Improving the quality of science education in schools and colleges has been taken up as a priority area by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
G.J. Samathanam, Advisor, DST, New Delhi, said here on Sunday that a major initiative to motivate youngsters towards studying ..
Sharing his vision of a society where every child should have the opportunity to go to school and be able to pursue higher studies irrespective of paying capacity, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said illiteracy should not be a barrier to progress.
Speaking at ..
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal said on Saturday that the government aimed to send 30 per cent of the school going population to colleges by 2020. At present, a mere 12.4 per cent of India's 220 million school going population could get higher education.
Inaugurating a two-day ..
The Human Resource Development Ministry is organising a round-table on August 28 to discuss the Innovation for Universities Bill, 2010.
The exercise will see different shades of opinion, primarily that of the academics, on the proposed Bill that has evoked extreme reactions, ranging from criticism to ..
The proposed Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill, 2010 seeks to permit foreign players into India's higher education system. There is no dearth of applications for opening private higher education institutions. In addition to the existing 7,000-plus engineering colleges through ..