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Mumbai, May 26: It will address the gaps left by conventional courses, hone skills for job market

A survey among college students, professors and employers in the job market would reveal a decreasing interest for conventional degree courses.

Updated every three to five years, the courses, most complain, are more textbook-oriented, putting little or no emphasis on practical components and in-depth research in the subjects chosen. An increasing number of colleges in the city are therefore, introducing honours programmes to help students ‘get an edge over the rest’.

Mumbai, May 13: Mumbai is all set to host the 19th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) 2008 from July 13 to 20. The Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) will organise the prestigious event with the support of the Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Human Resource Development on the premises of the HBCSE campus in Mankhurd. As many as 200 students form 55 countries will participate to vie for gold, silver and bronze medals besides some other awards.

Mumbai, May 11: When the new academic year begins next month, girls studying in civic schools can look forward to fun weekends of fitness and self-defence classes.

For, female students of all the 1,000-odd Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation schools between Classes V and VII will be given training in karate and judo, with an aim to add a new facet to the personality of these girls, who mainly belong to the middle and lower classes and slum areas.

Mumbai, May 4: As many as 2,06,648 candidates will appear for the Common Entrance Exam for Health Science, Pharmacy and Engineering degree on May 8 in Maharashtra. In Mumbai, 31,456 candidates will appear for the exam in 71 centres. According to preferences of courses, the students will appear for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics papers and will vie for 3,785 seats available in 58 colleges for the

Health Science course, 56,881 seats in 174 colleges for Engineering and 6,935 seats in 118 colleges for Pharmacy in the State.

Mumbai, April 21: Just as the day leads to the night and the dreary winter gives way to the rejuvenating spring, all events in the universe are designed as part of a great 'Circle Of Life'. The Campion School is staging a musical play titled 'Circle Of Life' based on this theme.Recognized as one of the best-managed, leading educational institutions since its inception in 1943, the Campion School in South Mumbai organises an event every year which provides every student a chance to perform.

Mumbai, February 21: The Bombay High Court on Thursday restored the permission granted by education department to the English medium secondary school of the reputed Balmohan Vidyalay here.

The permission had been revoked, pursuant to a judgement of Nagpur bench of High Court, in July 2006.

However Associate Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told the High Court that since the apex court has reversed Nagpur bench’s judgement, government’s decision to revoke permission is no longer tenable.

Mumbai, February 14: A 30-member contingent from H R College in South Mumbai, comprising teachers and non-teaching staff, left for Singapore on Thursday as part of a faculty enrichment programme. Though colleges sending their teachers abroad for faculty development is quite common, this would be the first time that a city college has organised a foreign trip for faculty development on such a large scale.

Mumbai, February 3: The Mumbai University recently advertised for an unprecedented 204 faculty positions and, like most universities in Maharashtra, it’s not only teaching staff posts that it wants the government to sanction.

Mumbai, January 23: ‘Special children need special attention’ was the message sent by the movie Taare Zameen Par. However, identifying such children in schools and giving them appropriate training and attention, matters the most. To spread awareness and improve skills of teachers and pre-school professionals, a charitable organisation from Britain, BIBIC —British Institute for Brain Injured Children — is making its entry in India.