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Insufficient funds: A threat to Nigerian Varsities
President Umaru Musa Yar’adua yesterday said insufficient funds have been a major threat to the anticipated growth and survival of the Nigerian universities.
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Placements extended at Indian School of Business
The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad ranked among top B-School in the world has extended its placement season for the first time since it came into existence.
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H.K Firodia Award to be conferred on Yashpal and Annadurai
Professor Yashpal and M.Annadurai chosen for H.K Firodia award to be presented in Pune on December 23rd.
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Course in Applied Sign Language launched by IGNOU
Hearing impaired students to be given Bachelor of Arts in Applied Sign Language by IGNOU to empower them educationally.
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Harvard hard to enter in hard times
Harvard University, the world’s richest university, told on Monday that 112 students applied for a spot in the class of 2013 out of which only 7 % were accepted.
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Insurance cover to be provided for students, parents by Panjab University
Panjab University (PU) has decided to provide all its students insurance cover of INR 200,000 from the next academic session and a separate insurance cover of INR100,000 for the students’ parents.
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Drama school soon in Madhya Pradesh
The dream of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to have a state-run drama school on the lines of National School of Drama (NSD) promoting folk theatre and others arts of central India has finally...
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New Zealand attracts Indian students with education fair
Hundreds of students, clutching brochures and study certificates, thronged the day-long New Zealand Education Fair held in the capital on Sunday.
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Universities to get more autonomy through self regulation
A high-level committee has suggested that universities should be made self-regulatory bodies and recommended a new governing structure to help them preserve their autonomy.
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eCourse for UP Technical University by IIT
Students studying in undergraduate programmes offered by the UP Technical University (UPTU) can soon access around 500 web-based and video courses on various engineering streams.
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Coming 10 years to see Degree College for every block, says Punjab CM
For improving the reach of higher education in rural areas of the state, the Punjab Government has announced that a degree college will be opened in all rural development blocks in the next 10 years.
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Poverty eradication: An initaitive by TN University
Bharathidasan University in Tamil Nadu (TN) has designed a programme to eradicate poverty in all the eight districts in central TN falling under its jurisdiction, said Vice-Chancellor, Ponnavaikko.