New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) About 50 per cent students from Class V and 25 per cent from Class VIII from government schools across the country cannot read a simple text –letter, words, simple paragraph…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The government has given in-principle approval to a vedic university to be established at the central level, which will be run by the consumer goods giant Patanjali — the brainchild…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday decided to increase the number of Urdu Certificate Course Centres from eight to 50, to promote the language. The decision was taken in a meeting…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of objectionable remarks made by a Jadavpur University professor and sought police action against him. “I request you…
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) A section of Jadavpur University students on Tuesday boycotted classes and began an agitation demanding expulsion of International Relations’ Professor Kanak Sarkar for his comments on virginity. Sarkar, meanwhile, regretted ‘his…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The upper caste quota law will be applicable to all higher education institutions — private and government — from the upcoming academic session, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash…
Kharagpur, Jan 15 (IANS) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and University of Alberta (UoA), one of Canada’s top ranking university, have inked a pact to explore opportunities for a joint doctoral degree programme. In…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla on Tuesday said the government is open to reconsider the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on certain components in the education…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday set January 19 for considering a chargesheet filed against former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leaders Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a sedition case…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) Sensex surged over 340 points during the afternoon session of the trade on Tuesday as lower inflation figures gave way to expectations of an ease in the monetary policy by the…
By Amit Kapoor Both China and India started building their national education systems under comparable conditions in the late 1940s. Different policies and historical circumstances have, however, led them to different educational outcomes, with China…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) In view of life-threatening thunderstorms and lightning during the pre-monsoon season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has decided to implement an end-to-end prediction system for predicting thunderstorms or lightning by…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday put an interim stay on a Jawaharlal Nehru University administration’s decision making it mandatory for the faculty to mark their attendance every day. Justice…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 14 (IANS) The NHRC on Monday asked the Odisha government to submit a report over a Class 8 student delivering a baby girl in a state-run tribal residential school in Kandhamal district. Taking…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ Union (JNUSU) on Monday termed filing of chargesheet against 10 JNU students for rioting and sedition a “clear case of vendetta” by the ruling party…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Delhi Police on Monday filed a chargesheet against former JNU Students Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a sedition case after some students shouted “anti-national slogans” in…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 13 (IANS) Tension ran high on Sunday after a minor student of a state-run tribal residential school in Odisha’s Kandhamal district delivered a baby girl in her hostel, officials said. The Kandhamal district…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Jan 13 (IANS) Located in the heart of the capital of Rajasthan, this all-girls school, started by an erstwhile queen, began a silent revolution in 1943 when the region was steeped…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The National Youth Parliament Festival, where youth from across the country will share their ideas on how to make India better, began on Saturday. “Every year we celebrate a national…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Delhi government will open six world class skill centres (WCSCs) in the national capital in March, with a total capacity of 720 seats, to prepare students to acquire different…