SkyscraperCity Forum banner

Pls choose what school system you belong to

  • CBSE gov school , co ed

    Votes: 6 12.8%
  • CBSE gov school , boys /girls only

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • CBSE private school , boys/girls only

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • CBSE private school , co ed

    Votes: 10 21.3%
  • Gov Stateboard School , boys girls only

    Votes: 8 17.0%
  • Gov Stateboard school , co ed

    Votes: 4 8.5%
  • Private Stateboard , boys girls only

    Votes: 6 12.8%
  • Prvate Stateboard , co ed

    Votes: 10 21.3%

Tamil Nadu Education - Schools, Colleges and Universities

657K views 3K replies 191 participants last post by  ilovetrichy 
#1 ·
Thread for updates in TN Education. TN having around 420 Engineering Colleges, numerous Arts and Science, Polytechnic, Business schools and Medical colleges.
Some them are ranked in Top 10 in the Country.
 
#113 ·
TNSCTE will monitor curriculum of tech education in Tamil Nadu

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article518764.ece

The working of the five Anna Universities in the State will be co-ordinated with the same examination procedures and a committee comprising the five vice-chancellors will look at creating a curriculum of international standards, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters after chairing the first meeting of the recently constituted Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education, Mr. Ponmudy said the Council will monitor the creation of the new curriculum which will also have components tailored to the regional needs of each University.

“There are nearly 500 engineering colleges in the State producing 1.5 lakh fresh graduates each year out of the total 7 lakh produced in India. With the numbers increasing dramatically, we also need to improve the quality and the Council will look at these aspects,” the Minister said.

The Council will monitor the setting up of a State Research Board and Research Centre and a Youth Welfare Department to look at aspects relating to research in colleges. Centres of Excellence will also be established with the support of non-resident Indians and an earn while you learn scheme would be implemented in colleges, Mr. Ponmudy said. A committee of three comprising Council vice-chairman M.S.Palanichamy, Anna University, Chennai, vice-chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar and member-secretary A.M.Sameeyullah, will look at complaints relating to the collection of excess fees and capitation fees in colleges.

...
 
#114 ·
VIT finish among the top three teams at design competition



Autodesk, official sponsor of the inaugural Shell Eco-marathon Asia, has announced the winners of the Autodesk Innovative Car Design Challenge 2010 at the Sepang International Circuit.

Team Ecotitans of the Vellore Institute of Technology finished in the top three while the team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) emerged champions amongst a highly competitive group of student teams from China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, and Thailand.

The Autodesk Innovative Car Design Challenge recognizes innovative design research in terms of ergonomics, aesthetics, choice of materials and technical feasibility. The originality and overall coherence of the design – including the vehicle structure, driving position, the engine, steering, suspension, and braking systems – were also crucial factors.

Having experienced first-hand advantages of using Autodesk software, K. Aravind, Leader Team Ecotitans of the Vellore Institute of Technology said, “The Autodesk Innovative Car Design Challenge was a great opportunity for me and my team to turn our classroom knowledge into practical experience. We were able to see our design concepts become reality by incorporating Autodesk software – from brainstorm and digital prototyping, to testing and bringing the design to life.”

Source: http://news.chennaionline.com/chenn...tion/fc7781e0-e6b3-4f2d-acff-f68e13a4e4cc.col
 
#115 ·
"State government will never hesitate to spend more on education"

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article528528.ece

The State government will never hesitate to spend more on education, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said on Thursday.

Declaring open a block named after him on the campus of Queen Mary’s College here, the Chief Minister referred to the demand made by speakers including Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for constructing some more buildings on the premises. If the details regarding the requirements of the College were furnished him, the government would respond favourably.

The present building [constructed at a cost of about Rs.3.2 crore] had been raised with a view to making the environment of the College more conducive to the acquisition of knowledge.

Recalling how, during the previous All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam regime, Mr Stalin, K. Ponmudy [now Higher Education Minister] and others went to the support of agitating teachers and students of the College following the move to demolish the college building for housing the Secretariat complex, the Chief Minister said that on receiving information regarding certain incidents, it was the duty of the government to enquire into it and take action. It would not behove of those in power to unleash repression.

Lauding former Chief Minister K. Kamaraj for his services in the field of education, Mr Karunanidhi said while Kamaraj was instrumental in opening schools in villages, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government had been establishing colleges.

