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Apr 30, 2007 - Admissions will still be tricky
With
the Madras High Court spelling the final word on the abolition
of the Common Entrance Test for professional undergraduate admissions,
the uncertainty surrounding admissions may still not be over.
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Apr 30, 2007 - 17,000 city students take AIEEE exam
For the 17,000 odd city students
who appeared for the All India Engineering Entrance Examination
(AIEEE) on Sunday, their performance would play a crucial role
in college admissions. Read
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Apr 30, 2007 - Students confused over admissions
With the Madras high court upholding
the Act abolishing the Common Entrance Test, many feel that
the situation would become complex and confusing for students
during this year’s admissions for professional courses.
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Apr 29, 2007 - 17,000 city students to take AIEEE exam
Around 17,000 city students will
appear for the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE)
on Sunday. They will be part of the 27,000 candidates from the
State, who will take the examination across 48 centres in Chennai,
Madurai and Coimbatore. Read
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Apr 28, 2007 - Court upholds CET abolition
The
legal validity of the Tamil Nadu Government's policy to abolish
Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to professional courses
was upheld by the Madras High Court on Friday. Read
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Apr 26, 2007 - Fixed fee structure for private medical colleges
by June 30
Fee structure
for private unaided medical colleges in Tamil Nadu shall be
fixed by the statutory committee concerned on or before June
30, the Madras High Court has said. Read
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Apr 24, 2007 - Madras University gets `A' grade
The University of Madras has been
given `A' grade under the new assessment and accreditation system
of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. Read
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Apr 21, 2007 - Vice-Chancellor stresses need for changing
curriculum
The growth
rate of higher education in the country is not sufficient to
meet the needs of society, Madras University Vice-Chancellor
S. Ramachandran said here on Thursday. Read
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Apr 12, 2007 - Orders reserved on CET abolition
A
Division Bench of the Madras High Court, hearing a batch of
petitions against the abolition of common entrance test (CET)
for admissions to professional courses this year, reserved its
orders on Wednesday. Read
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Apr 11, 2007 - Abolition of CET justified, Government tells
court
Rejecting the argument
that the Common Entrance Test was the only tool for uniform
evaluation of students, the Tamil Nadu Government told the Madras
High Court on Tuesday that normalisation of marks was a credible
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Apr 10, 2007 - Report on single stream education soon: Minister
The high-level committee constituted
to provide a uniform standard of education in the State will
submit its recommendations soon, School Education Minister Thangam
Thennarasu informed the Assembly on Monday. Read
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Apr 10, 2007 - CET: DK, PMK seek to implead as parties to
court proceedings
The
Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) and the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) have
moved the Madras High Court to implead themselves as parties
to the proceedings relating to the abolition of the common entrance
test (CET) for professional course admission in Tamil Nadu.
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Apr 09, 2007 - Poorer pass percentage likely in Class X science
paper: teachers
Members
of the Tamil Nadu Graduate Teachers' Association on Saturday
said there may be a considerable fall in the number of students
passing the Class X (SSLC) Science paper this year. Addressing
mediapersons, the teachers said that questions for about 30
marks were not from the exercise questions listed at the end
of each chapter. Read More
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Apr 09, 2007 - Graduation day
"Engineers
should develop professional competence to provide innovative
solutions for global issues on climate change, clean energy
requirements, non-conventional energy sources and low level
of emissions of green house gases," K. Kasturirangan, Director,
National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc Campus, Bangalore.
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Apr 09, 2007 - Merits of neuclear energy
SMK
(Shree Motilal Kanhaiyalal) Fomra Institute of Technology celebrated
its annual day recently. Delivering the key note address on
the merits of nuclear energy, Dr. Swaminathan, director (EIG),
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam said, "Power
generation through the nuclear way is economical. Read
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Apr 05, 2007 - Abolition of CET a "plausible and reasonable
solution"
The decision
to abolish Common Entrance Test (CET) and introduce "normalisation"
system for admission to professional courses is a "plausible
and reasonable" solution, the Government has informed the
Madras High Court. Read More
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Apr 05, 2007 - Class Twelve students to get extra marks for
Chemistry
Class Twelve
students of the Science stream, who appeared for the State Board
higher secondary examinations this year, will be awarded extra
marks in the Chemistry paper. Read
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Apr 02, 2007 - Lateral entry: who will gain?
The
All-India Council for Technical Education's (AICTE) recent notification
on regulations for lateral admission to engineering programmes
has raised several questions in academia. B. Sc. graduates who
have studied mathematics and scored an aggregate of 60 per cent
can now join second year or III semester of a B.E or B. Tech
course. Read More >> |
Apr 02, 2007 - Pursue higher education, Maran urges graduates
Union Minister of Communications
and Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran on Sunday urged engineering
graduates to pursue a master's degree, as a bachelor's degree
meant little in today's competitive world. Read
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