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15,000 teachers sacked in Bihar
Bihar Government has sacked 15,000 teachers recruited last year for producing fake certificates from unrecognised B.Ed Colleges.
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RTE Bill on table soon
Centre plans to table the right to education bill in the coming week.
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20,000 teachers required each year
The South African Council for Educators (SACE) flagged the issue of urgent need to recruit quality teachers, to neutralize the school environment with as many as 12,000 teachers opting out of the profession each year.
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PM promtes higher education
The Central Governmnt will set up 31 universities, eight IITs and seven IIMs .
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Australia plans 2 billion for digital education
Australian Government will invest more than US$2 billion in the Digital Education Revolution in the next four years
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97 % enrollment by 2015
The target set by India to achieve net enrollment rate (NER) of more than 97 % is by 2015, according to UNESCO report on Education for All (EFA) programme.
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Computer literacy a must in Karnataka
Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr B S Yeddyurappa, emphasised computer literacy as critical for youngsters to evolve as successful professionals.
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FICCI calls for PPP in education sector
FICCI and Ernst & Young latest report revealed PPP as one of the key approaches to infuse the required investments in the education system.
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Govt. for foreign investment in education
The Government wants to free education from bureaucracy and permit foreign investment in education but could not do so as the Left was opposed to it, Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal said on Monday.
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High-power committee on languagein Kerela
The Kerala government will soon constitute a high-power committee chaired by the Chief Minister to consider all aspects of Malayalam
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NDC pledges to reform educational system
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday demonstrated its commitment to education through the expansion of education infrastructure, creation of the GETFUND, a vigorous drive to correct the gender imbalance between male and female enrolment at...