Presiding over the function, Mr Stalin traced the history of the College and said the institution had produced stalwarts including Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Lakshmi Seghal, T.N. Anandanayaki and Maragatham Chandrashekhar. The DMK government had been attaching importance to education and implementing various welfare measures for students.

...
 
#117 ·
Tiruvarur Medical College to be inaugurated today

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article535296.ece

500-bed hospital is also ready, says Health Secretary

When Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi unveils the plaque to formally inaugurate the Tiruvarur Medical College at his birthplace on Tuesday, the State will inch a step closer to its aim of having a medical college in every district. :cheers::cheers:

With this college and the other new medical college at Villupuram, the State now has a total of 17 medical colleges, with 1,653 MBBS seats under the State quota.

In the counselling process, all government college seats were filled, including 85 each at Villupuram and Tiruvarur. The students who have been allotted State quota seats in Tiruvarur are expected to be present at the inaugural function.

The Tiruvarur Medical College was conceived in the State budget in 2008. Efforts were taken from then to set up a medical college in the district, adjoining Thanjavur, Health officials say.

A new 500-bed medical hospital has also been constructed to complement the new college that has been built within the Collectorate complex in Tiruvarur.

“The college and the hospital have come up in record time. All efforts have been made to ensure that all facilities – infrastructure, equipment and staff – are in place right from day one,” says Principal Secretary, Health, V.K. Subburaj. . A total of Rs.110 crore has been spent, including Rs.90 crore on the basic building infrastructure.

...
 
#118 ·
Madras University to get back control of WUS centre

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Madras-University-to-get-back-control-of-WUS-centre/articleshow/6216434.cms

CHENNAI: After a gap of over 15 years, the University of Madras is closer to regaining complete control of the World University Service (WUS) Centre, a 10-storied multi-facility centre set up in 1970 at Chetpet with funding from the governments of Denmark and Tamil Nadu and philanthropists.

On a recent direction of the Madras high court, the university's vice-chancellor G Thiruvasagam convened a meeting of the WUS general body on Sunday and took possession of documents and accounts from the WUS working president and Vel's University founder Ishari Ganesh, who controlled its functioning since 1992. Thiruvasagam will submit a report to the court.

Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and K K Sasidharan had directed Ishari Ganesh to attend the meeting and handover the documents while passing interim orders on a petition filed by well known city civil surgeon Dr K Kantharaj, an ex-WUS secretary.

The WUS Centre was established as a wing of the University of Madras, thanks to VN Thiagha Rajan, a former WUS headquarters general secretary in Geneva. It has facilities such as students' hostel, art gallery, conference hall, teachers' residential hostel, library, book bank and medical facilities, including an X-Ray unit.

Ishari Ganesh and professor Jothi Murugan (now vice-chancellor of Thiruvalluvar University and father-in-law of Ganesh) were elected office bearers of WUS Centre in 1992.

"During 1994-95, some of the provisions of the Sub Rules of the WUS were amended in such a way that the permanent vice-chancellor would henceforth be only a formal head of the organisation and thereby the entire control was retained by the said office bearers. These office-bearers appointed students/lecturers selecting (them) from some of the colleges and elected the executive body just for formality," Kantharaj said in his petition.

"The WUS organisation has been made to function like a privately owned organisation. Nothing is happening in the interest of the students' welfare. The buildings have been kept without proper maintenance. Facilities to accommodate educationists and students from out of state and abroad are lacking. They have closed the health unit also. The WUS building appears like a lodge on lease. The total value of the WUS properties would work out to be about Rs 100 crore and the same is under the unlawful clutches of a few individuals," the petitioner said urging the court to appoint an advocate commissioner to examine the charges.

...
 
#119 ·
Government disbands Anna University syndicate

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Government-disbands-Anna-University-syndicate/articleshow/6224878.cms

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has while divesting the prestigious Anna University recently of its affiliating powers deftly disbanded its syndicate, academic council and unwittingly a host of other decision making bodies.

Besides, it had used the opportunity to shrink the size the syndicate, the primary decision making body in the university, in a manner which reduces the role of the governor-chancellor in deciding its composition. Instead, the government will have majority representation in the syndicate now.

While ousted syndicate members and academics are crying hoarse, the government has managed to get the governor's assent for the Anna University, Chennai (Amendment) Act 24 of 2010, which gives effect to these changes.

