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Increasing number of students on repeat suspensions
Official figures suggest that disruptive students are being given repeat suspensions rather than being permanently excluded from England’s schools.
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Promotion of Higher Education in Africa
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is in Kigali this week promoting partnerships between American and African universities. The goal is to use higher education to drive development in Africa. For VOA, Thomas Rippe reports from...
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AICTE gives green signal for Second Shift Polytechnics
All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), high-power committee has given green signal for
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AzimPremji Foundation to set up a University for teachers
Azim Premji Foundation announced to set up a university, dedicated for techer training, aimed at creating a pool of education professionals including teacher educators and education managers.
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Virtual classroom becomes reality in UP
Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) is trying to make virtual classroom as reality in UP. The university has embarked to create an information technology hub at Noida. Initially, the hub will cater to ten nodal centres...
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Pune to become a research hub
President Pratibha Patil while addressing the 10th convocation ceremony of the Bharati Vidyapeeth University (BVU) envisioned Pune as the next centre for excellence and emphasised the need to focus on innovative approaches and research practices at...
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CDs to check questions leak during examinations
Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has decided to send the questions in Compact Discs (CDs) to its engineering and pharmaceutical colleges for the next semester examinations.
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IITs rank amongst top 200 universities in the world
Times Higher Education-QS World University Ranking survey for 2008 announced recently found only two Indian institutes in the top 200, IIT-Delhi and IIT-Bombay ranked 154 and 174 respectively.
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IITs rank amongst top 200 universities in the world
Times Higher Education-QS World University Ranking survey for 2008 announced recently found only two Indian institutes in the top 200, IIT-Delhi and IIT-Bombay ranked 154 and 174 respectively.
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University faces faculty crunch as 50% seats vacant
A survey by the University Grants Commission
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e-University to be launched in Bahrain
Bahrain is launching an electronic university, which will offer online courses to students from all over the Middle East and Asia. The Education Ministry of Bahrain has signed an agreement with the Malaysia-based, non-profit organisation to...
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ADB supports Cambodia to boost technical, vocational education
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping Cambodia to improve its technical and vocational education training (TVET) system and make the country more skilled and educated workforce.