New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Days after making Aadhar Card mandatory for availing mid-day meal, the government on Tuesday clarified that no one will be deprived of the benefits for lack of the identification card….
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Stressing the importance of innovation in teaching techniques, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday urged teachers to nurture inquisitive spirit of students. “Curiosity is the ground for…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The city police on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that it has already set up a three-member committee to probe the alleged misbehavior and beating of women students by…
New York, March 7 (IANS) White supremacists are engaged in an unprecedented outreach effort to attract and recruit students on American college campuses, according to a report. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish non-governmental organisation…
By Anurag Dey New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Apprehensive that the Centre’s move to let IIMs award degrees would jeopardise their prospects, business schools offering a post-graduate diploma in management (PGDM) want the government to…
Agartala, March 7 (IANS) The Tripura government has decided to set up at least one English medium school in every block by next year, Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty said on Tuesday. “To educate the children…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday presented the visitor’s award for the best university to Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University while noting the research activities in the Central universities should align with…
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) A group of 40-odd “outsiders” on Monday vandalised a south Kolkata college and beat up students, including girls, following a dispute over holding of a cultural programme. According to students, the…
Athens, March 6 (IANS) Protestors in Athens on Monday launched at least five Molotov cocktails at the Greek Parliament during an anti-education reform protest. High school students had gathered at the iconic Syntagma Square to…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Monday praised the Delhi government’s achievements in health, education and other sectors and said 1,000 Mohalla Clinics will be set up within six months. Addressing…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) A court here on Monday asked the Delhi Police to file its action taken report against those who allegedly raised anti-national slogans at Delhi University’s Ramjas College. Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash…
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has set up a creche within its campus to ensure that kids are looked after even when their mothers are busy with teaching and research,…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday transferred the case relating to the suicide by Amity Law School student Sushant Rohilla to the Delhi High Court. A bench of Justice A.K. Goel…
London, March 6 (IANS) Sexual harassment, misconduct and gender violence by university staff across the UK are at epidemic levels, a media report said. A Guardian report said Freedom of Information (FoI) requests sent to…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 6 (IANS) Ahmedabad-based journalist Smitha Rajan has been chosen for a fellowship in the US funded by a foundation started by prominent Indian-American IT entrepreneur Frank Islam and his wife…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 6 (IANS) Indian-American investor and philanthropist Frank Islam hopes that a $2-million management school set up by him at his alma mater, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), will become an…
By Aroonim Bhuyan Taipei, March 5 (IANS) Under a new foreign policy it adopted last year, Taiwan is seeking to woo more foreign students, including from India, to study in its institutes of higher learning….
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) The financial burden imposed by a section of private schools is acting as a veil on the merit of students, West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said on Saturday. His statement…
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday termed as shocking the central government’s decision to link Aaadhaar card with the midday meals programme in schools. “Now even infants (0-5 years)…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Aimed at recognising innovative ideas for effective management of the educational administrative system at the district and block levels, a three-day national conference will begin here from Sunday. Organised by…