The amended Act says "Members of the authorities of the Anna University, Chennai elected or nominated or otherwise as such members under the 1978 Act and holding office as such members in any of the authorities of the Anna University, Chennai immediately before the commencement of this Act shall cease to be such members."

Clause 16 in Chapter IV of the Anna University Act of 1978, describes the term "authorities" thus: "The authorities of the university shall be the syndicate, academic council, the finance committee, faculties and board of studies of each faculty and such other bodies of the university as may, from time to time, be declared by the statutes to be authorities of the university."

...
 
#120 ·
Over 400 engineering colleges seek more

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Over-400-engineering-colleges-seek-more-seats/articleshow/6224879.cms

CHENNAI: More than 400 self-financing engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu have sought an increase in intake of students in select branches of study in BE/BTech or permission to launch new courses and surrendering seats in unpopular branches.

Disclosing this on Tuesday, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) southern region chairman P Mannar Jawahar said a decision on sanctioning the intake and starting of new courses or otherwise would be communicated to colleges in a couple of days.

"Several colleges have applied for increasing the sanctioned strength of students in popular branches like Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering. Some institutions are seeking to double the intake in the ECE branch from 60 to 120," he said.

In contrast, institutions were either seeking a closure of Information Technology (IT) branch or reducing intake of students as thousands of seats in the branch had gone vacant last year due to the slowdown in the software industry.

...
 
#121 ·
Having a feel of U.S. at Chennai school

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article537123.ece

'Info U.S.A' Club launched at West CIT Nagar school

‘Experience America' showcases the rich diversity of American culture, society and its people as well as the close friendship between the U.S. and India, said Bryan W. Dalton, acting Consul General, U.S. Consulate in Chennai.

Mr. Dalton was delivering the key-note address of ‘Experience America,' a programme organised by the U.S. Consulate in association with the Alpha Group of Educational Institutions here on Tuesday.

The U.S Consulate's educational resources, including those of American library and the U.S-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), were showcased in ‘Experience America'.

Apart from this, counselling sessions on higher education in the U.S and students visas, screening of American documentaries, and competitions for school and university students were also organised. Students from more than 60 schools and colleges participated in the event.

G. Thiruvasagam, chief guest and Madras University Vice-Chancellor, said proactive measures were being taken to ensure that education is given top priority as an investment for the future. “Education at the State and Central level is undergoing a massive change into a dynamic structure that responds to the demands of the 21st century,” he added.

...
 
#122 ·
Chennai students win ROBOCUP title



The Robocup 2010, widely known as Olympics in Robotics was held in Singapore.

Students of Saveetha Engineering College represented India in association with ROBOIN, the Robotic training institute, and have won the ‘World Championship' title in the ROBOCUP 2010 competition held from June 19 to 25 at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore.

Bhavana, Priya Kankanala, Hemashree Vijayakumar, Jayapriya Raja and Saranya Prabhakar were selected by ROBOIN through various test levels.

The Robocup 2010, widely known as the Olympics in robotics, was held in Singapore where the team members of Saveetha Engineering College represented India and competed in Rescue B and Dance League with 49 countries. In Rescue B, the team managed to capture the 11th position. In Dance League, the team had three Lego Platforms and one Bioloid Robot.

The Lego are designed to appear like girls dancing with Bioloid, and after many rounds of performances the team was finalised for the Super Team Finals among the other teams. In the finals, the Indian team re-assembled all the robots and changed the appearance of every robot.

Commenting on the achievement, N.M. Veeraiyan, chancellor, Saveetha University, said, “Engineering education can no longer remain theoretical. Students have to be inspired to apply what they learn in the classrooms and blossom into creators of innovative ideas and products. Students of Saveetha Engineering College have achieved exactly the same.”

Jaishankar, proprietor, ROBOIN, said, “We are happy not only because of the Super Team World Championship but also for making other countries to look at India and Indians as pioneers in technology. It gives us immense pleasure winning the title by competing with very strong teams from USA, Germany, Japan, China, and other countries.”

