May 31, 2008 - Marginal rise in pass percentage
   Class X students of the SSLC stream recorded a marginal increase in pass percentage this year, with 80.9 percent of the nearly 8 lakh candidates passing the public examination held in March. read more

May 31, 2008 - Mumbai boy tops IIT-JEE 2008
   Results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2008 for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology were declared on Friday. Shitikanth from the Bombay zone is the All-India topper in the prestigious examination. read more

May 29, 2008 - Varsity syllabus in line with global changes
   The educational system in Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (TNAU) is regularly examined and systematically redesigned in accordance with global changes in agricultural sector, said TNAU Dean (Agri) K. Vanangamudi here recently. read more

May 28, 2008 - Girls outshine boys in CBSE Class X exams
   Class X students of schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the Chennai Region, have recorded an overall pass percentage of 95.25 this year. read more

May 28, 2008 - Heavy rush for admission to colleges
   Government arts colleges in Madurai, Melur and Karaikudi are seeing unprecedented rush for admissions this academic year beating the figures of last year. read more

May 26, 2008 - Many wont get through campus interviews
   While the number of seats in engineering colleges has increased to more than 1.3 lakh, a significant number of the students will not be placed through campus recruitment, Pandia Rajan, managing director, Ma Foi Management Consultants, said on Sunday. read more

May 26, 2008 - Bharathiar University to open regional centre in Madurai
   A regional centre of Coimbatore-based Bharathiar University will be opened in Madurai by the middle of June for the benefit of students in its distance education stream. read more

May 26, 2008 - University plans six new courses
   The distance education wing of Madurai Kamaraj University is getting stronger in hospitality segment by launching six new courses in related fields from July this year. read more

May 25, 2008 - Counselling dates announced
   Counselling for engineering courses will begin on July 3 and for medical courses on July 4, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy said on Saturday. Sports quota will be the first to be filled through counselling. read more

May 23, 2008 - Engineering fee structure report soon
   The Justice Balasubramanian Committee’s report on the fee structure of engineering colleges in the State will be released before Anna University closes applications for this year’s B.E. admissions on May 31, according to Higher Education Secretary K. Ganesan. read more

May 23, 2008 - Anna varsity extends deadline
   The deadline for submitting completed application forms for admission to engineering colleges under Anna University has been extended to May 31. read more

May 22, 2008 - Significant rise in CBSE Class XII pass percentage
   The pass percentage of Class XII students, who took the All India Secondary School Examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), has gone up to 90.71 this year. read more

May 22, 2008 - TNAU relaxes admission norms for under-graduate courses
   The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has liberalised admission norms for under-graduate courses offered by it). read more

May 22, 2008 - TNAU to offer dual masters degree programme
   The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), in association with Cornell University, United States of America, has proposed to offer dual master’s degree programme from 2008-09. read more

May 21, 2008 - Government revises admission norms for arts, science colleges
   The State government has revised the admission guidelines for arts and science colleges from this academic year (2008-09) in view of the introduction of Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). read more

May 21, 2008 - TNAU offers industry-oriented courses
   Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will offer two industry-oriented courses to encourage entrepreneurial, management and business skills among agri-students. read more

May 21, 2008 - Manonmaniam varsity to offer new courses
   Manonmaniam Sundaranar University will offer M.Sc. and M.Tech. programmes in Nano Biotechnology through its Centre for Marine Sciences and Technology at Rajakkalmangalam. read more

May 21, 2008 - Websites a boon for prospective college-goers
   From announcing results or providing marklists to rank analysis and counselling, websites have come a long way. read more

May 19, 2008 - Single test for employability
   If you are an engineering student, imagine not going for a dozen interviews answering the same questions being asked in different ways. Imagine having one score sheet that you can wave in the face of any prospective employer. read more

May 19, 2008 - Choosing your career path
   This is the season when many students and parents have to make crucial decisions in respect of choosing the courses of study. read more

May 17, 2008 - Periyar University to offer new course
   The Department of Geology of Periyar University will offer a new five-year integrated course, M.Sc. Earth Science, under the choice based credit system pattern from the 2008-09 academic year. read more

May 16, 2008 - Bharathiar Universitys MBA programme for executives
   Bharathiar University will begin two management courses for executives from the coming academic year. read more

May 15, 2008 - Supreme Court clears deck for admission without CET
   The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the decks for the Tamil Nadu government to go ahead with admission of students to professional courses for academic year 2008-2009. read more

