HYDERABAD: Engineering graduates in the city fall far behind their counterparts from New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata when it comes to programming skills. This startling revelation has come to the fore through a study conducted across 500 colleges in the country. As many as 36,000 engineering students from IT-related branches participated […]
The slide in recruitment from what are considered premier technical institutes reflects the possible impact of the economic downturn in India as also globally One of every three IITians graduating this year either didn’t find a suitable job or wasn’t found suitable for a job through campus placement, official data show, pointing to shrinking employment […]
Children at my grammar school are tutored intensively from the 11-plus to GCSE. It devalues our teaching, skews the playing field and denies them a childhood ‘As my year 7s run off at the end of the day, I am aware that some of them will be spending another couple of hours in tuition centres […]
English teachers at my school don’t have time to read whole books, and are told to rely on extracts in class. This is no way to inspire a love of literature On the rare occasion that the staff in our English department surface from their marking pile long enough to enjoy a cup of tea […]
IT companies face a margin squeeze and a new global environment where increasing protectionism could increase their cost of doing business, according to HR specialists. In a departure from traditional practices, many IT companies are experimenting with just-in-time or contract hiring. According to a recent report by Economic Times, Pune-based Persistent Systems included several freelancers […]
Some of the world’s highest achievers have one thing in common: it isn’t a high IQ, nor is it an incredible lucky streak, but their appreciation for reading. Books were their most profitable investment. From $2 to $20 billion Two teenage boys found employment at a grocery store in Omaha, Nebraska. The older boy, from […]
CHENNAI: Cost for an MBBS at a private college+ in Tamil Nadu has doubled, and will now cost close to Rs 2 crore. Private medical colleges and deemed universities in Tamil Nadu have increased fees for MBBS+ after the CBSE released the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) results+ on August 17. The average cost of studying […]
The decision by consulting major Capgemini to replace nearly 40% of its work done by its resource management group with IBM’s cognitive computing system, Watson, is a clear indication that it is not just repetitive or mechanical jobs that are at risk. Artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of taking on those tasks that require analytical […]
Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia told school teachers that they should leave out 20% of the syllabus since the Delhi government could not fulfil its promise to reduce the curriculum by 25%. Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia told school teachers that they should leave out 20% of the syllabus since the Delhi government could not […]
Delhi government advertisements in several newspapers on Friday declared that Punjabi language would be compulsory in Delhi government-run schools, adding each school would have at least one Punjabi teacher. The Delhi government’s decision to make Punjabi compulsory in government schools in Delhi had nothing to do with the coming assembly polls in Punjab, the AamAadmi […]