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/education/article534827.ece
 
#123 ·
காஞ்சிபுரத்தில் ஐஐடி: அமைச்சர் தகவல்

புதன்கிழமை நடைபெற்ற மக்களைவையில் மத்திய மனித வள மேம்பாட்டுத் துறை அமைச்சர் புரந்தேஸ்வரி கூறியதாவது: நாடு முழுவதும் தனியாருடன் இணைந்து ஐஐடி.,க்களை அமைக்க முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. தமிழகத்தில் காஞ்சிபுரத்திலும், உ.பி.,யில் அலகாபாத் , ம.பி.,யில் குவாலியர்ஞூ மற்றும் ஜபல்பூர் ஆகிய நகரங்களில் அமைக்கப்பட உள்ளன. மத்திய அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதலுக்குப்பின்னர் இவை அமைக்கப்படும். இதற்கான செலவுகளை மத்திய , மாநில அரசுகளும், தனியார் நிறுவனங்களும் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளும் என அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.

Source: Dinamalar

Translation snippet: IIT to start in Kanchipuram after approval from Central Govt. Cost to be shared by Central, State and Private parties.
 
#124 ·
புதன்கிழமை நடைபெற்ற மக்களைவையில் மத்திய மனித வள மேம்பாட்டுத் துறை அமைச்சர் புரந்தேஸ்வரி கூறியதாவது: நாடு முழுவதும் தனியாருடன் இணைந்து ஐஐடி.,க்களை அமைக்க முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. தமிழகத்தில் காஞ்சிபுரத்திலும், உ.பி.,யில் அலகாபாத் , ம.பி.,யில் குவாலியர்ஞூ மற்றும் ஜபல்பூர் ஆகிய நகரங்களில் அமைக்கப்பட உள்ளன. மத்திய அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதலுக்குப்பின்னர் இவை அமைக்கப்படும். இதற்கான செலவுகளை மத்திய , மாநில அரசுகளும், தனியார் நிறுவனங்களும் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளும் என அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.

Source: Dinamalar

Translation snippet: IIT to start in Kanchipuram after approval from Central Govt. Cost to be shared by Central, State and Private parties.
IIT or ITI?

why again in north TN(IIT Madras) it would be better if they bring the IIT to western or southern TN. I thought it was ITI?
 
#126 ·
I think it is about 'Indian Institue of Design and Manufacturing' sanctioned during the previous UPA regime and functioning already at IIT,Madras campus. TN Govt has alloted 500 acres of land in Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road,Kanchipuram Dist. Construction is yet to start as they want Private participation to fund and run the design institute.
 
#127 ·
Essar's business school in Coimbatore

Coimbatore's prominence on the education map of India is expected to grow considerably, once the Aegis Global Academy's Institute of Customer Experience Management (ICEM) opens its doors.

The business school from the Essar conglomerate has set up its first campus in the country in the city to cater to the manpower needs of the service sector. “It is the first such institute in the country,” says Subir Ghosh, president, ICEM. The 15-month programme will have 11 months of academics and industry orientation and four months of internship.

The curriculum has been endorsed by Indian Institute of Management – Indore, Service Quality Centre, Singapore, and COPC, U.S.
Classes are scheduled to being in September.


Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/31/stories/2010073156840500.htm
 
#128 ·
Master plan to expand IIT-M infrastructure to be ready soon

A detailed master plan for Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) campus to create infrastructure sufficient to increase student strength mandated by the Centre will be ready by August, M.S. Ananth, Director, IIT-M, has stated in his annual report.

All structures under the plan will have features of “green buildings,” and the techniques and materials used had been chosen based on requirements of such buildings. Aerocon blocks, fly ash bricks, reflective paint on the roof, glass windows for natural light will be some of the features of the new buildings. The plan, being prepared by a professional architecture consultant, would earmark areas for development in hostel, residential and academic zones and will also include infrastructure necessary such as roads, bicycle tracks, water supply, drainage and sewage yards. Some of the new structures proposed in the plan would be taken up by end of 2010, the report said.

A new auditorium with 1,000 seats and related infrastructure, new hostel buildings for 800 boys and 540 girls and an addition of 1,000 to the existing seating capacity in the mega mess would be taken up soon.

At the same time, the footprint area within the covered enclosures would see “very little increase” to minimise disturbance to wildlife on the campus, the report said, noting that black buck population had increased from 13 to 22 in the last four years.