May 15, 2008 - Fees in government polytechnics to go
   There will be NO Tuition Fee in Government Polytechnics from the coming academic year. read more

May 15, 2008 - Institute signs MoU
   SMK Fomra Institute of Technology signed a memorandum of understanding with IT company Banyan Technology Solutions recently. read more

May 12, 2008 - Six new engineering colleges to function from current academic year Ponmudy
   The six engineering colleges, proposed in the State budget 2008-09, will start functioning from the current academic year, according to Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy. read more

May 12, 2008 - Fewer questions in AIEEE this time
   The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) had fewer questions this year — 105 instead of the 120 last year. read more

May 10, 2008 - Class XII pass percentage up to 84.4
   The overall pass percentage of students who took the State Board Class XII (HSC) examinations this year has gone up to 84.4 per cent. read more

May 10, 2008 - MBBS applications
   Applications for the MBBS/BDS courses for the academic year 2008-2009 will be on sale from June 3 until 3 p.m. on June 17. The last date for receipt of filled in applications is June 17 (up to 5 p.m.). read more

May 10, 2008 - National conference on Varmololgy on May 11
   A national conference on Varmology (or Varmam, which is described as a holistic Indian medical system) will be held at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University here on May 11. read more

May 10, 2008 - VC for more Tamil-related programmes in colleges
   Lamenting over the quality of programmes conducted in colleges in the name of culturals, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University G. Thiruvasagam has announced the establishment of a “Bharathi Tamil Mandram” in every college. read more

May 10, 2008 - Fee for engg colleges in TN finalised
   An amicable settlement has been reached for the long pending issue of fee revision for unaided engineering colleges in the state. While the government stuck to its stand of not changing the tuition fee for government quota seats, the bureaucrats consented to allow an annual development fee of Rs 2,500 per student. read more

May 09, 2008 - Stayabreastof new technology
   AICTE Member Secretary N. Narayana Rao urged graduates to constantly update themselves with new technology. read more

May 08, 2008 - Graduation Day at AMS Engineering College
   The 4th Graduation Day of Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering was celebrated in the college campus on 27th April, 2008. read more

May 08, 2008 - Graduation Day and Sports Day
   The 3rd Graduation Day of Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering was held in the campus on 12th April 2008. read more

May 07, 2008 - State to get 10 new universities Ponmudy
   Tamil Nadu is all set to get ten new universities during the coming academic year, with both Central and State governments chipping in to boost the State’s education profile. read more

May 07, 2008 - Admission malpractices VC warns colleges
   Traditionally, the months of April and May keep students who have written the Plus Two examinations on tenterhooks as they await their results before choosing their undergraduate courses. This no longer seems to be the case in this region. read more

May 07, 2008 - Engg admissions made easier
   The state government has reduced the minimum eligibility marks to be scored in plus two for admission to BE/B Tech courses. The move will help self-financing engineering colleges to fill more seats from the coming academic year. read more

May 07, 2008 - Students not to 'fail' in exams
   No student of arts, science and engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu will 'fail' in an examination from the coming academic year 2008-09. read more

May 07, 2008 - TN colleges to migrate to new system
   The State government has made changes to the proposed Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) in universities and colleges following requests from certain quarters to relax the guidelines for the benefit of students. read more

May 05, 2008 - Compulsory Tamil clause in Choice-Based Credit System goes
   Arts and Science colleges and universities across Tamil Nadu are set to migrate to the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) of study from the coming academic year. Besides, the state government has decided to introduce on an experimental basis, the cluster colleges system, in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi. Also, the grading system will replace the mark-based system in universities in tune with global higher education standards. read more

May 05, 2008 - Campus Connect
   The Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Sethu Institute of Technology organised a two-day national seminar on ‘Recent challenges in intelligent pervasive computing’ under the sponsorship of Defence Research and Development Organisation last recently. read more

May 05, 2008 - More Tamil Nadu students take the AIEEE this year
   Living in a state with a large number of engineering colleges — over 250 across the state — Tamil Nadu students have largely been content to stay at home. The rising numbers of students from the state who wrote the All India Engineering Entrance Examination this year, however, proves that that may be changing. read more

May 02, 2008 - Computer centre inaugurated
   Shree Motilal Kanhaialal Fomra Institue of Technology inaugurated a computer cantre at its Kelambakkam campus.The center was inaugurated by Manish Mehta,director of Satyam Computer Services, release. read more