Education News

Orissa task force to improve higher education

Orissa Wednesday constituted a task force consisting eminent academicians to prepare a prospective plan document for higher education, officials said.9:02 PM on October 07

AMU committee to identify courses for new campuses

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Wednesday constituted an advisory committee to prepare a framework for academic activities to be undertaken in its upcoming centres in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal.9:01 PM on October 07

Half of Indian students don't go beyond secondary level

At least 48 of every 100 students in India pursuing secondary education never go beyond that level, the World Bank said Tuesday, pointing out that the country was doing worse than Vietnam and Bangladesh in enrolling students in secondary education.10:31 PM on October 06

IIT Gandhinagar to prepare national fire registry

The one-year-old Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar (IIT-G) will develop a national fire accident registry to provide better data and develop protection solutions for firefighters across the country, it was announced here Tuesday.7:32 PM on October 06

Nobel laureates to attend science conclave in Allahabad

The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A), Tuesday announced that it would host the second science conclave Dec 8-15 which would be attended by several Nobel laureates.7:31 PM on October 06

World Bank taps IGNOU to boost eco-friendly farming

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has bagged a World Bank project worth over Rs.10 million to train agricultural researchers to boost eco-friendly farm productivity.5:00 PM on October 06

Education should be a liberating process: Karan Singh

Education should be a liberating process, not something 'which constricts you', president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations Karan Singh said here Monday.10:30 PM on October 05

School for inmates' kids launched in Ghaziabad jail

Children of undertrials and convicts lodged in Ghaziabad's Dasna jail will not be deprived of their right to education as a school for such kids was inaugurated inside the prison premises Monday.7:31 PM on October 05

Panjab University students get insurance cover

More than 10,000 students at the Panjab University here got an insurance cover of Rs.200,000 at a petty premium of Rs.50 per year after the varsity signed an agreement with a private insurance company, an official said Monday.2:30 PM on October 05

Chief Election Commissioner visits alma mater

India's Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla is all set for a two-day sojourn in Himachal Pradesh, beginning Saturday. His trip will include a visit to his alma mater Lawrence School at Sanawar in Kasauli hills.11:00 AM on October 03

Former Pakistani envoy goes down memory lane at alma mater

It was a trip down memory lane for former Pakistani high commissioner to India Humanyun Khan, who visited his alma mater Bishop Cotton School (BCS) in the Himachal Pradesh capital Friday.10:00 PM on October 02

Punjab teachers to make weekly reports on students

To keep a regular tab on students' performance and to streamline the education system, all teachers in the state schools have been asked to maintain school diaries, the state education minister said here Friday.9:30 PM on October 02

Delhi to have a public health university

The national capital will have public health university and an Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) to provide a trained health workforce, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said after donating 51 acres of land for the two institutes Friday.7:30 PM on October 02

No hike in salary but IIT row resolved 'within norms'

There will be no increase in the salary of the protesting Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) professors but many aspects of their row with the government was resolved after Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Friday promised 'flexibility' in promotions and fresh appointments.2:30 PM on October 02

Educational institutions in Manipur shut for three weeks

Students and guardians in India's restive northeastern state of Manipur are at their wits' end with all educational institutions shut down for the past three weeks and the government doing very little about it.12:00 PM on October 02