Higher Education News

Ireland announced 100 new scholarships for Indian students in order to encourage their enrollment and double their number in Ireland next year. The scholarships will include four V.V. Giri scholarships, being given to commemorate the former Indian president who ...

India is all set to become the next superpower in open education and skills, believes the CEO of National Skill Development Corporation, Dilip Chenoi. "With the world's largest schooling and higher education infrastructures in open and distance learning system, the ...

In any field, traditional teaching is done with the help of many things like blackboard, slides, field visits etc. but as the technology is advancing so does the techniques in teaching. One of the renowned institution of India in medical ...

On stressing the importance of education, the well known billionaire of India, Mukesh Ambani, shares his views on 'How technology helps improve education?' Mukesh Ambani was a part of the discussion 'Re-imagining India: Unlocking the Potential of Asia's ...

We all are aware that today's Mobile devices are just like another google. 'How many number of apps, services and options available today?' is something we did not have in the past. The fact is, around 75% of those reading ...

British Council has launched two products in partnership with Applied Mobile Labs (erstwhile Voicetap technologies) and AA edutech (formerly Sun Online) - two leaders in the learning space using the mediums of both Voice and Video to make English language universally ...

Chennai, November 2013: British Council, a world leader in English education has launched an ambitious program to bring English learning to the masses in India. Digital learning has been picking up the world over, and British Council has launched two products ...

CII will organise a regional summit on improving quality of education in the city on November 25, providing a platform where concepts can be shared and later adapted or adopted by institutions. The summit, organised jointly by Confederation ...

With an approx of 550 million middle class population, in India, it is expected to be larger than the total European population by next 10 years. In the meantime, the demand for higher education is also likely to grow by 18%, ...

The start up of new autonomous colleges in Kerala was revealed on the inauguration of the zonal conference of vice chancellors of various universities in Kochi. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who inaugurated the conference and headed a speech later said, ...

Describing education as an instrument for social transformation, Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag has said, it can be effectively used to fight poverty and inequality. "One of the most effective means to manage change meaningfully is education. I value the benefits ...

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has said a mega education city would come up near Chandigarh soon to give further impetus to the quality of higher education in the state. The education city, to be spread over an ...

Describing the education system in the country as 'rich-oriented', founder of Patna-based 'Super 30' Anand Kumar strongly advocated that the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) of professional institutions should be based on natural talent and creativity rather than the prevailing system. ...

Asserting that UK and India should be "partners of choice", British Prime Minister David Cameron has said the two countries have made "extraordinary progress" on Trade, Education investment since 2010, and that the "positive momentum" should continue. Cameron, who had ...