The students of Panjab University will be given an opportunity to evaluate their faculties.
 
"Teachers will be judged by students on various scales like style of teaching, communication skills and teacher's personal involvement in class. Thereafter, teachers will be assigned ...

A new survey has found out that India is one of the five nations preferred by the US students as key educational destinations. India, China, Japan, South Africa and Argentina are among the preferable educational destinations for US students.
 
According to the Open Doors 2009 survey ...

India is leading the list of the number of foreign students in the US. This was disclosed by a report on the number of foreign students in US educational institutions.
 
Asia dominates the list of foreign students, with India topping the list for the eight consecutive year. 103,260 Indian ...

According to the Vie-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Abdul Aziz, the university, which had been shut down indefinitely from Oct 30, after a student was murdered is slated to start functioning once again from Dec 1.
 
Aziz told reporters in New Delhi that teaching in the ...

Chandigarh government is planning to provide the students of government schools with individual computers and internet connections. These projects are being planned under the ‘Vision-2010'.
 
Chandigarh's new Director-Public Instruction (DPI-schools) Sunil Bhatia said Monday that 2010 ...

The Kerala government has adopted free and open source software (FOSS) for the state education department and for e-governance.
 
The curriculum department on Saturday has also recommended extension of FOSS to higher secondary schools.
 
The implementation of this has been entrusted ...

The UPSC has put forward the proposal for using Aptitude Test instead of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination so that the candidates could be measured in terms with the demanding nature of civil nature.
 
"UPSC is convinced of the need for important changes in the method of ...

A certificate course in scuba diving for marine biologists and researchers to study the impact of global warming on marine life is being offered by Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, which is affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. This university is located in Tuticorin in ...

Government has voiced its protests against for-profit educational institutions saying that such a collapse can hamper the life of students.
 
"If profit means giving dividend to shareholders from fees that parents pay, then my position is no," said Human Resource Development ...

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, while addressing the media on the margins of India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum at New Delhi, mentioned that the bills for bringing reforming education sector will be presented in the parliament in its next sessions.
 
"We ...

Kerala State Education Minister M.A. Baby and Sports Minister M. Vijayakumar have mentioned that sports will be incorporated in the curriculum from Class 1 – 12. They mentioned that the formal launch of the scheme would be done by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Nov 14 in the presence of ...

Indira Gandhi National Open University has plans for developing 400 training centres in Bihar to improve educational facilities in the state and provide more vocational opportunities of the youths.
 
The IGNOU training centres "will be equipped with computer labs to provide distance ...

The silver jubilee celebrations of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Nov 19 will be inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil.
 
An official statement said, “President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil will be the chief guest. Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil ...

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 ...