According to a new survey, one in four adults in England has the maths skills of a nine-year-old and struggles with basic everyday sums.
According to the study, more than eight million adults in England are considered to lack even basic numeracy. The survey found that this quarter of the population ..
The Calcutta High Court stayed the recruitment process for primary teachers, for which over 50 lakh candidates have applied, after three applicants challenged it alleging procedural glitches.
More than 34,000 posts for primary teachers, which have been vacant for years, are scheduled to be filled up ..
Jorhat-based Kaziranga University has entered into a tie up with Cardiff Metropolitan University (CMU) of United Kingdom which will allow the two institutions to go for joint research and student and faculty exchange programme.
An agreement to this effect was signed yesterday during a ..
A University Grants Commission (UGC) appointed panel has recommended a ten-year term for a college principal instead of the current five years, the Lok Sabha was informed.
A committee, appointed by UGC, to revisit the University Grants Commission Regulations, 2010, has recommended a period of ten years as ..
More than 500 Indian students will be affected by the closure of three Australian vocational colleges, Lok Sabha was informed.
The government has taken up the matter with the Australian Government at the appropriate level and also through the High Commission of India in Australia, Minister of State ..
The government said four new National Institutes of Design (NID) will be set up in different cities at a cost of about Rs 540 crore in the next four years.
Subhash Chandra, secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), said, "Design plays an important role in making the industry ..
Lok Sabha was informed that National Council of Educational Research and Training has made changes in Social Science and Political Science textbooks of class IX to XII based on the recommendations of two committees.
Minister of state in HRD ministry Shashi Tharoor said in a written reply, ..
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal offered to provide free higher education facilities to deserving underprivileged students hailing from the northeast region in state's universities.
An announcement to this effect was made by Badal during a meeting with a delegation ..
Tamil Nadu chapter of Indian Medical Association (IMA) would take up with the Centre the 'confused' issue of the National Level Common Entrance Test for Undergraduate and Postgraduates at its 67th state conference, beginning here on December 15.
Dr L P Thangavelu, IMA Tamil Nadu ..
President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies (AITS) Director Tamo Mibang as the new vice chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU).
RGU Registrar Rachob Taba in a press release said that the appointment order was communicated to the central varsity ..