State to fix fee for 200 tech colleges
The common engineering fees row took a new turn on Saturday with the Admissions and Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC) recommending a fee of Rs 35,000 for 483 engineering colleges out of 700, which had
Children aged 6-14 yrs shouldn’t be paying fees
Specifying that it’s easy for the government to pass Acts but difficult to implement them, Justice L. Narsimha Reddy of Andhra Pradesh High Court on Saturday said it’s a “Western approach to just conf
Fee row is back to square one on HC ruling
With the issue of common fee for engineering colleges back to square one, after AP High Court on Friday ruled that the fees have to be fixed as per recommendations of the Adm-issions and Fee Regulator
HC stays TNPSC Group IV results
The Madras high court has stayed the publication of the results of the examination held on July 7, 2012, to the Group IV posts conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission.
Justice S. Nagamu
English, Tamil practicals soon
For the first time in the history of higher education, all undergraduate and postgraduate students in universities and colleges in the state will have to take up practical examination in English and T
Bank for books helps students of city colleges
Blood banks are found everywhere, but not often do you come across a book bank. With books for professional courses costing the earth, the Students Skills Development Association (SSDA), an NGO from T
Sharp spike in engineering admissions
With a week left for the government’s single window counselling for engineering colleges in the state end, about 1.12 lakh students (academic, vocational, sports category and physically challenged quo
Paper leak drives TNPSC to cancel Group II exam
The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) on Monday announced that it has decided to cancel the Group II examination held across the state on Sunday following allegations of question paper leak
Question paper revamp likely
In a bid to end rote learning and to make students use their analytical skills, the state government is likely to revamp the question paper pattern for undergraduate and postgraduate students in arts
10,000 seats to remain vacant in engg colleges
There’s trouble ahead for private self-financing engineering colleges in the state.
With demand falling, nearly 10,000 engineering seats are expected to have no takers this year, up from the nearly 8