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Mumbai University has announced in its perspective plans that it will not grant affiliation to any new college in the 2015-16 academic year. According to a senior university official, “Since, handling huge number of colleges is...
Speaking at the annual convocation of the Azim Premji University (APU), Chancellor Chairman Azim Premji lamented on the problems that faced education. He said of the nearly 6 million teachers, twenty percent were not sincere and...
Kodaikanal International School (KIS), plans to put its campus near Palani Hills for academic purposes. It plans to set up an experiential learning centre on the campus for research on environment and an outdoor campus experience....
In order to protect children against crime committed against them, schools in Thane have started giving self-defence lessons to help them during emergencies. Thane has seen a nearly 100 percent rise in kidnapping cases between 2011-2013....
Global search giant Google Inc has joined hands with Indian government to promote Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Digital India programme by launching a nationwide contest for developing a mobile application for the PM’s office. “MyGov,...
National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) has signed a MoU with design software maker Autodesk for developing a course thorough which they will provide access to high-end design software free of cost for students. According...
Stressing on girl child education, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was the key to women empowerment. In a television interview, Modi condemned the anti-rape statements given by several political leaders and said,”More damage is done...
HRD Minister Smriti Irani, while participating in a joint meeting of Sadharan Sabha and working committee of Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan of Vidya Bharti, said efforts were being made to impart education that promotes Indian culture....
India’s largest bank, State Bank of India (SBI), is offering credit cards to students who avail of education loans with them. The move is to gauge the students’ cradit history and keep bad loans down. SBI...
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan asked for a re-thinking on easy credit for education loans, saying banks were subsidising them under the priority sector lending (PSL) segment. Addressing bankers at an industry summit, he said, “We actually...
The Human Resource Development Ministry has circulated the draft bill to create common norms for central universities to all the central universities asking them for suggestions within three weeks. According to minutes of the retreat of...
Delhi University, premier institution of higher learning is in turmoil these days with teachers demanding the sacking of Vice Chancellor Dinesh singh even as students called for the removal of three teachers for being ‘insensitive’ and...