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- Indian students continue to shun Australia
Melbourne, Oct 27: Even while the number of international students coming to Australia continues to fall, Malaysia has replaced India as the second largest source of students in the field of Hi....
- Hillary Clinton to address US-India higher education summit
Washington, Oct 9: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will address a US-India Higher Education Summit here on Oct 13, with Washington saying it envisions a "robust role" for the two ....
- New thinking needed to save Presidency, say experts
Kolkata, July 23: Innovative thinking is needed to restore the past glory to Presidency University, that was earlier the Presidency College and produced gems like Swami Vivekananda and Satyaj....
- Indian education primers get in sync with digital age
New Delhi, April 28: Supplementary online content, greater emphasis on analysis and India-centric examples... education primers have changed beyond recognition in the country.
Guidebo....
- EDGE 2011: India's Flagship annual Conference for Higher Education
New Delhi, March 6: EDGE 2011, India's Flagship annual Conference for Higher Education by EDGE Forum (Emerging Directions in Global Education) to become a platform to shape the future of In....
- Kerala Government to provide Rs 10K for new borns
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 10: Kerala Government has declared to pay a sum of Rs 10,000 to every family with a new-born child. The money would be utilized for the child's higher educational ex....
- Ansari emphasizes on need for central funds to support higher education
Kolkata, Dec 20: Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari today highlighted the requirement for release of extra funding from the central government. He said that the funds can be utilized for t....
- Indians second among global students in United Kingdom
Kolkata, Nov 9: Indian students are now graded second amongst the group of global students studying in different colleges and universities of United Kingdom. British Council authorities stated ....
- India aims to raise enrolment in higher education: President
Aizawl, Sep 24: President Pratibha Patil today said India intended to increase enrolment in higher education from the present 14 million to about 40 million.
"Higher education has....
- Indo-US higher education summit inaugurated in Mumbai
Mumbai, July 31: With an aim to increase access and enhance quality of Indo-US higher education, a two-day summit for higher education was inaugurated here today.
The summit is a part....
- Don't worry, government tells UGC
New Delhi, June 24: With the National Commission for Higher Education and Research set to administer higher education in India, the government says officials of the existing regulators have not....
- Broad consensus on apex higher education regulator: Sibal
New Delhi, June 19: Broad consensus has been reached on a draft bill aimed at creating an apex regulator for higher education in the country as state education ministers have extended their sup....
- Common entrance test for medical and engineering soon
New Delhi, June 18: Soon there could be a common entrance examination for medical and engineering courses to ease the pressure on students.
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil S....
- Proposed higher education panel to have states' representatives
New Delhi, June 10: The human resource development (HRD) ministry may form a council with representatives from states, within the proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research ....
- Self disclosure needed in higher education institutes: Sibal
Chandigarh, April 24: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal today emphasized the need for "self disclosure of facilities" by higher education institutes and called for providi....
- Medical and technical students to pay more for education in UP
Lucknow, Apr 21: Students willing to pursue their career in medical and technical fields may have to shell out more money if they pan to study in the institutes located across the state. The st....
- Paucity of funds, teachers impacting higher education: CAG
Agartala: Allocation of inadequate funds and dearth of teaching staff have impacted higher education in Tripura, a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said.
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- West beckons students despite foreign varsity bill
New Delhi: The government may be keen to allow foreign varsities to set up independent campuses in India but many students say they would still prefer to go abroad for higher education as the e....
- Now candidates have to give an aptitude test for civil services
New Delhi: If you are planning to sit for civil services examinations in 2011 brace yourself to face a different pattern of examination. According to the recent reports, the government has give....
- India plans to set up finance corporation for study loans
New Delhi: India plans to set up a National Education Finance Corporation (NEFC) to provide loans for educational infrastructure expansion and re-finance study loans to needy students who other....
- Sydney requests Indian students to pursue their education
Sydney: Indian students are now dropping the idea of going to Australia for pursuing their education, in view of the recent incidents of racial attacks on Indians. This has become a matter of g....
- Canada beckons Indian students for higher studies
New Delhi: The number of Indian students going to Canada for higher education has almost doubled, thanks to a pilot project that aims at increasing the approval rate of visa applications, Tim U....
