Education In India News

Government has undertaken several programmes / schemes under various departments to strengthen the academics and industry interface in science. The programmes of some of the key government departments/institutions which engage Universities/IITs, R&D institutions and industry are listed below: 1. Department of Scientific & ...

India has been participating in educational tie ups from a long time. Keeping this in mind, Indonesia is now hoping to improve its healthcare and education sectors with the best knowledge and resources of India's ICT (Information and Communication Technology). ...

The HRD Ministry along with CIET (Central Institute of Educational Technology) has come up with a new initiative called National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER). NROER aims to offer resources for all school subjects and grades in multiple ...

Dubai, Aug (IANS/WAM): Dubai Cares has provided financial aid of over $1.6 million to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti rebuild its primary education sector, the UAE-based philanthropic organisation said Sunday. More than 240,000 primary school children have benefited from the work undertaken ...

New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS): The gap between top schools and mass institutions in India is widening and has the potential to slow domestic economic growth, deepen income inequality and create less social mobility, warns a study. The country is ...

Kolkata, Aug (IANS): Sam Pitroda, adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Thursday voiced concern over the quality of education in India and called for educational reforms by replacing age-old systems and changing mindsets. Some people in authority are living in ...

Accra, Aug (IANS): "This is just the beginning of what we planned but we want to be at the top," says Indian industrialist Mukesh Thakwani, whose company has taken a $16 million loan to build an international school here which he ...

Chennai, Aug (IANS): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday said the commercialisation of medical education should be warded off and the growth of substandard medical colleges should be checked. Speaking at the Silver Jubilee Convocation of the Tamil Nadu ...

The West Bengal government has come up with a decision to promote medical education in the state. The plan is to use the available land for medical educational buildings. As a primary step, the Department of Health and Family Welfare ...

(IANS): About 50 underprivileged children from slums across Delhi participated in a photography workshop here Monday on World Photography Day where they highlighted the reasons keeping them away from schools through photos. Part of NGO Child Rights and You's (CRY) ...

New Delhi, Aug (IANS): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday there was need to improve the quality of education and much still remained to be done to reform India's educational system. "Many of our schools still lack drinking water facilities, ...

India Education bureau, Chennai: ELS International Education Pathways Private Limited (ELS India), a leading Educational Service company specialized in admissions and counseling services, announced the expansion of their operations by launching the Australia counseling division for prospective students aspiring to study ...

Kolkata,(IANS): The West Bengal government will provide one lakh new jobs by the year end in the education sector, a minister announced here Tuesday. "We are in the process of providing about 35,000 jobs of primary teachers. In secondary ...

Mumbai, Maharashtra, /India PRwire/: Tree House Education and Accessories Limited ('Tree House"), India's largest self-operated pre-school chain, (CRISIL Research Industry Report"), has come up with a stellar performance by posting a 53.36 percent growth in its net profit for the first ...