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More than 2,000 students and 450 teaching staff from outside the European Union (EU) have been selected to receive an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for the academic year 2008/09, the European Commission said.
Mega expansion of the education sector is in the offing with moves to establish 30 universities, including some with world-class standards, and enhance the infrastructure of existing institutions during the 11th Plan.
The Union Cabinet gave its approval to an agreement that will double the number of scholars exchanged with the United States of America under the Fulbright Educational exchange programme.
The four dental faculties of the Royal Colleges in England, Edinburgh and Glasgow have got together to provide an e-learning service to dentists in training.
It has been a week since schools reopened, but thousands of students of private unaided schools following the State syllabus are yet to get their textbooks.
Original research in mathematics is rare in India but a schoolteacher inspired by the legendary Srinivasa Ramanujam has won accolades for extending two complex theorems of geometry by his sheer grit and genius.
In a move to retain engineering talent in India, one of the country
Even though the share of private sector in higher education is already more than 60%, the Prime Minsiters Office (PMO) feels it’s not enough. It has asked the Human Resource Development Ministry to prepare a comprehensive...
Business education is booming in India, but the bulk of programmes in the country suffer from outdated textbooks, professors who don’t keep up with economic trends, and narrow curriculums, according to a report by Assocham.
Microsoft India has announced an investment renewal of US$20 million in the education space over the next five years. The company has also renewed its commitment to the India chapter of ‘Partners in Learning’
Studiolo Systems has gone into beta testing with StudyRails.com, a Web application intended to help students improve their academic performance by optimizing their study habits. StudyRails provides step-by-step, personalized study plans, e-mail and cell phone study...
Working in the education sector was always a weekend activity, not a potential employment avenue. But in an emerging wave, students from the best academic institutes are getting inclined towards making a mark in the field...