- Bihar to upgrade 2,400 middle schools to high schools
Patna: Bihar has decided to upgrade 2,400 middle schools into high schools to provide thousands of students the opportunity to complete higher education near their homes, officials said today.
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- Distance education for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees free of cost
Chennai: In a bid to improve the condition of the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, the University of Madras has come up a novel programme to offer free distance higher education to the refugees curre....
- 'India facing acute faculty shortage in higher education'
Thiruvananthapuram: India is facing serious shortage of faculty members in higher education due to rapid increase in number of institutions, union Minister of State for Science & Technology....
- Accreditation mandatory for higher education institutes
New Delhi: Accreditation is to be made mandatory for all institutes of higher education regardless of whether they get government grants, parliament was informed today.
"The law h....
- Over 27,000 institutes of higher learning needed: Sibal
New Delhi: More than 27,000 additional institutions of higher learning would be required to meet the targeted Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 30 percent for 2020, Human Resource Development (HRD....
- PM questions quality of higher education in India
Chandigarh: Coming to his alma mater, the Panjab University, after many years made Prime Minister Manmohan Singh feel a "little emotional". But that did not stop him from questioning th....
- Grant for science graduates
Bangalore: The Union science and technology ministry is going to give a two-year financial grant to the fresh science graduates. It will definitely help them to carry on their higher studies ....
- Australian degrees: Would you like a visa with that?
Sydney: Coupling paper qualifications with green cards has helped turn Australia's higher education sector into an industry bigger than tourism.
Linking diplomas with permanent re....
- Top ranking for Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore has been rated the best in South Asia in terms of visibility and scholarly papers on the net in the latest ranking of such institutions b....
- Four law schools of excellence to be set up: Moily
New Delhi: Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily today said the government will set up four new schools for law which will be centres of excellence with international standards.
He sai....
- Undergrad science degree to be introduced by IISc from 2011
Bangalore: In the history of 100 years, for the first time IISc is all set to introduce an under-graduate programme in science for students who desire to study the subject after PUC or class 1....
- Make English optional medium: Tripura's ruling Left
Agartala: The Left Front government in Tripura today demanded that regional languages be reintroduced alongside English as a medium of learning for all degree level courses in the ongoing acade....
- Higher edu gets boost, IITs, NITs bags Rs.21 bn
New Delhi: Continuing its thrust on higher education, the union budget 2009-10 today proposed to allocate over Rs.21 billion for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Inst....
- Over 275,000 schools opened under flagship scheme: Economic Survey
New Delhi: India opened 276,903 new schools and appointed 966,000 teachers as part of its flagship Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme, the Economic Survey for 2008-09 revealed today.
- Govt planning to make Class 10 exam optional
New Delhi: With an aim to reform the examination system and "de-traumatise the education", the government is planning to make the Class 10 exams "optional", Human Resource Devel....
- CII to showcase Indian education at Kuala Lumpur
New Delhi: At a time when scores of foreign educational institutions are queuing up to woo Indian students, leading industry lobby Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today said it will show....
- India, US for joint working group to boost education
New Delhi: India and the US will set up a joint working group to boost bilateral relation in the field of education, it was announced today after a meeting between Human Resource Development (H....
- Law exam postponed fearing paper leak
New Delhi: The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) that was scheduled for May 17 is now postponed following fears that questions papers were leaked, officials said on Wednesday.
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- Malaysian Indian education body hit by scam
Kuala Lumpur: A major scam followed by public airing of allegations has tarnished the image of Maju Institute of Educational Development (MIED), part of the business arm of the Malaysian Indi....
- 'IIT Mandi to start session from this year'
Shimla: The first session of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), which will be set up in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, will start this year, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on T....
- Students' exodus costs India forex outflow of $10 bn
New Delhi: Indian students going abroad for their higher studies costs the country a foreign exchange (forex) outflow of $10 billion annually, according to an industry lobby report released....
- Pilot training institute asked to refund fees
Chandigarh: A pilot training institute here has been asked to refund fees and pay compensation to a student who was not given admission in a desired course.
