http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/ India's FIRST and ONLY dedicated educational news site en-us 2007 National Network of Education Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:59:30 GMT Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:59:30 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Bihar_might_allow_other_state_doctors_a_PG_seat_10991/ Patna: The State Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav announced on Wednesday that soon doctors having an MBBS degree from institutions outside Bihar would be eligible to appear in competitive exams for admission in post graduate course at government run medical colleges in the state.He informed that, ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:29:29 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Bihar's_clean_chit_coaching_centres_vexes_opposition_10962/ Patna: Over a month after violent protests in the Bihar capital against fleecing by private coaching institutes, in which two students were killed, the state government on Monday gave a clean chit to these institutes, drawing protests from the opposition. In its reply in the state assembly, the gove... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:49:09 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Over_half_a_million_students_start_Bihar_board_exams_10955/ Patna: Over half a million students across Bihar started their Class 12 exams on Tuesday, an official said. The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), which conducts the examinations, has made elaborate arrangements for peaceful and fair exams."The first day's exam took place at 561 examination cent... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:38:30 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/550_caught_cheating_in_Class_10_exams_10882/ Patna: About 550 students were caught cheating during Class 10 exams in Bihar and over 100 parents were arrested for helping them to cheat, an official said on Monday."In the past three days, 550 students were caught cheating during exams and 110 parents were arrested for helping them cheat," an off... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:21:39 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Nearly_a_million_Class_10_students_start_Bihar_board_exams_10851/ Patna: Nearly one million students across Bihar started their Class 10 exams on Friday. The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), which conducts the examinations, has made elaborate arrangements for peaceful and fair exams.Over 974,000 students are taking the high school examination, which will con... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:38:41 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Army's_second_training_academy_at_Bihar_receives_Cabinet's_nod_10681/ New Delhi: The Cabinet committee on security has approved opening of a Second Officers Training Academy (OTA) at Gaya in addition to one already existing in Chennai.This is a major long-term step to obviate the problem of reducing the shortage of officers in the Indian Army.The Army, through this ac... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:08:17 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Students'_protest_spreads_outside_Patna_10609/ Patna: The often-violent agitation of students for the past two days here against what they have termed fleecing by private coaching institutes continued for the third day on Thursday and spread to other towns and cities of Bihar.Opposition parties supported them, particularly the Lok Janshakti Part... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:22:26 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Bihar_to_have_law_to_monitor_coaching_institutes_10608/ Patna: After violent protests by students here against fleecing by coaching institutes, the state government has decided to make a new law to monitor and regulate the functioning of private coaching institutes.Bihar Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Hari Narayan Singh on Thursday said the g... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:15:25 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Students_protest_against_coaching_institutes_in_Patna_10574/ Patna: Over 400 students of class 12 took to the streets here on Tuesday to protest against private coaching institutes, which charge steep fees but fail to complete the courses on time.The students assembled at the Bazar Samiti locality here and staged a demonstration. "They are demanding shutdown ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:30:08 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Bihar_to_upgrade_2,400_middle_schools_to_high_schools_10466/ Patna: Bihar has decided to upgrade 2,400 middle schools into high schools to provide thousands of students the opportunity to complete higher education near their homes, officials said on Monday.Sources in the Human Resource Development (HRD) department here said the state government plans to incre... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:08:13 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Patna_schools_re-open_after_respite_from_cold_10369/ Patna: All government and private schools re-opened in this Bihar capital on Monday, after remaining closed for more than 20 days due to an intense cold wave.There was some respite from the biting cold in Patna as the state capital recorded a minimum temperature of 7 degrees Celsius. The district ad... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:38:20 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Parents,_children_anxious_as_Bihar_extends_school_closure_10339/ Patna: The biting cold in Bihar, which has forced the government to extend the closure of schools, has left parents and students worried. Now schools will reopen on January 25, if the state gets some respite from the cold, an official said today.The schools were closed until January 3 for Christmas ... Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:39:32 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Bitter_cold_forces_Bihar_to_extend_school_closure_10293/ Patna: The biting cold has forced the government to extend closure of all public and private schools here till January 20, an official said on Monday. The intense cold has so far claimed at least 50 lives in the state.Schools in other districts would also continue to be closed, authorities said. Pat... Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:43:17 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Bihar_service_commission_to_go_hi-tech_soon_10239/ Patna: Thousands of aspirants of administrative jobs are likely to submit their applications hassle-free as the Bihar government has decided to fully computerise the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC).An official in the chief minister's office said here recently that the state's Information Tech... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:41:33 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Cold_compels_school_closure_in_Bihar_10209/ Patna: With an intense cold wave claiming 30 lives in Bihar so far, authorities in the state capital on Monday extended closure of all public and private schools till Tuesday."The Patna district administration has ordered to close all schools till Tuesday to provide relief to children from the inten... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:33:27 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Central_varsity_location_not_suitable_in_Bihar,_Kerala_-_MHRD_10056/ New Delhi: Proposed Central varsities in two remote areas of the country - Bihar and Kerala have received a denial from the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry to host new Central universities for their states. Far-flung Motihari and Kasargod in Bihar and Kerala respectively do not qualify up ... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:59:57 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Dead_rat_in_mid-day_meal_creates_panic_in_Bihar_9934/ Patna: Panic spread among students in Bihar's Saran district after a dead rat was found in a mid-day meal, school officials said on Friday.Dozens of students were stunned when a dead rat was found in a mid-day meal at the Chandrashekhar Azad Middle School in Saran district, about 80 km from here."... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:10:28 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Mid_-_day_meals_in_Bihar_schools_for_rescued_child_labourers_9933/ Patna: Rescued child labourers, studying in about 1,400 schools in Bihar, will be provided mid-day meals, an official said on Friday."All children studying in child labour schools will be provided free mid-day meals. It is part of an incentive to attract children to child labour schools in the state... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:15:25 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Bihar_government_ordered_to_appoint_35,540_trained_teachers_9819/ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Bihar government to appoint 35,540 primary school teachers as per their seniority based on the year they secured their Bachelor of Education or Bachelor in Teaching degrees.A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice H.L. Dattu gave the order on ... Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:53:13 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/Bihar/Bihar_waits_for_vaccine_that_fights_two_polio_strains_9811/ Saharsa (Bihar): One of India's polio endemic states, Bihar is eagerly awaiting the bivalent oral polio vaccine (BoPV) to protect its children from two dangerous strains of the disease. However, its introduction may take time. "We have been told that bivalent vaccine will be made available to the ... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:30:25 GMT