecture to mark his 150th birth anniversary celebrations organised by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Asutosh Mookerjee…

  • Sanskrit thrives in British school

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    Anjana Parikh Oscar Southgate recites Sanskrit verses with full zeal and enthusiasm. Unlike many children who don’t enjoy going to school, this class II student of St. James Junior School in Stockport, wishes for no holidays and weekends. “It’s fun coming to school. Here, I’ve learnt to overcome my fear for maths. Now, I find…

  • Learn a language to stem ageing

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    Just good news for Indians. A study conducted by the University of Edinburgh shows Learning second language ‘slows brain ageing’  India, a potpourri of different cultures, religions, and beliefs, is home to not just one or two languages but to an uncountable number of different lingual families. There are 22 official languages and about 300 regional…

  • Indian-Americans spell history

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    Two Indian American youngsters made history as Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe were declared co-champions in the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest after 52 years and for just the fourth time in the contest’s history. “Whatever,” said Sujoe, 13, 7th grader from Fort Worth, Texas, as the seconds ticked down at the contest at the…

  • DU’s CIC admission on June 24

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    Asian Lite, top Asian newspaper in theUK, reports on DU Cluster Innovation Centre admission begins June 24  The admission procedure to four-year under-graduate programme of Delhi University’s Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC) begins June 24, an official said. “The admission process will begin June 24 and end July 24,” Shobha Bagai, professor at CIC, told IANS.…