New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Experts in the education sector have hailed the announcement of “Study in India” programme by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to attract foreign students in the country. They also believe that…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) In a bid to place India on the global arena, an amount of Rs 400 crore has been provided in Budget 2019 to create world class educational institutions. This is…
Guwahati, July 5 (IANS) Newly appointed Director of IIT-Guwahati (IIT-G) T. G. Sitharam is planning to expand the reach of the institution to other parts of the northeast by opening extension centres. Sitharam, who took…
Lucknow, July 5 (IANS) In order to check malpractices in secondary examinations, the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad has decided to introduce new answer sheets which will have lines in different colours. This will check…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Calling for their contribution in the making of the country’s education policy in 21st century, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked the higher educational institutions to organise a series…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) In a bid to promote Sanskrit, the government has advised Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RSKS), Delhi, Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (SLBSRSV), Delhi and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (RSV), Tirupati…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Once considered as top-notch courses in Delhi University, B.Com Honours and B.A. Economics Honours, are finding hard to attract admissions. Top colleges like Hindu, Lady Shri Ram, Miranda House, Ramjas…
By Pragya Singh New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Questioning the methodology adopted by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) to arrive at its world university rankings, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has decided to recommend to the…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) In the second cut-off list released on Wednesday night, most colleges of Delhi University closed admissions for the two most popular courses – B.A. (Honours) in Political Science and English….
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Emphasising quality education to the remotest corner of the country, Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Wednesday said that schools have the responsibility of preparing the country’s future leadership….
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) The ionic Basant Kumar Birla, respectfully and lovingly called B.K., was a visionary industrialist who could spot businesses of the future for the country and go about clinically using his great…
Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) In another three days, he would have completed his Master of Designing course from the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H), but fearing he might not do well, Mark Andrew Charles ended…
Shimla, July 3 (IANS) Delhi World Public School will set up its campus in Himachal Pradesh, it announced on Wednesday. A memorandum of understanding was signed between the state government and the school here. With…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court will on Friday hear a plea challenging Delhi University’s mandatory deduction of 2.5 per cent mstks in case a student change stream while seeking admission. A…
Ahmedabad, July 3 (IANS) The Gujarat government plans to create as many as 10,000 virtual classrooms in its schools among a slew of measures to upgrade information technology-based education, as part of highest-ever allocation of…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday postponed remedial classes for students of class 10 and 12 until further notice, due to the hot weather in the city. The direction came after…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) on Tuesday held demonstrations inside the Calcutta University campus, accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress’ students union of taking ‘cut money’ for students’ admission in various…
Ghaziabad, July 2 (IANS) In view of the severe heat, the summer holidays of schools in Ghaziabad have been extended till July 4, an official said on Tuesday. The schools have been asked to reopen…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The OP Jindal Global University (JGU) has featured as the only private university from India in a global list of top 150 ‘young’ universities that was released here on Tuesday….
Chennai, July 2 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswami on Tuesday said the state government will follow the existing 69 per cent reservation policy in medical college admissions. Speaking in the Assembly on the issue…