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Practical matters
A year's preparation is tested in a short examination. Dhanya Parthasarathy speaks to teachers on how to tackle the Plus Two practicals.


Aiming for AIIMS
The marks scored in the GK section can make or mar a student's chances of gaining admission to AIIMS. So GK has to be treated almost like a fourth subject and not just as an expendable adjunct. In the case of the main subjects too, preparation for the AIIMS test requires a different kind of orientation.
`Build your website' contest
ARE YOU between nine and 19? Here is your chance to win an international competition organised by Oracle. Just build a website with a couple of friends and you might win a trip worth $4,000. Really? I am interested! Great! ...
Spoken English course at TNAU
STUDENTS WHO join the `Spoken English' course at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) will be able to practice facing interviews, participate in group discussions and brush up their presentation skills. Offered by the Directorate of ...
Developing into a centre for research
SPONSORED BY the Tamil Nadu Technical Education Foundation, the Tamil Nadu College of Engineering (TCE) was established at Karumathampatti in rural Coimbatore, in 1984. The 150-acre campus is situated 30 km from the industrial city of ...
Grammar, a medium of communication
Languages are learnt best not as subjects in isolation, but as a means to communicate with others in society. That goes for grammar too, which is all about the rules that govern the use of a language. Ideas such as these were the focus of ...
Job-oriented programmes at Kongunadu Arts
THE KONGUNADU Arts and Science College will offer seven career-oriented programmes with a grant of Rs. 12 lakhs from the University Grants Commission (UGC), from the academic year 2005-06. Three of these courses will be in the commerce stream: ...
Do you have the aptitude?
Once a person gets an opportunity to work in his favourite area, it is likely that he will excel. Aptitude does not represent a person's present abilities but his/her potential to perform
Accountants and BPO
AT A recent conference for chartered accountants held in Coimbatore on `Emerging Empowerment', Ravi S. Ramakrishnan, CEO of RvaluE, New Delhi, outlined five key areas where accountants could provide a value-added service. He presented a paper ...
`Getting into Yale is all about merit'
YALE GRADUATES who have made a difference include Bill Clinton, several Nobel laureates, one of the most recent winners being John Fenn for Chemistry in 2002, and entertainer Jodie Foster. The University recently connected with India by tying ...
All about technical communication
`A fresher can start with Rs.6,000- Rs.7,000. Those employed in Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi can start with Rs.10,000- Rs.12,000. With over four to .ve years of experience, a person can make over Rs. 4.5 lakhs per annum.'
Beyond the lab
ARE YOU the kind that prefers doing extra hours at the lab than participate in extra-curriculars? If you are, then better hone your public interaction skills. Professor Colin Blakemore, chief executive of the medical research council, United ...
Serving the rural belt
THE NATIONAL Service Scheme (NSS), which was started in a rather modest way as a voluntary service organisation at the college-level to bridge the vacuum created on the college campus after the National Cadet Corps (NCC) was made optional, has ...
Blazing a new trail
Those looking to make a career in the maritime industry have to undergo basic training in fire safety and fire fighting.
Cross the English barrier
The new TOEFL that assesses skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking will come into effect in September this year.
For those in love with oceans
Despite the natural disaster that struck the Asian coasts last month, mankind has vastly benefited from the oceans. Oceanography offers good career opportunities.
A career as company secretary
THE ICSI is a premier national professional body established under an Act of Parliament, the Company Secretaries Act, 1980. This functions under the administrative control of Department of Company Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and has been set up ...
CAMPUS CONNECT
Sharing sorrows and rebuilding lives
FORTY FIRST-YEAR post-graduate students of social work (MSW) from the CSI Bishop Appasamy College attended a 10-day relief work camp to help rebuild the lives of tsunami victims in Tirunelveli district. Led by four members of the faculty, the ...
MBA for working executives
THERE IS a solution for professionals working in corporate houses who cannot go on long study leave to do any management course. The Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, will offer a master's programme in Business Administration for ...
TKM Trust launches catering institute
TO MARK the Silver Jubilee Year of its formation, the Hajee TKM Trust has expanded its activities to the educational field and started an institute of catering and hotel management. Canan Fathima Gani Institute of Catering and Hotel Management ...

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