by Pon Dhanasekaran | Nov 8, 2018 | Education |
The government has decided to introduce biometrics-based attendance system for teachers serving in more than 7,700 high and middle schools in the state. Some welcome this move saying it will address the issue of absentee teachers in schools in remote corners such as...
by Pon Dhanasekaran | Oct 30, 2018 | Education |
According to the new syllabus for pre-kg, LKG and UKG, the classroom hours will start at 9:30am and end 4pm. This means children from two to five years old will spend nearly six and half hours in class every day. These hours include 45 minutes of lunch break, from...
by Pon Dhanasekaran | Oct 12, 2018 | Education |
Choosing a research topic wasn’t tough for this PhD candidate from the Iruka tribe. Born in a poor family working in a brick-kiln, Sakthivel got his PhD from Annamalai University for his study of brick-kiln workers of Villupuram district. He hails from...
by Pon Dhanasekaran | Sep 29, 2018 | Education |
It is hard to imagine to imagine an unlikelier background for a young woman lawyer: born into a poor family, once forced to stop schooling to take up a tailoring job to support her family, now a proud standard bearer for her family, her village, and others like her....
by Pon Dhanasekaran | Sep 27, 2018 | Education |
The supplementary examination held in the months of September and October for 10th and 12th standards in Tamilnadu has been cancelled from the academic year 2019-20, Directorate of State Examination has announced. Starting next year, the...
by Pon Dhanasekaran | Sep 19, 2018 | Education |
The Tamilnadu government has issued a new order stating that only plus 2 marks will be taken into account for admission to colleges and pursuing education there. “Plus 1 common examination was conducted for the first time last March, and so there was lack of clarity...
by Pon Dhanasekaran | Sep 12, 2018 | Education |
Students in Tamil Nadu are fast losing interest in dental courses, just as it happened in the case of engineering colleges. When counseling ended this year, 30% of BDS seats were lying vacant in self-financing dental colleges. The application form for joining in both...
by Pon Dhanasekaran | Sep 5, 2018 | Education |
From the coming year, JEE Main examination will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) instead of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), and in that, the question papers will be in the regional language of Gujarati apart from being in English and...
by Pon Dhanasekaran | Sep 3, 2018 | Education |
Moorthy’s story is not different from many – he had to stop his school-education midway due to poverty and instead, work as a child labourer. But what made the difference was his perseverance and relentless efforts, which has ensured that he has now risen...
by Pon Dhanasekaran | Sep 2, 2018 | Education |
The spate of engineering colleges that have come up all over the state; and people not getting employment even after spending a lot of money for completing their engineering studies – can be cited as the main reasons for many engineering seats lying vacant, say...
