13 Percent hike in Budget Allocation for Higher Education
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Giving a boost to higher learning and with the promise of providing one major central institute in each state, India Satur
Loans, Scholarships to Help Needy Students
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The government will set up an authority to administer and monitor scholarship as well educational loan schemes, Finance Mi
Government Announces new IIT, IIMs
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The government Saturday announced the setting up of an IIT in Karnataka along with IIMs in Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pr
80,000 Secondary Schools to be Upgraded
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the government was committed to providing quality education and planned to upg
Moral, Cultural values must with Education: Rajnath
Greater Noida, Feb 27 (IANS) Underlining the need of moral and cultural values for students, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday called for promotio
More students appearing for this year's boards
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The number of girls and boys appearing for this year's board exams for class 10th and 12th have increased by 3.37 percent
Marked improvement in female literacy: Economic Survey
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India has witnessed a marked improvement in female literacy, the Economic Survey said Friday.Though male literacy is still
Government committed to using technology: Heptulla
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The government is committed to promoting the use and advancement of technology for the development of the country, said un
Harmonisation of academic standards needed for SAARC cooperation
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Calling upon India to play a major role in enhancing educational cooperation among SAARC countries, stakeholders Tuesday adv
Amartya Sen's withdrawal sad day for Nalanda: Sugato Bose
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Coming out in support of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who has decided to withdraw his candidature as Nalanda University chanc
Will regain lost years in IT : Chandy
Kochi, Feb 21 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy reiterated his vision of a "Digital Kerala" leading India's technology sector, while launc
Mizoram Schools to begin Classes early
Aizawl, Feb 21 (IANS) Schools across Mizoram will begin classes at 8 a.m. from the next academic session beginning April to avail daylight savings,
Clear view that government doesn't want me: Amartya Sen
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Friday said that despite Nalanda University Visitor, President Pranab Mukherjee, being in favou
Kailash Satyarthi calls for a New '3D' among Youth
Gurgaon, Feb 20 (IANS) Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi said that the youth has to create a new variant of 3D (three-dimension) within their minds
'Learn to code' project for school kids in Kerala
Kochi, Feb 19 (IANS) Thousands of school children across Kerala will be given computer programming kits and trained to write software code under a
Mumbai University VC asked to keep off duties
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao Thursday directed Mumbai University Vice Chancellor Rajan Welukar to "abstain" from attending d
DU students protest outside Delhi Secretariat
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Over 50 students from Delhi University's School of Open Learning (SOL) Tuesday staged protest outside Delhi Secretariat de
Delhi children exposed to very unhealthy air in schools: Greenpeace India
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The air inside Delhi schools is "very unhealthy" and could affect lung functioning resulting in respiratory illness among
Delhi World Book Fair to get bigger in 2016
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The aggressive and smart marketing and communication strategies of the organisers of the Delhi World Book Fair 2015 have m
Unconventional courses render students jobless (Education Feature)
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) Kiran Chaudhary, 24, had glittery dreams when she decided to pursue a career in life sciences in 2009. The decision, made
