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Higher Education
Technology Driven Education in UK
Technology is playing an increasingly central role in the development of education in the UK, according to teachers.tv.
Corporate Updates
Everonn Systems reports good revenue for its Last Quarter
Everonn Systems’ net profit grew to INR 7.88 crore from INR 4.04 crore in the previous year. Everonn Systems currently provides computer-aided learning in government schools in many Indian states.
Corporate Updates
Educomp Solutions bags order of INR 1.2 billion
Educomp Solutions said on Friday that it has received orders worth INR 1.2 billion from Uttar Pradesh and Assam governments to implement computer education in 2,042 schools in the two Indian states.
Policy Matters
No JEE centre in Singapore says Ministry
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has shot down the IITs’ proposal to set up a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) centre in Singapore.
Policy Matters
Government: Computers to be available @ Rs 500
Indian Government is set to make available low-cost computers at USD 10 within six months.
News
Pilot agreement for Open access journal publishing Signed between UC libraries and Springer
The University of California libraries and Springer Science and Business Media (Springer) have concluded a groundbreaking experimental agreement to support open access publishing by UC authors.
News
Founder & Chairman of GEMS Education gets Padmashri award
The Government of India has honoured Founder & Chairman of GEMS Education, Sunny Varkey with the Padmashri award.
News
Launch of National Mission on Education through ICT
Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development, will launch the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology on 3rd February 2009 in Tirupati.
Higher Education
Malaysian varsity to get Symbiosis aid in developing course work
The Symbiosis Open Education Society (SoES) has entered into a tie-up with the Malaysian Wawasan Open University (WOU) for academic collaboration.
Higher Education
IITs to get accreditation from National Board of Accreditation
The IIT directors will formulate a policy for getting accreditation from the NBA, the accreditation body for engineering education under All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).
Higher Education
Country may get its First Music University at Mumbai
Rajesh Tope, Minister for Higher and Technical Education, proposed to Maharashtra Government, for a University dedicated to music.