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New schemes of Education Dept gets Rs 4,510 crore outlay

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The Education Department’s annual budget estimates plan outlay of Rs 4,510 crore. It proposes few new schemes for 2014-15 apart from extending existing schemes. This is aimed to improve the quality of education especially at primary...

Higher Education

India-US universities starts joint EMBA program

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Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have commenced a joint Executive MBA (EMBA) programme. Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, director, IIT Bombay and Prof. Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor,...

Higher Education

Irani looks to boost innovative curriculum in schools

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Plans are on by the government to form a national innovation policy that would stress on innovation at the school level. Informing the directors and chairmen of 16 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) about the policy at...

Higher Education

Cut-paste approach to end at IIM-C

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The cut-paste approach will no longer be appreciated at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C). Worried about the increasing tendency by students to copy from the Internet and other sources, the IIM-C has adopted a specialised software to...

Policy Matters

UGC stresses on teachers’ training courses

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Vice-chancellors of all universities have been asked to focus on strengthening and improving teachers’ education in universities. In a letter sent on June 30, Ved Prakash, Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), listed several steps that include synchronising teachers’...