Approximately 65 percent of class V students do not know how to read a class II textbook in their mother tongue, 45 percent don’t know subtraction and almost 81 percent can’t read or write simple sentences in English, according to the Annual Status of Education Report for 2009 that was compiled by the NGO Pratham Foundation in Delhi.
The survey was done on a group of 33,000 students from private and government schools and showed that 19.4 percent could read words, 7.2 percent could only identify letters and 3.7 could not read at all. During the survey the students were first asked to read a short story failing which they were asked to read out a couple of lines. If the child was unable to
Those students who want admission into professional courses under the management quota especially in courses like engineering and management programs in financially independent colleges may have to buy more than one application form this year
Until last year the Consortium of Self-Financing Professional, Arts and Science College in the state was instrumental in conducting the admission process for management quota seats in BE, BTech, MBA, MCA and ME/MTech programmes. But this year colleges in the regions of Coimbatore and Tirunelveli have attempted to have a separate admission process for management quota seats in their respective jurisdictions.
If this proposal of conducting separate
The eighth edition of VIT Engineering Entrance Examination was conducted by the VIT University last weekend. VIT chancellor, G. Vishwanathan said that the number of students who applied for the entrance examination at 231 centers across the country was 1 57, 554. “We are accommodating the demands of foreign students by setting up exam centers at Dubai, Riyadh and Singapore” he said. He added that this year 8, 819 more students are writing the examination. The results would be announced May 8 2010 on www.vit.ac.in followed by counseling in batches.
The VIT IGNITE Scholarship scheme ensures that the tuition fee is completely waivered for the top three higher secondary exam rank holders in each state
Today many youths are rightly concerned if not worried about their future. They want to have happy, secure lives but they are unsure about how to gain this. What will help you receive a full and happy life and a secure future?
Stop living in the past. Past memories both good and bad are hindrances or stumbling blocks that prevent you from attaining a secure future. It is all right to have moments of nostalgia but if you center your life around such thoughts or worse still negative ones you are bound to fail.
Prepare for the future. How do you prepare for the future? Simply decide what you want to do in life then go ahead and do it. View any obstacles that come
Thousands of aspirants for engineering courses took the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) on Sunday.
The paper was for three hours and contained 90 questions, 30 for each subject totaling to 432 marks which was divided equally among all subjects.
The physics paper required a sound understanding of concept whereas Math was more student friendly in comparison to the previous year. Ajay Anthony, course director, IIT – JEE training, T.I.M.E. said “The choices for numerical were so cleverly set that if a student made a mistake in even one step the answer would be wrong.”
Differential marking being included confused the students and those who allocated time properly with
“Leadership Gravitates to the Man Who Can Talk” Thus said Dale Carnegie who was himself a motivational speaker and lecturer par excellent. He shared some tips with his readers on how to become a good or effective speaker. This article is based on what he as well as others have said about speech and success.
People who are good speakers invariably tend to get ahead in life. This is because humans are meant to be led and they are very susceptible to well chosen words that stir them up to action. They will respect someone who uses the right words at the right time. And they will automatically accept him as their leader.
If you want to get ahead in life you must
About 100 students from different schools in Chennai have been selected to go on a 6 day tour to the U.S. They will visit the Kennedy Space Center at NASA and the Universal Studio for Entertainment at Orlando amongst other places.
The students have been selected from some of the most prominent schools in the city like the Padma Seshadri Bal Bharati, the MKM school (Porur), Church Park, Shree Niketan (Tiruvallur) and Velammal School. The students would get a first hand idea of space sciences, robotic science, space shuttle creativity, crew capsule designing and men on Mars during their tour.
Andrew Simkins, the U.S. Consul General, interacted with the students and their
Most of us are fortunate enough to not suffer from any major illness in our youth or prime of life. But sadly there are a few who are struck with some debilitating illness when they are young and have to live in that condition for the greater part of their lives. How would they cope? How would you cope if you are the victim of a major illness?
Try to stay calm. Note I have said try. Because as much as you may believe otherwise you will never be able to remain completely calm. Feelings of bitterness, frustration, and anger will rise up within you and leave you spent like a wet rag. So try your utmost to stay calm and get a grip on your
Are you a college student who is interested in contributing to online resources? Then the Tamil Internet conference along with the World Classical Tamil conference might be just the ticket you need.
College students can take part in a contest wherein they would work on Tamil entries in Wikipedia.
Speaking at an orientation program for students at Loyola College, Peter Anto, president of Tamil Computing Association said that were only about 22,000 pages in Wikipedia in Tamil.
In languages like Spanish 22,000 new pages are being added every day said Peter Anto so there is still a lot to be done.
Citing the variety of colleges in Tamil Nadu, India he said the students can complete many
G. Thirusavagam, vice chancellor of University of Madras, said that the university would sanction an additional 10 percent seats in the coming academic year for all its affiliated colleges in the rural areas so that the students in rural areas would benefit.
He was giving a speech at SRM Arts and Science College on 14th graduation day when he mentioned the addition of 10 percent seats which would work out to 200 and 250 seats in the colleges that are in the rural areas.
Rural students would be able pursue higher education thanks to this scheme.
Also the university would have monthly placement camps from the coming year.
SRM University Chancellor, T.R Pachamuthu urged the students
