Community colleges which are making their advent in the country need strong government funding, experts said at an interactive meeting on Tuesday at the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
 
"IGNOU has tried to expand the scope of community colleges in the country. This is an ...

Panjab University, in an attempt for making its examination system more transparent, has decided to provide the answer sheets to the student after evaluation.
 
"It has been decided to maintain full transparency in the examination system. Students will be allowed to see their ...

Telecom major Ericsson has joined hands with 12 Indian engineering institutions and launched a certification program for providing training in the telecom sector.
 
Ericsson India President Gowton Achaibar launched the certification programme, EXCEL, along with Amity School of Telecom ...

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal has arrived in the US for holding talks with US Universities for entering into partnership with the proposed 14 innovation universities in India.
 
He will hold talks with Departments of State and Education officials as well as ...

In a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has signed a pact with Swedish telecom giant Ericsson to provide access to educational content using third generation (3G) mobile telephony.
 
The university, which has 2.5 million students on its ...

Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal, while citing that government will be setting up 14 innovation universities, mentioned that he is keen on entering into alliances with US-based universities for shaping the structure of the proposed institutes.
 
"We hope that we ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has appreciated the revival programme of the Nalanda University of Bihar and has cited that varsity is a "great ancient centre of learning".
 
The heads of the ASEAN member states "are deeply impressed with the sanctity and ...

Union Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare M.S. Gill has cited that the education system prevailing in India lacks sports-orientation and hence It is not able to ‘produce’ more sportspersons.
 
"In my view, our current education is totally hostile to sports. I had also ...

The University Grants Commission has cited that it will be launching 20 scholarships for single girls to pursue M Phil and Ph D. The UGC scholarships are already available in limited numbers for pursuing Post-Graduation whereas it has mentioned that the number of scholarships made available will be ...

It looks as if Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal is all set to bring changes to the existing educational system of India. After putting forward suggestions for incorporating changes to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) entrance exam, Sibal, on Wednesday, has formed a ...

National Skill Development Corp was launched by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday on a PPP basis so that India's workforce in 21 high-growth industries gets a boost.
 
The new corporation, in which the ratio of stake is 49:51 between the government and the industry, will primarily ...

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal Tuesday said that scoring high would not be a prerequisite. This statement comes as a total contradiction to what he had told on Monday regarding the raising cut off levels for appearing in Indian Institutes of Technology entrance ...

National Human Rights Commission has put forward a proposal for introducing a separate paper on mental health for MBBS students. This proposal has been suggested by NHRC is wake of the increasing numbers of people having mental illness. NHRC has been closely monitoring mental health of people ...

Union HRD Minster Kapil Sibal said on Monday that Class 12 exam marks should be given more weightage while considering admissions to undergraduate courses in the Indian Institutes of Technology.
 
He emphasised that IIT admission procedures "should give more weightage to Class 12 exam ...

IGNOU has plans for educating and training the youths belonging to below poverty line families of Orissa, MP, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
 
IGNOU spokesman Surojit Mahalanobis, while addressing the media, mentioned that the youths, who will clear the certificate ...

The students of Panjab University will now be evaluating the hostels provided by the university with respect to accommodation, food and security, along with other aspects. A feedback form has been distributed by the Panjab University Students Council among the hostel inmates for the ...

Government has plans for putting the proposal for developing a "central university of Jammu & Kashmir" in the Cabinet today.
 
This decision has been adopted by the government after the earlier Jammu & Kashmir university proposal, which was put forward under the leadership ...

The government disclosed on Thursday that Kendriya Vidyalayas will be offering education to handicapped students across India.
 
According to Human Resource Development Minister, Kapil Sibal, who was addressing a Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan meeting, this exemption will be effective from the ...

A MoU has been signed between Indira Gandhi National Open University and Apparel Export Promotion Council so that IGNOU can offer courses in garmenting and fashion industry, which will cater to the needs of the apparel industry.
 
"The MoU aims at starting educational programmes in the ...

According to reports, the International Fellowships Programme, which is being provided by Ford Foundation of the US, will be provided till 2010 only.
 
"The IFP was launched in 2001 to broaden access to higher education and help build a new generation of leaders hailing from various ...

Government, which has an ambition for having 1,034.80 lakh skilled people by 2022, has plans for setting up 1,500 Industrial Training Institutes and 10,000 skill development centres under its National Skill Development Mission by involving private sector.
 
According to the proposal, about ...

CBSE Board, in the process of introducing grading system for evaluating its students, has mentioned that the attitude of the student towards teachers, classmates, school programmes and the environment will be graded while grading the academics and extra-curricular activities. But people are not ...

The Indira Gandhi National Open University and the Papua New Guinea University of Technology have inked a Memorandum of Understanding, which will enable the development of cultural, educational and scientific relation between the two.
 
According to Silima Nanda, director (in charge) of ...

IISc mentioned that it has plans for offering a four-year Bachelor in Science (BS) degree from 2011.
 
The BS degree, which will be unique in its way, will be a blend of fundamental science and training in engineering subjects, which will empower the students to have a better job prospect ...

Aligarh Muslim University has formed an advisory committee for developing a framework for identifying the courses for its new campuses in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
 
"The 12-member committee has been entrusted with the task of identifying courses that ...

Prathap C. Reddy, the chairman of the Apollo Group of hospitals, has mentioned that the group will soon be launching a medical college, which will offer under graduation courses.
 
"We are likely to start an undergraduate college. It is amply clear that just making hospital buildings is ...

World Bank reports state that secondary education is a ‘neglected area’ in India. India’s condition is worse when compared to that of Vietnam and Bangladesh. About 48% of Indian student do not pursue secondary education.
 
"Thirty seven percent students fail before the ...

A project of the World Bank, worth more than Rs.10 million, has been bagged by the Indira Gandhi National Open University. This project focuses on enhancing the productivity of eco-friendly farming by providing necessary training to the agricultural researchers.
 
According to the ...

Karan Singh, the President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, while talking on the ‘The Four Pillars of Education’ at the IILM and Global India Foundation in New Delhi mentioned that education should be meant for liberation in people and should not be something "which ...

The National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Warangal, which is known as a premier engineering institute, is being converted into a university which will offer a variety of courses, covering medicine, law and postgraduate degrees in humanities and business economics.
 
"The aim is to ...