Indian students in US up by 25%
Hyderabad, Nov 14 (IANS) The number of Indian students studying in the US has gone up to over 165,000 during academic year 2015-16, a growth of 25 per cent over the previous year, says a…
Education
Saudi Arabia bans schools from marking non-Islamic holidays
Riyadh, Nov 14 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has warned international schools from marking non-Islamic occasions such as Christmas and New Year. The ban includes forbidding the schools from providing holidays on such occasions or changing the…
Saudi bans schools from marking non-Islamic holidays
Riyadh, Nov 14 (IANS) Saudi Education Ministry has warned international schools from marking non-Islamic occasions, such as Christmas and New Year, the media reported on Monday. The ban includes forbidding those schools from providing holidays…
Students to sit for Kashmir secondary school exams
Srinagar, Nov 14 (IANS) Over one lakh students are scheduled to take secondary school exams beginning in Kashmir on Monday following adequate security arrangements in the valley, education officials said. “One lakh five hundred students…
45,000 Kerala schools to benefit from Hi-Tech IT School project
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13 (IANS) A hi-tech school project that began as a pilot project in four assembly constituencies is all set to be introduced in the remaining 136 constituencies this week and will cover 45,000…
Students in Bengaluru on hunger strike, allege wrongly failed
Bengaluru, Nov 13 (IANS) More than 100 students of Visvesvaraya Technical University (VTU) sat on a hunger strike on Saturday alleging a cock-up in the checking of their papers by the examiners, resulting in an…
Missing student: JNU Students Union burns Rajnath’s effigy
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Members of JNU Students Union (JNUSU) on Saturday burnt an effigy of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and varsity Vice Chancellor M. Jagdesh Kumar for failing to trace Najeeb Ahmed,…
JNU students face demonetisation problems
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The ongoing cash crunch in the wake of demonetisation hasn’t spared even the student community in Jawaharlal Nehru University, with many finding the availability of food in the hostel mess…
JNU students union burns Rajnath’s effigy
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Members of JNU Students Union (JNUSU) on Saturday burnt an effigy of Home Minister Rajnath Singh and varsity Vice Chancellor M. Jagdesh Kumar for failing to trace Najeeb Ahmed, a…
JNU missing student’s case transferred to Crime Branch
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Delhi Police has transferred the case of the missing Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed to its Crime Branch, an official said on Saturday. “We have transferred the Najeeb Ahmed…
Turin lecturer held ‘for offering student good grades for sex’
Turin (Italy), Nov 12 (IANS/AKI) A law professor at the University of Turin is under house arrest for allegedly demanding sex from a female student in exchange for good exam grades, police said on Friday….
President to host second visitor’s conference
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) President Pranab Mukhrjee will host the second visitor’s conference here at Rashtrapati Bhavan starting November 16, an official said on Friday. The conference would provide an opportunity to the heads…
Countrywide campus protests on Nov 15 for missing JNU student
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The JNU Students Union (JNUSU) on Friday called upon major student organisations across the country to hold campus protests on November 14-15 and to intensify the fight for Najeeb Ahmed,…
Care India urges free education for all children
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Education should be free for all children in a safe and secure environment, according to a statement released by leading NGO Care India here on Friday. “Children between 0-6 years…
11-year old Pune girl wins ‘Doodle 4 Google’ contest
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Eleven-year-old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang has been named national winner of the “Doodle 4 Google” contest. The sixth standard student from Vibgyor High School in Balewadi area was chosen…
DU Professor Sundar will not be arrested, Chhattisgarh tells SC
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government on Friday assured the Supreme Court that it will not arrest Delhi University Professor Nandini Sundar who has been named as an accused in the alleged murder…
Universities should embrace innovation in big way: Andhra CM
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Underlining the importance of innovations, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandra babu Naidu on Thursday said the country’s education system should move ahead of traditional ways and embrace innovation. “The…
Panjab, Birmingham varsities come together to improve quality of life
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Experts from Chandigarhs Panjab University (PU) and the University of Birmingham have kick-started an initiative to improve the quality of life in the two cities — and…
Rebel shelling kills 6 in Aleppo University campus
Aleppo (Syria), Nov 10 (IANS) Rebel shelling has killed at least six civilians and injured many others on the Aleppo University campus, which houses families displaced by the Syrian conflict, officials said on Thursday. The…
Need to introduce industry designed courses: Sisodia
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday emphasised on introducing industry designed courses within the education curriculum at schools. While addressing an international symposium on creative education, he also underlined…