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Under the distance education programme, Tamil Nadu University has invited applications for its various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The last date for submitting the applications for all the courses is 30th September, 2008.

Students can apply for the following courses under distance education programme:

M.A : Tamil, English, History, Economics, Political Science, Public Administration,      Sociology
M.Sc Psychology, Mathematics
M.Com: Tamil & English Medium
M.B.A: English Medium
M.C.A : English Medium : MCA .MCA (Lateral Entry )
P.G.Diploma programs (One Year)
B.A, B.Sc And B.Com Programs
B.B.A Tamil and English Medium

Students can get detailed information on the university web site.

Admissions for Ph.D and M.Sc for the session 2008-2009 have been announced by Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum.

Application are available to students from 7th July onwards. Last date for submitting completed applications is 7th Aug, 2008.

Technical Aptitude Test Date : 14th Sept 2008 (Sunday)
Time : 11.00 am to 1.00 pm
Places : Bangalore & Belgaum

Candidates who have qualified for GATE or equivalent national level test are exempted from the technical aptitude test, but they still need to fill up the application forms for the same.

Kerala, The University College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram has announced admissions for its prestigious B. Tech (Electronics & Communication) Programmes for the session 2008.

Admission Procedure Guide: B. Tech (Electronics & Communication)
Application Form: NRI QUOTA and LATERAL ENTRY

For detailed information about Admission procedure, visit Kerala University Official site.

Students, especially small children almost loathe about the daily homework assigned to them. The young minds sometimes envy their own teachers as they come in the classroom, teach and leave – no homework, no tests and no assessments. That may be true but not in the coming era where teachers themselves have to prepare a lot before coming to the classroom.

The textbook and dictation age is a thing of the past. Modern teaching aids like audio and video presentations demand more preparations from the teacher. Many schools have recently added such aids and techniques in the curriculum to provide to the students an all-inclusive learning package and environment.

In certain subjects like History and Sciences, there are may things that cannot be completely described on the blackboard or by oral recitation. One popular example is the development stages of living cells, functioning or various organs, organ systems, etc. Even though the teacher may carry a chart or draw a neat diagram on the board, but effective learning still misses out. A video presentation or short film gives the student a better learning experience as they can watch the actual phenomena and processes.

Teaching lessons are increasingly being provided on compact discs and digital video discs, and the content on the same is either viewed in the class or by the student at home. The teacher has to be sure to identify the main points or emphasize on these points so that children can assimilate the knowledge.

Three cheers to our teachers who are supposed to do a little viewing of the content at home and come prepared in the morning!

From September onwards, four new subjects will be introduced for Post Graduate Programme for Agricultural Business Management (PGP-ABM) at IIM-Ahmedabad. These changes are being introduced in the fifth term of the aforesaid programme.

Following domains will be covered in these four subjects:

Agriculture & Rural Policy Design
Negotiations in Agriculture
Inclusive Agriculture Business
Information Technology for Agriculture Development

The subjects have been incorporated in the curriculum after taking inputs from students and faculty. IIM-Ahmedabad maintains a metric for registrations of every subject. If registrations will fall short of the expectations, these subjects will be taken as projects by the students.

Aurangabad Centre of DOEACC has annouced admissions for M.Tech and diploma programmes.

Admission Notice: M.Tech and Diploma Programme 2008

You can also visit the DOEACC, Aurangabad site for more information.

Information technology has had a great time in India and to carry forward the boom, which at present seems to have lost its momentum, the IT companies are exploring new avenues.

Everonn Systems India Limited is an IT company, specialized in Knowledge Management, Education and Training. The company provides IT training and facilitation at different institutes. The latest update is that Everonn Systems has approached the Himachal Pradesh state government, to implement IT education in the senior schools.

The IT companies may start this trend of providing quality IT education in the senior schools. The scope for IT companies looks promising as the education sector is a massive one and can support a lot of such initiatives.

Also, implementing the procedures and building up the infrastructure can help the students to be better prepared for a promising career.

India is one country where skilled labor, especially in the IT sector, is globally recognized as topnotch and competitive. The English speaking IT professionals in India are preferred in the South Asia. Considering such an asset, the students that are soon going to start their professional lives.

IT companies can further help their own growth and sustenance by investing in this sector. School education is a cyclic process and its span is ever continuing By striking a good balance with the school institutions, the companies can do much better and for a long time.

The premier education and training institutes (IT) in the country do afford and in fact do hire these companies. The challenge however is to take them to the secondary education level.