It's nearly time for the final job placements at the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, and students here are mentally gearing up to face the toughest placement the campus has witnessed till date, thanks to the recession.

The placements have been slated for February 27, but there seems to be an unofficial gag order on the campus because officials, students and faculty members are tight-lipped on what's in store this year.

"Lateral placements, which began in December, will conclude on February 26. While final placements will start from February 27 onwards," said Vineet Sharma, a student placement committee member.

The paper of English is as important as of other subjects. Students need to take it seriously and keep in mind that a good score in this subject will help them in future.

Section A of the paper has questions based on comprehension and note making.

In comprehension, students should read the passage quickly, focus on the main ideas and their sequence. Thereafter, they should locate the answers of the questions in the passage. Students should restrain from copying the answers verbatim from the passage.

The schools of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the city are going the ‘holistic health’ way, as the comprehensive school health manuals will be taught in the schools from April 1.

The manuals are designed on the guidelines of the CBSE and World Health Organisation and they will be the part of the school curriculum. These manuals will be taught as a part of physical education.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has put forward certain measures conducted for the appraisal of college lecturers. The terms are that teachers be  present at the colleges for five hours every day and the leave be brought down from 10 to eight days. Prof M Govindaiah speaks to Team DNA about the methods of appraisal that colleges can adopt.

First, the terms and conditions to be approved finally by the State Government will take some time. Now just UGC has put forward such a thing.

London, Feb 23 : When it comes to sexual relationships, parents should not tell their kids what is right and what is wrong, according to a new British Government advice leaflet.

The guide suggests that parents should use light and informal moments, such as when watching TV, rather than sitting teenagers down for a "big talk".

According to the leaflet, the purpose of this approach is to encourage openness and honesty.

Moreover, the guide suggests that parents could use the lives of celebrities as a way of introducing the topic,

London, Feb. 20: A number of Muslim schools are promoting Islamic extremism and encouraging pupils to grow up despising Britain, a think tank report has claimed.

Youngsters are discouraged from playing cricket and board games, listening to western music and even reading Shakespeare plays or Harry Potter books by fanatics targeting classrooms, the research says.

Some children are even being told to shun "the evil system of western culture" and encouraged to live in "ghettos".

The vile diktats appear on school websites or on other Internet sites linked directly to school sites and operated by fundamentalist groups.