The report also pointed to a student study of the electrical consumption pattern on the campus, which had shown that hostels and departments accounted for 17 per cent and 40 per cent of the total. Hostels with high consumption levels had been identified and a project team formed to develop technological solutions for sustainable energy consumption.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/31/stories/2010073154300400.htm
 
#129 ·
Varsity faculty info on Net

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/varsity-faculty-info-net-324

July 30: The Anna University of Technology (AUT), Chennai, has decided to order all the 150 private engineering colleges affiliated to it to upload the bio-data of their faculty with photo on to their college website and submit the list to the university for publishing on its website.
In an interview to Deccan Chronicle Friday, university vice-chancellor, Dr C. Thangaraj, said by uploading the curriculum vitae and photos of the faculty it will give students an opportunity to find out whether their faculty was also on any other college’s payroll and put an end to same faculty working in multiple institutions.
“We will also create a database of faculty available in all engineering colleges affiliated to us so that we will know how many faculty we have and how much is the shortfall,” Dr Thangaraj said. The vice-chancellor urged colleges to be fully transparent in administration, minimising corruption. “Students who pay higher education institutions should demand better education from them but, in India, students are not even bothered about attending classes regularly,” he said.

...
 
#130 ·
Tamil Nadu colleges win big at technology contest

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1

Sastra University of Thanjavur has bagged the first prize or the ‘Degree C Award' of Rs 1 lakh at the recently concluded TechTop-2010 competition held at Technopark here.

This was the fifth edition of the annual competition for innovative and path-breaking inventions from engineering students from across the country.

The prototypes were evaluated at the two-day competition in two separate stages before the finalists were chosen. ‘TechTop 2010-The National Innovation Contest' saw 21 colleges showcase their inventions at Technopark. Sastra University won the first prize for the project, ‘Production of nano carbon sheets from exhaust pipes.' The second prize of Rs 50,000, sponsored by the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) was bagged by Jaipur Engineering College for its ‘Universal mobile automation system.'

Tirunelveli-based Cape Institute of Technology for ‘The Dark Net,' an initiative to wire remote areas with Internet facility, claimed the third prize of Rs 30,000 sponsored by the Kerala State Council of Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE).

The Chief Secretary, Kerala, Mr P. Prabhakaran, gave away the awards at the valedictory ceremony held on Saturday.

The projects selected after final screening will be eligible for incubation support from the Technology Business Incubation Center at Technopark (T-TBIC) where innovative ideas get converted into commercial ventures, benefiting society.

Mr Somnath Ghosh, Chairman and Managing Director, NRDC; Dr K. Keshavaswamy, Global Head, Corporate Learning Centre, TCS; Dr C. T. S. Nair, Executive Vice-President (KSCSTE); Mr N. T. Nair, Chief Editor, Executive Knowledge Lines; Mr Moosa C. Kandy, General Manager, Degree C and Coordinator, TechTop; and Mr Rajesh M. Nair, Founder and CTO, Degree C attended the awards ceremony.

Source
 
#131 ·
The projects selected after final screening will be eligible for incubation support from the Technology Business Incubation Center at Technopark (T-TBIC) where innovative ideas get converted into commercial ventures, benefiting society.
Very good initiative.. TN and others also should follow suit.
 
#132 ·
New record: 94K BE admissions in govt

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/New-record-94K-BE-admissions-in-govt/articleshow/6258480.cms

CHENNAI: A new record has been set in the annals of technical education in Tamil Nadu with over 94,000 students being allotted BE/BTech seats under the government quota through the ongoing single window counselling.

In all likelihood, this figure would touch one lakh when counselling ends in a few days. Combined with the admissions made under the management quota in over 400 self-financing engineering colleges, the student enrolment in BE/BTech courses in the state is expected to exceed the 1.5 lakh mark.

Statistics show that although the number of seats available under the government quota this year was almost same as in 2009, the demand has been higher with 1.67 lakh aspirants entering the fray unlike 1.28 lakh in the previous year.

Last year only 83,556 seats were allotted under the government quota and the total enrolment in engineering colleges was only l,20,074, lower than the admission figures of 2008 which stood at 1,22,931. Overall, an alarmingly high 51,000 seats had fallen vacant in 2009.

"A primary reason for the massive increase in enrolment is the tuition fee waiver granted by the state government to first generation professional degree learners. Nearly 78,000 candidates are first generation learners. Last year around 30,000 government quota seats had no takers but this time we expect the vacancy to be far below 10,000," Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions secretary V Rhymend Uthariaraj said.

Read more: New record: 94K BE admissions in govt - Chennai - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...in-govt/articleshow/6258480.cms#ixzz0vrDvDMsN

...
 
