Girls once again outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 exams results announced here Friday. The board, which introduced the grading system in the exam for the first time, said 90.68 percent girls are eligible f ..

The Delhi University (DU) sold over 40,000 forms for admissions to its colleges on the very first day of sale of application forms Friday, officials said. The sale of forms will be on till June 11."A total of 40,559 common application forms were ..

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Friday declared the results of the Class 10 exam, held under the grading system for the first time."The result was declared at 10 a.m.," a CBSE spokesperson said.Under the new grading system,  ..

A Chinese township has rolled out a first-of-its-kind programme in the country that would offer subsidies to over 9,500 students to cover their education cost from kindergarten to postgraduate doctoral studies. The Shipai township in Guangdong provin ..

Hyderabad boy Anumula Jithendar Reddy has topped the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) this year, the results of which were declared Wednesday.Attributing the success to his family and teachers, Anumula s ..

Keeping in view the soaring temperatures in the capital, Delhi University (DU) Wednesday advised aspiring students to take all necessary precautions against the heat while buying admission forms that will be available from Friday onwards.S.K. Vij, de ..

Fourteen-year-old Sahal Kaushik, who holds the 33rd rank at all-India level in the IIT JEE exam, emerged the Delhi region topper in the entrance examination. At the press conference to honour the toppers, Sahal, who was too shy to speak on stage, han ..

Chandigarh-resident Himanshu Gupta, who stood third in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exam, wants to take the civil services exam after completing his engineering course."Right now, completing my engineering course will be the ..

China will receive 100,000 US students in the next four years as part of the education cooperation programme, a Chinese official has said. The two countries have agreed on an exchange programme under which American students will come to study Chinese ..

US mathematician John Torrence Tate, cited for "his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers", Tuesday received Norway's Abel Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize for mathematics. Norwegian King Harald handed over the prize, worth six  ..

The health ministry Tuesday ruled out regulation of medical education by a higher education council proposed by the human resource development (HRD) ministry, saying medical science cannot be separated from health policy. Health Secretary Sujatha Rao ..

The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected a petition seeking to restrain the government from declaring the result of the IIT Joint Entrance Examination 2010 Wednesday. The court dismissed the public interest litigation (PIL), calling it a stunt and a public ..

The health ministry has the backing of the prime minister on a row with the human resource development ministry (HRD) over control of medical education in the country following the dissolution of the Medical Council of India (MCI), sources say." ..

Authorities here have formed a council that will look into the welfare of children like safe passages, playgrounds, provisions for physical and knowledge development and care for special needs children. The Children's Council of the City was laun ..

Under a programme to detect talent at an early stage, the Punjab government proposes to identify extraordinary students in schools and colleges and nurture them to become better professionals, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said Sunday. The state ..

As students try to cope with exam pressure, experts say parents must make their children realise that marks are not everything in life."Parents must make children realise that one bad result is not the end of life," says Samir Parikh, consu ..

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday praised the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for introducing transparency in its practices."AICTE has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. I was getting complaints  ..

Delhi University (DU) may be planning to switch to the semester system - usually involving a higher teacher-student ratio - but it is already reeling under a staff crunch, with around 51 percent of teaching posts lying vacant.DU has 1,500 sanctioned  ..

Keeping pace with GenY, Delhi University (DU) in its new tech-savvy avatar will launch a portal Friday where e-learning material in 12 courses will be uploaded, supplementing classroom learning and making the process more fun. Thanks to the portal by ..

 Eminent scientist R.K. Sinha Wednesday took over as director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) from Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee, an official said.Sinha was director of the Reactor Design & Development Group ..