Academics

Delhi nursery admissions: Parents in a fix after HC order

Uncertainty continues over nursery admissions in Delhi. Parents who braved long queues are now caught in a fix after the Delhi High Court's decision that its verdict is enforceable from the 2013-14 session itself. ...  

Auto driver's daughter who topped CA gives credit to parents

Prema Jayakumar, the daughter of a Mumbai autorickshaw driver, has topped the All India Chartered Accountancy examination. 24-year old Prema aced the exam with a score of 607 out of 800, a solid 75.88 per cent, and attributed her success to support from her parents and teachers. ...  

Mass cheating probe on in Harvard University

Cambridge: Harvard University will consider instituting an honour code as it investigates whether at least 125 undergraduates cheated by working together on a take-home exam in the spring. Officials said they intend to start broad conversations about academic honesty, including why it is vital to intellectual inquiry, in the wake of what is believed to be the largest such episode in recent school history. "We really think we need to...  

Getting a degree Unmukt Chand's top focus

New Delhi: There is relief for Indian cricket's rising star Unmukt Chand. The captain of the Under-19 World Cup winning team is through to the second year of his BA Pass course programme at the St Stephens College with a little help from the government. After a long and protracted tug-of-war with his college, Unmukt has now be allowed to move to the second year of college. "Unmukt has been...  

IIT, NIT panel to meet on entrance test procedure

New Delhi: The joint council of the IITs and NITs will meet on Monday to discuss the government's move to hold a single entrance test for undergraduate technical courses. Sources say that the IITs, by and large, have opted to retain the existing format of JEE for 2013. Ahead of Monday's crucial meeting, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday met the IIT faculty federation and is understood to have sought...  

Mumbai students struggle to score 25 pc in 9th

Mumbai: With the number of class IX students failing to secure a minimum of 25 per cent marks in their final exams in their Maths and Science papers rising this year, city-based schools are a worried lot. School principals believe that special efforts are required from teachers, students and their parents to obtain better results in the coming years. As per state government's new rule, all class IX students will...  

Man makes daughter beg for getting poor marks

Mysore: Strict parenting took a shocking new turn in Mysore on Wednesday. A class seven student was forced to beg in front of a temple by none her own father as a punishment for getting poor marks in exams. When the police learnt of the incident they summoned the 12-year-old's father, who claimed that it was an effort to make his daughter realise the hardships of life. The father of...  

Valley unrest takes its toll on education

With regular classes suspended, thanks to the ongoing turmoil in Kashmir, students find themselves in a fix. ...

Munnabhai' inspires seminar on modern Gandhigiri

Lage Raho... has inspired a slew of Gandhigiri-style protests worldwide. ...  

Young guns get Cambridge's Manmohan scholarship

Brisbane: Australia move on to the second Test against South Africa charged with renewed belief they can win the three-match series but coach Mickey Arthur has warned his team they cannot afford another slow start. The Gabba Test may have ended in a draw on Tuesday but Australia will take great confidence from the fact that, after a poor start, they outscored South Africa with the bat and twice removed...