#135 ·
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/New-record-94K-BE-admissions-in-govt/articleshow/6258480.cms

CHENNAI: A new record has been set in the annals of technical education in Tamil Nadu with over 94,000 students being allotted BE/BTech seats under the government quota through the ongoing single window counselling.

In all likelihood, this figure would touch one lakh when counselling ends in a few days. Combined with the admissions made under the management quota in over 400 self-financing engineering colleges, the student enrolment in BE/BTech courses in the state is expected to exceed the 1.5 lakh mark.

Statistics show that although the number of seats available under the government quota this year was almost same as in 2009, the demand has been higher with 1.67 lakh aspirants entering the fray unlike 1.28 lakh in the previous year.

Last year only 83,556 seats were allotted under the government quota and the total enrolment in engineering colleges was only l,20,074, lower than the admission figures of 2008 which stood at 1,22,931. Overall, an alarmingly high 51,000 seats had fallen vacant in 2009.

"A primary reason for the massive increase in enrolment is the tuition fee waiver granted by the state government to first generation professional degree learners. Nearly 78,000 candidates are first generation learners. Last year around 30,000 government quota seats had no takers but this time we expect the vacancy to be far below 10,000," Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions secretary V Rhymend Uthariaraj said.

Read more: New record: 94K BE admissions in govt - Chennai - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...in-govt/articleshow/6258480.cms#ixzz0vrDvDMsN

...

I guess we are producing the engineers by numbers and not actual engineers.
I have been in IT Industry for 10 years, from year 2004 onwards, i have been observing that new recruits are not so concerned about what they can learn in initial years, i would rate only 3/10 only. where as then i saw in joined the IT Industry the rating , i would like to give the rating as 7/10.

Don't start a fight, but ask any people in the industry they would agree the same.
 
#133 ·
Fiasco of govt's free tution fee for first generation graduates.

The TN govt announced that for first generation graduate applicatns of higher education, tution fee will not be collected from them. But in reality the self financing colleges insist payment of tution fee of around Rs. 35000 whereas the govt gives them Rs. 20000 only. The balance has to be borne by the students. Why the govt doesn't ensure no tuition fee be collected from these candidates?. Actually govt and self financing colleges taking the students for a ride. One way the govt says tution fee is free but on the other hand it does allow colleges to collect more fees. Its a double game of the govt. The govt wants popularity in the name of free education at the same time turns a blind eye to the real situation.
 
#134 ·
Fiasco of govt's free tution fee for first generation graduates.

The TN govt announced that for first generation graduate applicatns of higher education, tution fee will not be collected from them. But in reality the self financing colleges insist payment of tution fee of around Rs. 35000 whereas the govt gives them Rs. 20000 only. The balance has to be borne by the students. Why the govt doesn't ensure no tuition fee should be collected from these candidates. Actually govt and self financing colleges taking the students for a ride. One way govt says tution fee is free but on the other hand it does allow colleges to collect more fees. Its a double game of the govt. The govt wants popularity in the name of free education at the same time turns a blind eye to the real situation.
http://www.annauniv.edu/tnea2010/firstfee.pdf
 
#136 ·
Decision on new fee structure for schools put off to next year

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Decision-on-new-fee-structure-for-schools-put-off-to-next-year/articleshow/6290213.cms

CHENNAI: A decision on unveiling revised fee structure for schools across state has been put off to next year by the Private Schools Fee Regulation Committee.

Justice K Govindarajan, chairperson of the committee, said on Thursday, that it had received representations from 6,400 schools appealing against the revised fee structure. “The committee has decided that the process of inspecting each school in person and taking stock of the facilities will be a long drawn-out exercise. Hence, the committee has decided that the new fee structure will be announced only during the 2011-12 academic year,” he said.

The committee had laid down the annual fee for 10,934 schools across the state as Rs 11,000 for higher secondary, Rs 9,000 for high school, Rs 8,000 for middle and Rs 5,000 for elementary school. The terms of the Tamil Nadu Schools (Regulation of Collection of Fee) Act, 2009, say the committee was to come up with the revised fee structure within 30 days. As the fee structure was first released in May 2010, the revised chart should have been released in June.

...
 
#137 ·
IIT videos to come to aid of engineering teachers

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/IIT-videos-to-come-to-aid-of-engineering-teachers/articleshow/6295225.cms

CHENNAI: With an estimated 1.70 lakh students expected to join BE/BTech courses this year in Tamil Nadu's self-financing engineering colleges, many of which are acutely short of competent and qualified faculty, efforts are underway to impart quality education using technology.

