Policy Matters
Singapore to turn high schools into IT labs
Singapore government is bent on turning the country
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US educationist claims to have the answer to UK failing schools
Schools in Britain are going nowhere fast. This week the Government announced that hundreds of secondary schools would have to close if they didn’t improve results. The education watchdog now plans to give failing schools more...
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Pennsylvania distance learning brings flexibility to state-wide training
Conducting disaster preparedness meetings among 14 Pennsylvania universities no longer requires hours or even days of travel time for university administrators. Instead, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is using interactive collaboration software from...
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Smart Wireless Classroom audio system set for August release
Smart Technologies this week introduced a new classroom audio system. Dubbed ‘Smart Audio’, the system provides wireless audio (using both microphones and third-party audio devices, such as MP3/4 players), along with integration with Smart interactive whiteboard...
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New Horizons India invests in new SBU –
New Horizons India Ltd, a joint venture of New Horizons Worldwide Inc. and the Shriram Group, a training and education brand in India, have set up a new Strategic Business Unit (SBU) to deliver world class,...
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China’s investment in education accelerating overall economic growth
China’s increasing investment in its educational system will accelerate the move toward rapid wage growth, higher levels of consumer demand, slowing population growth, and overall economic development, according to a new report from the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI.
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Educomp, Everonn expand in Andhra
Educomp Solutions Limited and Chennai-based Everonn Systems India have received letters of intent (LoIs) from Andhra Pradesh government for implementing computer-aided learning in the state under the built, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) model.
Higher Education
AP to have one university in every district
Andhra Pradesh would soon have at least one university in every district with the decision of the YS Rajasekhara Reddy cabinet on Wednesday to set up six new universities in a bid to boost higher education...
Corporate Updates
D E Shaw plans US$200-mn education blitzkrieg
D E Shaw, a global private equity firm with US$36 billion in assets, is understood to be planning around US$200 million investment in the Indian education sector by taking up strategic positions in companies offering e-learning,...
K-12
India gets INR12 bn British aid for education
The Department for International Development of Britain Wednesday announced aid worth INR 12.6 billion for universalising elementary education in India. The funds will go to India
Policy Matters
Strict regulations required for enforcing anti-ragging measures: Committee
Expressing disappointment over some degree of helplessness shown by the regulatory bodies in eliciting information from educational institutions, the Raghavan Committee has asked the regulatory bodies to prepare specific and strict regulations to enforce anti-ragging measures...
Policy Matters
New HRD Ministry scheme on niclusive education for special children
India is set to upgrade its commitment to high school education for the disabled from merely ‘integrating’ them into an existing mainstream to making the environment ‘inclusive’.