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Bengaluru, Karnataka, March 9, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- JustInternationalSchools.com has launched a beginner's guide on International Baccalaureate (IB) education in India. A wide range of international schools in India offer high quality International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes to students. Founded in 1968 it is run by a non-governmental organization called the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

NEW DELHI -- Indian lawmakers approved a historic bill Tuesday that would set aside one-third of all legislative seats for women, a move aimed at overturning six decades of male-dominated decision-making in this country.

The bill, which drew fierce opposition before its passage in the upper house of parliament, would guarantee seats for women in the national legislature and all state assemblies in the world's largest democracy, where women have been largely kept on the sidelines of the legislative process.

It is very heartening to see that education has finally started to attract the attention it has always deserved but was given an inexplicable short shrift especially in the last 20 years or so. While India talked about financial and other reforms, the education sector actually saw even more regressive policy steps and more stifling of efforts to create high-quality capacity from primary schooling right through post-graduate studies.

All those who were privileged to watch India's brilliant run in the Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket in 1985 ought to have freezed those images of Ravi Shastri driving the Audi car all over the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with his colleagues seated at the front, back and on top of the car.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Indian government is giving out scholarships to children of Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) for undergraduate professio­nal and general courses in India during the 2010-11 academic year.

The undergraduate courses include engineering, architecture, technology, humanities, liberal arts, commerce, management (business administration and business management), journalism, hotel management, agriculture/ animal husbandry, sciences and law.

There are no scholarships for medical and related courses.

Do new MBA graduates of India’s institutes and universities meet the expectations of their first employers?

According to a study by Higher Education Forum (BEF), there are gaps that exist between the expectations of the employers and certain skills.

The ‘Skill Gap Survey’ is conducted to systematically evaluate if there are gaps in the expectations and performance of newly hired MBAs in the Indian Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector.

They balanced homes and careers, often with great success. But breaking bastions and new grounds was not easy, say a cross-section of women who look back on their lives this International Women's Day.

And what keeps them going? Determination, they chorus.

"My message to the women is that if you have a goal then you have to let all the rest eddy around you - but you need not totally reject all that the Indian society forces on you," Anjolie Ela Menon, the 70-year-old artist said.

The Bar Council of India is against the Centre's move to introduce the National Commission of Higher Education and Research Bill, on the ground that it proposes to take away the BCI's powers in legal education.

The BCI, at its emergency meeting here on Sunday, unanimously decided to oppose tooth and nail the “adventurist and highly condemnable” proposals in the Bill and urged the government to drop it.

Ahemadabad : In a bid to spruce up medical education in India, the Medical Council of India plans to create an apical body. The proposed body is likely to absorb best teachers and run virtual classroom orientation courses for teachers. In addition, students and teachers in all medical institutions will now be able to punch in their attendance using the biometric system with smart cards.

“The biometric system will be installed in all the 300 medical colleges across India within two months,” said MCI president Ketan Desai.

From being a perfect homemaker to a daredevil wildlife photographer, women have displayed their capability to multi-task and excel. Whether it is the run-of-the-mill or an offbeat profession, for her, career is a passion and not a mere job.

On the eve of Women's Day, we get chatty with some achievers among us who have dared to banish stereotypes, and boldly followed their heart, their instinct - family and peer pressure notwithstanding.

Here are their success stories...

Virni Bazaz Agarwal, Television programmer and censor