Education News in India

Medical, agri-education kept outside NCHER ambit 1/Sep/2009
New Delhi: In a bid to avoid a turf war, the HRD ministry has decided to keep agriculture and medical education outside the scope of the proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER). On Monday, the Central Advisory Board of Education (Cabe) approved the proposal for NCHER. It also approved the ..
Education agenda chalked out 1/Sep/2009
New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), at the 56th meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), chalked out an extensive agenda for education in the country, based on the principles of expansion, inclusion and excellence. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said education had to go ..
Campus jottings-Kerala university 1/Sep/2009
Tools of Geographic Information System (GIS), remote sensing, global positioning system (GPS) and photogrammetry are increasingly playing a pivotal role in information technology and are recognised worldwide as important tools for sustainable development planning and implementation. The use of Geo-Information ..
e-learningthe challenges ahead 1/Sep/2009
Classrooms without teachers, no textbooks, and learning that could happen anytime, anywhere — this was the promise e-learning started with. But how much of that has been achieved? Education Plus spoke to experts in the field to understand the current scenario of e-learning in India and what the challenges are in ..
ETS announces scholarship for Indian students 1/Sep/2009
Educational Testing Service (ETS), which administers globally a range of tests including Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), has announced a set of scholarships for Indian students. Three $10,000 scholarships for the U.K., U.S., and Canada and four $5,000 scholarships to ..
Study in France for quality content 1/Sep/2009
There is a large scope for international students in France as students can choose from several academic programmes in diverse disciplines. There is lot of flexibility in the programme structure in French universities. The French government has a system for checking and confirming that the educational ..
The new CAT is no threat 1/Sep/2009
This week brought some good news for the MBA aspirant in India with the announcement that four new Indian Institutes of Management are being started this year. This means that about 600 additional seats will be added to the overall kitty (140 each in phase-1 of the new IIMs). This brings some relief to ..
Alternative system of education 1/Sep/2009
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is spreading the message of institutions which are run ‘by the community’, ‘for the community’ and ‘of the community’ through its ambitious community colleges programme. The objective of this programme is to develop an ..
Gill for compulsory sports, physical education in schools 1/Sep/2009
New Delhi: In steps that would help in producing more sports persons in the country, the government today strongly favoured having one period everyday in schools for games and physical education. Speaking at the meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education, Sports Minister M S Gill said sports has remained a ..
Over 3 lakh children in Assam are out of school 1/Sep/2009
Guwahati: Even though one of the objectives of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was that all children should be in school, Assam still has 3,39,100 children who do not go to school. Statistics reveal that of these out of schoolchildren, 1,96,774 (boys 1,02,418 and girls 94,356) are in the age group 6-11, while ..

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