With an aim to give the school education a modern touch, the state government of Orissa has linked 40 of its schools with Edusat network.
 
"We have connected 40 schools on an experimental basis. I am sure it will be successful and expanded to many other schools in Orissa," Chief ...

According to Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, a panel of distinguished members which will be headed by a prominent personality, like a Noble laureate, will be selecting the vice chancellors of the Universities in India. He added that the central and state governments will not ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education has made the Class X board exams optional, with effect from this academic session.
 
This announcement related to the Class X board exams was given out by the Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday evening, while addressing the ...

The Common Admission Test, CAT, which will be getting online, will be held from Nov 28 over a period of 10 days, to get over on Dec 7. The official notification regarding CAT came on Sunday.
 
The CAT will be an online test, for which a US-based firm has been hired by the IIMs. This firm ...

According to the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Prem Kumar Dhumal, the schools will be introducing yoga in a phased manner.
 
"We are contemplating to introduce yoga in the school syllabus in a phased manner," Dhumal said at a function held in Chandigarh.
 
He added ...

Union HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal, has disclosed that the central government has plans to develop 2,500 model schools and 200 central schools over a period of two years under the PPP basis.  He has also called for the investment from corporate houses to the education ...

According to the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Kapil Sibal, only the Central School Education Boards have been asked by the government to scrap Class X board exams and adopt a grading system. He added that the states are free to carry own with their own curriculum and examination ...

Indira Gandhi National Open University will be opening its study centre in Bareilly central jail so that the prisoners get an opportunity for pursuing higher education.
 
The officials of the Bareilly central jail have revealed that the IGNOU has already started the process of developing the ...

The central government will be launching a 15-day online certificate course on the RTI Act on a trial basis. This course is aimed at creating awareness about the Right to Information (RTI) among citizens and government officers.
 
The course which is being offered by the Department of ...

Seven more Indian Institute shave been approved by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. These IIMs will become operational in two phases.
 
The first phase will see the four IIMs coming up in Trichy, Ranchi, Raipur and Rohtak with the classes starting from the next academic session, 2010-11. The ...

Very soon, Sanskrit will be made available over the net as a module of courses so that whoever is interested can log in and learn owns their own. Sanskrit is the mother to most of the Indian languages.
 
"In its attempt to develop, propagate and encourage Sanskrit learning, the varsity ...

The IAS officers of India will soon get a chance to pursue their masters degree in public policy at the Indira Gandhi National Open University. This information has been confirmed by the university authorities.
 
"IGNOU has reactivated collaboration with Mussoorie-based Lal Bahadur ...

The CBSE will be making the Class X board exams optional from its next academic session, 2010-11.  This will be announced formally on Friday after the freezing of the new system happens.
 
According to information from CBSE, a final consultation and discussion session will be held in ...

According to certain reports, the government is considering the plans for the introduction of food processing courses in the ITIs that are distributed all over India. The Minister for Food Processing Subodh Kant Sahai has revealed that the food ministry has held discussion with the rural ...

Physical Education Cards (PEC) India programme, which is a scheme for combining the physical education and sports to empower youngsters, was launched by the Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday in New Delhi.
 
The major focus of this initiative will be on ...

"Smart classrooms”, which has been set up by Delhi Technological University, has given the first year students an opportunity to replace the traditional notebooks with laptops.
 
These so called smart class rooms of the DTU come fully equipped with facilities which are meant for ...

The 41st southern regional conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is scheduled to kick off on Aug 29 in Hyderabad. The key topics that will be discussed in the conference include forensic accounting, fraud detection, convergence to international financial reporting standards ...

The new campus of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, which is located in Valiamala near Thiruvananthapuram, will be inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minster, Dr. Manmohan Singh, through a tele-link ceremony, which will be held from the Prime Minister’s residence on ...

According to Indian Human Resource Development Minister, Kapil Sibal, science and mathematics should form the core curriculum in all the school education boards. He said that providing more emphasis on these subjects will help in the development of a common entrance for admission to professional ...

India’s largest Open University, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), has begun offering post-graduate programmes in the regular mode, its Vice-Chancellor has said. But only select programmes are being offered in this manner.
 
According to the Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU, ...

An agreement has been signed between San Diego Health Sciences of California and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur for the setting up of International Medical Centre at IIT Kharagpur.
 
This pact is just the prologue of a bond between UC San Diego Health Sciences and IIT, ...

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will be training about 10 million people from rural areas all over the world to develop the skills that will be useful for them to find a source of income. To fulfil this aim, collaboration has been made by IGNOU with about 12 universities from all ...

A Master’s programme in philanthropy will be launched by IGNOU to enable the trained people work for “the destitute, orphans, street children, and social outcaste, leprosy-affected and physically challenged”.
 
As of now there are 20 students who will receive more education ...

According to Sachin Pilot,  Minister of State for Information Technology & Communication, 13 world class universities will be opened in the country.
 
While speaking to the reporters in Ajmer, Pilot told that there are plans to spend about Rs 600 crore in Ajmer and Pushkar under ...

Even though the CAT exam this year will be computer-based, the pattern will be similar to that of paper format. So this year’s Common Admission Test (CAT) aspirants need not have to worry much.
 
The candidates will be separated into 20 batches with just two batches sitting for the ...

IIT Punjab is all set to begin functioning from its new campus from August 20.
 
The institute will be operational with last year's batch and the new batch of around 240 students in three disciplines from Rupnagar.
 
"The institute will start operation with 11 teachers and around ...

According to Union Minister of Textiles, Dayanidhi Maran, NIFT located in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh will confer doctorate degrees in fashion designing.
 
"Kangra's Centre for Apparel and Textile Studies would be first of its own kind in the country to offer doctorate ...

US chip maker Cypress Semiconductor Corp has plans to develop a design technology laboratory in the Bhubaneswar Institute of Technology (BIT) campus and train its students.
 
"It will be the first programmable system on chip (PSoC) laboratory in the state," BIT chief operating ...

The salient features of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill are - 

Free and compulsory education to all children of India in the age group of six to 14
No child shall be held back, expelled, or required to pass a board examination until completion of ...

After a long time of neglecting, the 391 Bihar schools that were set up to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi's dream that one day all Indian children will have access to basic education, will now get a new life.
 
State Human Resources Development Minister, Hari Narain Singh, told on Thursday that the ...