Students protest semester system in Delhi University

October 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - If you want to study in the US and want to know how to go about it, visit an education fair in the capital Thursday in which 15 American universities are participating. That would help.

September 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here Saturday withdrew a month-old order rusticating nine students for two years from academics for ragging juniors and reduced their punishment. Those who were rusticated for two years from academics have been asked to continue education but they cannot stay in the hostel for two years, said a senior official who was involved on the process.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Many students in Ethiopia are studying engineering and technology in virtual classrooms, some of their teachers seating in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, which is helping that country become tech-savvy. The idea to empower Ethiopia's university students was mooted by its ambassador to India and even its prime minister was eager to have an association with IIT-Delhi.

September 7th, 2009 AGARTALA - Five students of a medical college here were expelled from their hostel while around 90 were suspended for one month for assaulting a senior, officials said Monday. The students of Agartala Government Medical College and Hospital were expelled after they physically tortured a third semester student Anil Jamatiya.

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will divide the Class 10 into two semesters, as in management and engineering colleges, to make the evaluation process easier and smoother after board exams are scrapped from 2011. Once the examination is scrapped from 2011, we will divide the year into two terms - they are like two semesters (April to September, and October to March), a senior CBSE official told IANS Monday.

August 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a "shocking and first of its kind incident" in the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), at least eight students of the varsity here were ragged by their seniors in a hostel room, authorities said Thursday. "We are shocked.

August 3rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - US chip maker Cypress Semiconductor Corp will set up a design technology laboratory on the campus of the Bhubaneswar Institute of Technology (BIT) and train its students. "It will be the first programmable system on chip (PSoC) laboratory in the state," BIT chief operating officer and executive director Ashok Mahapatra told IANS.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Naga students on Monday held a protest march in national capital against the ethnic violence in Assam's North Cachar Hill region. The protest march organised by Naga Students' Union, Delhi (NSUD), highlighted the region which has been witnessing clashes between the Zemi-Naga and Dimasa tribes for several months over land.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thousands of admission-seeking students thronged various colleges of Delhi University on the first day of admission process which commence here on Monday morning. Long queues of students were witnessed at all the 16 centres where the pre-admission forms for nearly 49,000 seats in 61 colleges have been made available to purchase.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Admission process for the Delhi University will begin on Monday morning with the sale of common admission forms being made available at various outlets for students seeking admission in colleges. Delhi University has taken various steps to make the admission process a hassle-free affair this year all students likely to visit university.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Calling the Indian examination system faulty, education experts at a seminar Tuesday said the system of examination here fails to create questioning minds. Amit Kapoor, chairman of the Institute of Competitiveness who was one of the panellists, said that students in schools and colleges here choose to study at the end of the year with just examinations in mind - thus losing the whole purpose of learning.

February 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Students appearing for the class 10 mathematics examination in Haryana were taken aback Tuesday when they were given a semester I question paper instead of the semester II paper they were expecting. Students at various centres of the Haryana School Education Board were given the wrong question paper, a board official said.

February 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here continued their strike for the third day Wednesday demanding withdrawal of the proposed fee hike and implementation of reservation policies in admissions. However, negotiations between student leaders, JNU teachers and the administration were in progress and a resolution is expected by the evening.

February 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Tuesday called for a strike in March against the university administration's proposed fee hike and what they alleged commercialisation of the campus. 'The protest is against the university authority's decision to install electricity metres in individual rooms, against the proposed fee hike, and problems regarding the implementation of reservation policies in admissions,' Sandeep Singh, president of JNU Students Union (JNUSU), told IANS.

January 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of Delhi University students Friday protested against the attack on women in a Mangalore pub and burnt the effigies of Sri Ram Sene, which is said to be behind the attack. Students under the banner of All India Students' Association (AISA) held a protest march across the university campus and addressed students at canteens and other public places.