Chandigarh, Jan 4 (IANS) Haryana has issued a warning to its schools and their teachers where students did not do well in recently conducted tests to evaluate the minimum learning level of students. Additional Chief…
By Francis Kokutse Accra, Jan 4 (IANS) The Cote d’Ivoire-based Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) is hoping India will help develop higher education across the continent through a strategic partnership to…
Khushboo Balani By 2020, India will have the worlds largest working population– 869 million — but an IndiaSpend analysis of indicators on literacy, school enrolment, learning outcomes, and education spending across four states — with…
Tirupati, Jan 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday offered prayers at the Lord Venkateshwara temple atop the Tirumala here. Accompanied by Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, he…
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Google dedicated a doodle on Tuesday to mark the 186th birth anniversary of India’s 19th century social reformer Savitribai Jyotirao Phule, among the country’s first to speak up for the rights…
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Google dedicated a Doodle on Tuesday to mark the 186th birth anniversary of India’s 19th century social reformer Savitribai Jyotirao Phule, considered the first feminist of the country. Savitribai K. Patil…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2 (IANS) Three lakh schoolchildren in Kerala will, in two years time, come under the ICT Club, the largest students’ IT network in the country managed by the state owned IT@School Project. The…
Agartala, Jan 2 (IANS) The Tripura government has launched a special drive to provide education to every child, including those who are differently abled and do not attend school, an official said on Monday. “On…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday appointed Professor David R. Syiemlieh as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Syiemlieh is from Meghalaya, and was a UPSC member. “The…
Beijing, Jan 2 (IANS) More than 34 million rural students have benefited from the Chinese government’s rural nutrition programme since 2011, according to the Ministry of Education. The programme was launched on a pilot basis…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) It is an act of kindness and gratitude, but veiled in anonymity. Students of private and government schools and other institutions in Chandigarh have adopted a “Wall of…
Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) A senior cabinet minister had sat on a protest outside Punjab Raj Bhawan after the Chandigarh Police did not pay heed to his pleas to remove demonstrating unemployed teachers from his…
Jammu, Dec 31 (IANS) To create a single source of readily available database for policy-making, evaluation and distribution of resources, the state education department on Saturday launched the internet-based School Management Information System (SMIS). Launched…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) After students, the JNU administration on Friday served a notice to a professor for addressing a meeting two days back at the administrative block, where the offices of university officials…
London, Dec 30 (IANS) Despite the assumption that English is the lingua franca of global science, one-third of new conservation science documents published annually are in non-local languages and as a result some important scientific…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) At least four IIT Kharagpur alumni are in the Forbes 30 under 30 list, its director said on Thursday. “Forbes 30 under 30. At least Four IIT KGP-ians if not more….
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that his ministry will establish world class educational institutions for the students belonging to minority communities. Chairing…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The students of IIT Madras received a rude shock on Thursday morning when they found the institute’s website hacked and pro-Pakistan messages posted on it. The website apparently was hacked…
Mysuru, Dec 29 (IANS) Exhorting the youth to join the Scouts and Guide movement, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the activities would enrich life skills. “Scouting and guiding is a tool for enriching life…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday decided to restructure and upgrade the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) and District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs). SCERT and DIETs…