The directorate of technical education has embarked on an initiative to take videographed classroom lectures delivered by professors of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to private engineering colleges where there is a dearth of qualified faculty.

Under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), the seven older IITs and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore have jointly developed 129 video-courses in popular engineering branches such as Civil, Mechanical, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science Engineering. Each course contains materials that can be covered in depth in 40 or more lecture hours.

"Through the Anna Universities of Technology, we intend to ask the private colleges to subscribe to these video and web-based courses. These lecturers by IIT professors can either be screened in a classroom using a projector or viewed on computers through LAN in each college," Kumar Jayant, commissioner for technical education said.

...
 
#138 ·
Tamil Nadu asks AICTE not to give nod for new engineering colleges

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article593903.ece

Tamil Nadu has asked the All India Council for Technical Education not to its permission for starting new engineering colleges in the State for next academic year in order to improve quality of education and infrastructure in the existing institutions.

...
 
#140 ·
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article593903.ece

Tamil Nadu has asked the All India Council for Technical Education not to its permission for starting new engineering colleges in the State for next academic year in order to improve quality of education and infrastructure in the existing institutions.

...
Well on the contrary as the number of colleges increases we will have a situation of more seats available than the number of students passed. Hence colleges will compete with each other to build better infrastructure to attract students to fill their seats.

However what is not desirable is the continuous reduction in the qualifying marks which will bring into a situation wherein students will not even make an effort to learn to get into an engg seat

Today with engg colleges spread out across the length and breadth of the state what one can see is that most middle class can avoid the considerable expenditure on hostel fees by making their children study in their hometown

They can put a temporary ban on opening of new colleges in bigger cities and their suburbs.. that might help in opening of colleges in rural areas.
 
#139 ·
Apollo launches paramedical courses

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article594364.ece

Apollo Institute of Hospital Management & Allied Sciences (AIHMAS), a unit of Apollo Hospitals, has launched seven new courses in allied medical sciences, in affiliation with Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University.

These courses include four degree courses in Critical Care, Theatre Technician, Physician Assistant and Emergency and Trauma Care; an M.Sc. course in Health Informatics and Telemedicine; and two diploma courses — Scope Therapy and Dental Assistants.

...
 
#141 ·
Loyala to start school of commerce and economics

Source
CHENNAI: Loyola College concretised plans for a separate School of Commerce and Economics with the laying of the foundation for the building on Saturday, on the occasion of the Loyola World Alumni Congress.

The foundation for the largely alumni funded facility, likely to come up within two years, was laid by Madras Cements chairman and managing director P R Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha who graduated in commerce from the college in 1953.

"Commerce is the forte of Loyola's academic programmes and we get the highest number of applications for this course. Realising the demand, the alumni wanted to create a separate entity," said Loyola Alumni Association secretary Bernard D' Sami.

The new facility will house the B Com, M Com, B A and M A Economics classes, now operating in the main building, as well as the two B Com sections in the morning session and the three in the evening session. According to the management, there will be space for new courses after classes for these courses move out of the main building. The new facility will also help increase the number of sections for these courses.

"We will look at starting new allied courses in these streams later. But the current focus is on encouraging research in commerce and economics. This will require a dedicated library, cabins for the staff and research scholars and other allied facilities, said D' Sami, who is also the co-ordinator of the college's Internal Quality Assurance Cell.

Auditoriums, smart classrooms with interactive white boards used in Ivy League colleges like Oxford and Cambridge are also planned. Partnerships with organisations like the Institute of Cost and Work Accountants of India will be strengthened.

The college's strong links with its alumni were on display at the Loyola World Alumni Congress. Inaugurating the event, home minister P Chidambaram, who studied here for nine months, praised the Jesuits' passion to bring modern education to the country and for maintaining their dedication to provide access to education to all sections of society.

He said some regulation was required so educational institutions do not turn into mere money-spinning units, to ensure quality and impart values. "We are a plural society and will continue to remain so for the next millenium... The important value that colleges must inculcate in students is that of secularism and tolerance," he said.

The Loyola Chennai Alumni Foundation, named the Fr Casimir Raj Fund for Poor Students, was also started with a corpus fund of Rs 3.5 lakh.

More than 1,000 former students registered for the get-together.
 
Top