Delhi gang rape incident that has resulted in death of Nirbhaya, the 23-year-old victim in a Singapore hospital, has resulted in a positive spinoff for women students and employees in higher education institutions in Karnataka. The department of higher education is mulling to further strengthen measures aimed at giving ..
In the wake of the recent incident of a teacher allegedly harassing a primary school student in T Narasipura, education department authorities are on alert. They are taking measures to check the recurrence of such incidents in schools of the district.
Deputy director of public instruction B K Basavaraju ..
Sexual harassment, ragging, early marriage and lack of educational institutions are among the major problems highlighted in a report on the education of girls belonging to religious minorities in the country.
In its report, the committee on Minority Girls' Education, headed by chairman of the National ..
Reacting to the comments of the archbishop of Goa and Daman, Filipe Neri Ferrao, on education, chief minister Manohar Parrikar said, "Our education policy is inclusive and, if someone has been left out, we will give them due representation."
Speaking to mediapersons, Parrikar said that when any ..
After being criticised for the shoddy implementation of the Right to Education Act (RTE), the Pune division of the Education Department has decided to hold a series of meetings with schools to ensure a smooth RTE implementation in the coming academic year.
Suman Shinde, deputy director, education, said, ..
State government Friday included Health and Medical Education, Forest and Home departments within the ambit of Public Services Guarantee Act (PSGA) making the officers of the respective departments more accountable to jobs they perform.
Taking a step toward the good governance so that people could get their works ..
After being appointed vice-chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi Technical University (RGTU) for a second time in a row, professor Piyush Trivedi has taken the decision of implementing 'value education' courses in the engineering colleges to inculcate better values and character building in the budding engineers. The course ..
Students are planning to challenge UGC's new National Eligibility Test (NET) guidelines for lecturer posts. University Grants Commission (UGC) recently introduced a new rule stating that only top 15% candidates in NET will be eligible for taking up teaching jobs in colleges and universities.
Till last ..
The proposed multi-crore project of 'Edu-city' at Panakkad in Malappuram would be inaugurated within two months. This was informed by the Industrial Minister P K Kunhalikkutty after his visit at the project site at Panakkad on Friday.
The process of setting up English and Foreign Language University ..
All the 21 engineering colleges affiliated to the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU) have decided to get accreditation from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The decision was taken at the management council meeting on Friday.
Around 35 subjects were discussed in the ..