Of all the Indian languages, it was only in Tamil that the first book was printed. That Tamil book was CartiIha published with Roman characters in Portugal in the 16th century. Cartilha remains an invaluable document which speaks about the greatness of Tamil language in the annals of printed...
Tamil Nadu government has decided to split the computer science subject that is taught in higher secondary schools in the state into three types. Computer technology is being introduced as a new subject for students of vocational stream. This change will be applicable to Class 11 classes in the...
Last year, the first year NEET was introduced, two students got admission from government schools in government medical colleges, while three got into private colleges under government quota. In 2016, when only Plus 2 marks were considered, 30 government school students got into government...
In the engineering online counselling for students who got cut-off of more than 190 marks, 3,431 students did not participate in the first round of counselling. But it is worth mentioning that despite these many seats remaining vacant, as many as 167 students did not get the course of their...
At this Tamil-medium elementary school in Nellikuppam, Kancheepuram district run by the Tamil Nadu government, teacher S M Iyyappan considers English a foreign language. So much so that he teaches it in such a way that students learn to speak it like how the British and the...
Starting this year, vocational education is being introduced as an optional subject for the IX standard students. With a view of making the students obtain talent-related education along with their normal curriculum, this scheme is being introduced as an experimental measure, in 67 Government...
The Government of Tamilnadu has issued an order cancelling the ‘Weightage System’ for the selection of candidates for the intermediate and graduate teacher vacancies in Government Schools. Accordingly, the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) and the competitive examination for teachers’ positions...
Engineering counselling has been delayed at present, and this may result in the postponement of the first semester examinations, which will have to be taken by the newly joining first year engineering students. As per the guidelines of the All India Council for Technical Education, the first...
In India, the structure for higher education has been evolving over a period of 125 years, right from British times...
Online counseling in engineering admission was supposed to smoothen the admission process. But it is quite likely that students will be in for a surprise when the process gets over and they find that those below them on the merit list bagged better courses and colleges. In online counseling,...
