Education
Education

State education panel can still redeem itself

Despite the ongoing fracas with Jawahar Nesan leaving the education panel set up by the state government to draw up an alternative education policy, the committee is set to submit its report by September. The policy has been tasked to be a contrarian to the national new education policy and...

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Education

Why guest lecturers are miffed at yet another exam

Guest lecturers working in various government arts, science and engineering colleges for long are shocked at the Higher Education Minister Ponmudi’s announcement that the Teachers’ Recruitment Board (TRB) would conduct examinations to fill 4,034 assistant professor vacancies in those colleges....

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Guest Lecturers
Education

Book brings to Tamils the wonders of genetics

One of the wonders of science is the discovery of the genetic code that describes life and life functions. Genes regulate the production and deployment of proteins in the body. Genetic research shows that this is at the core of life itself.  Gregor Mendel, an Austrian biologist, was the first...

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