Yahoo: 9 Brilliant Inventions Made by Mistake
Penicillin, post-its, plastic and much more…Inventions made accidentally! Yahoo
Teaching
TOI: CBSE honours mentors and teachers for their contribution
15 mentors (school principals) and 32 teachers were honoured by CBSE for their contribution to education and for promoting CCE. TOI
TOI: CBSE to test students for oral proficiency in English
‘Assessment of Speaking and Listening Skills (ASL)’ will be conducted by CBSE, next academic session onwards, to test listening and speaking skills of Class IX & XI students. TOI
Daily Bhaskar: IIT-JEE, AIEEE are passe; JEE to take over from 2013
From the next academic session in 2013, JEE will replace IIT-JEE and AIEEE. DailyBhaskar
ChicagoTimes: Standing desks: The classroom of the future?
Study shows standing desks can help reduce child obesity. ChicagoTimes
Discovery News: Brain Games
Brain games for kids. DicoveryNews
HT: Class 7 students better than 50% of India’s engineers: survey
Survey shows that Class 7 students are better than 50% of engineers when it comes to English and Maths skills. HT
Domain-b: Study finds reasoning scores lowest among MBAs
Study shows MBAs lacking reasoning skills. domain-b DNA
TOI: Reforms in 10+2 science stream likely
HRD Ministry may soon reform 10+2 science stream syllabi incorporating advanced study of the subject. TOI
TOI: Education system faces massive faculty crunch
Indian Education System is facing faculty shortage at all levels, be it K-12 or higher. TOI