New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Oracle has signed an agreement with ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) to implement Oracle Academy curriculum across 450 educational institutions in the state to help foster the next generation…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday approved Rs 390 crore to be given as scholarships to Scheduled Caste students of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab where assembly elections are due next year….
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) The West Bengal Board of Madrassa Education has proposed to the state government to start ‘vocational madrassas’ for students class eight onwards, an official said. “The vocational madrassa would run parallel…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A life-skills and career counselling training model implemented in a section of state-run schools in West Bengal for teachers and students at the secondary level will be expanded to other parts…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said Indian universities and colleges can tie up with foreign educational institutions (FEIs) in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to the award…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said learning outcomes in schools have dipped to at least 30 percent in India. “One of our biggest challenges has been… when…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) The National Ranking Framework (NRF) will have a separate set of parameters for the premier Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) from the next academic year, said Union Human…
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) A vast majority of Indian parents, as many as 71 per cent, are willing to take debt to fund their children’s higher education, said a study conducted by a leading…
Patna, June 28 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday arrested Bihar School Examination Board clerk Ram Bujhawan Jha in connection with the Class 12 toppers’ scam, police said. Earlier, Jha was detained and…
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Sixtynine million children under age five will die from mostly preventable causes, 167 million children will live in poverty, and 750 million women will have been married as children by…
Mumbai, June 28 (IANS) Star batsman Ajinkya Rahane on Tuesday batted for P&G’s flagship Corporate Social Responsibility programme P&G Shiksha and emphasised the importance of education in the lives of children. P&G Shiksha has supported…
Bengaluru, June 27 (IANS) After busting a private university racket last week, police are grilling fake vice chancellor Santosh Lohar for leads to trace and arrests others involved in the scam, a police official said…
Bhubaneswar, June 27 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday launched a new scheme “Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana” to provide education loan at one per cent interest to students for pursuing higher studies. The…
Patna, June 27 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday arrested Bihar School Examination Board’s former secretary Hariharnath Jha here in connection with the Class 12 toppers’ scam, police said. Jha had been detained…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The journalism school of Jamia Milia Islamia has been rated as the best in India by a weekly after a countrywide survey. “Jamia Millia Islamia’s Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC)…
Beijing, June 27 (IANS) A Chinese university information website has released a list of 30 fake colleges in the country, officials said on Monday. This is the sixth such list released by sdaxue.com. Prior to…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The IIT-Kharagpur and Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) will jointly offer an integrated MSc-PhD programme in chemical and molecular biology, officials said on Monday. The course will bring…
Shimla, June 26 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has emerged as role model in the field of education since the literacy rate there has reached 88 per cent while the net enrolment ratio in respect of elementary…
By Aparajita Gupta New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) India will soon launch a Rs 1,800 crore ($265 million) Digital Literacy Mission for 60 million people in rural areas as another initiative to bridge the gulf…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 25 (IANS) BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Saturday continued to target Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to come clean on how he got admission to IIT Kharagpur. Distributing copies of the…