The Asia USA India institute wa....
- PM to inaugurate Ezhimala naval Academy Thursday
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh willon Thursday inaugurate the Ezhimala Naval Academy in Kerala, and from June onwards all officers inducted into the Indian Navy will undergo basic tr....
- Malaysian Indians urged to emulate Chinese diaspora
Kuala Lumpur: The Indian community must not depend solely on the Malaysian government in the field of education and should follow the Chinese diaspora's example, a Malaysian Indian communit....
- India destined to become world's knowledge park: PM
Chennai: India is destined to become the knowledge park of the world and the Indian government is geared make this destiny a reality, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared on Friday.
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- Govt moves to strengthen quality of higher education
New Delhi: The central government has taken a number of measures to attract young and talented people to the teaching profession to strengthen the quality of higher education in the country,....
- $4.5mn grant for Amartya Sen Harvard fellowships
Washington: India has gifted $4.5 million to Harvard University to establish a fund for "India Fellowships given in honour of Amartya Sen" for Indian students at its Graduate School of Arts ....
- Market economy killing academic profession: Pitroda
New Delhi: Shortage of research scholars will hinder India's progress as a knowledge economy, with the market economy devaluing the academic profession, National Knowledge Commission (NKC) chai....
- Arjun Singh to inaugurate V-Cs' conference
New Delhi: Union Minister of Human Resource Development Arjun Singh will inaugurate a conference of Vice Chancellors of the Central Universities and the Directors of Central Technical Instituti....
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6 states to have AIIMS-like institutes in next 3 yrs
New Delhi: Six new All-India Institutes of Medical Sciences in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand will be ready in the next three years, Union Health Ministe....
- Knowledge panel gets extension till March 2009
New Delhi: The National Knowledge Commission (NKC), set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005 to prepare a road-map for transforming India into a knowledge society, has been given an exte....
- Bill on foreign education providers to see light of day
New Delhi: After much dithering, the government has finally decided to introduce a Bill in the ensuing session of Parliament to open up India's higher education sector to foreign entities and r....
- Two premier scientific institutes being built in Bhopal
Bhopal: Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Wednesday stressed on more scientific research and development in India and said that the central government had earmarked Rs 840 bill....
- Khanduri seeks central status to Kumaon University
Dehra Dun: A week after the Centre accorded central varsity status to H N Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri has sought the same status to Kumaon University. W....
- 400 applications for 100 overseas Indian scholarships
New Delhi: Over 400 candidates, a majority of them from the Gulf, have applied for the Indian government's scholarships for overseas Indians to pursue their undergraduate studies. Of the applic....
- British language test outranks TOEFL in India
Chennai: The British Council's language proficiency test International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is more popular in India than the US Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)....
- Can vacant OBC seats be given to general, asks SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the government to clarify whether vacant seats reserved for backward category students in higher educational institutions could be given to general cate....
- IIM, IIT jointly launch new post-graduate programme
Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Calcutta launched a one-year residential post-graduate programme for executives in 'visionary leadership in manufacturing' in collaboration wit....
- Panel for 'Model Colleges' in backward districts
New Delhi: An expert committee has suggested setting up of 'Model Colleges' in 374 educationally backward districts in the country at an outlay of Rs 2,992 crore, which will be fully funded by ....
- Canadian varsities woo Indian students
New Delhi: 'Come study in Canada' is the message that 15 varsities from that country have for Indian students. Representatives of these varsities are currently in the capital on a 10-day tour v....
- FICCI asks for tax exemptions in education sector
New Delhi: The Education sector must be provided with appropriate tax exemptions that would help it attract more investment, said an industry lobby report released on Sunday.
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- IIT Delhi takes up distance learning for professionals
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, known for its excellence in classroom education, is set to adopt the distance learning mode as part of its industry outreach programme....
- IIT Delhi students awarded degrees
New Delhi: Over 1,400 students including 147 PhD scholars graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, which held its 39th convocation on Saturday. Graduate, postgraduate, bu....
- Government reviews progress of the education sector
New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have successfully implemented reservation for students of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs),....
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