National Commission for Scheduled Caste today claimed even top educational institutions are not free from discrimination against SC students and said it will issue instructions to IITs, IIMs, AIIMS and central varsities to look into such cases.
"There are complaints against AIIMS that students ..
Admitting that skill development was a big challenge for the government, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said plans were on the anvil to start 100 colleges during the current academic session to impart vocational training.
"Of these 100 community colleges, Canada will partner in setting up of 10 ..
Kerala government was planning to introduce a new higher education policy with stress on diversification and improvement of existing facilities, state Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb said.
A framework was being prepared for the new policy and all universities in the state would be brought ..
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that 16 Ramakrishna Mission (RKM)-run schools in the state would from now get autonomy in recruitment of teachers.
"An ordinance to this effect was issued today", the Chief Minister told reporters at the state secretariat.
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Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh made a strong pitch for revolutionising higher education at the first-of-its-kind academic congress at the varsity, but his detractors called the two-day event an exercise of "fraud" to push for his radical reform agenda.
Singh and members of ..
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University for Art and Culture at nearby Cheruthuruthy on September 12.
During his visit, he will inaugurate South Indian Performing Arts Museum, State Minister for Cultural Affairs, K C Joseph said.
Thereafter, ..
Cambridge University said it was strengthening partnerships with Indian institutions, but was not looking to establish a campus in the country.
"The University is not considering opening up a campus in India," Vice-Chancellor, Sir Leszek Borysiewiczh, told reporters here.
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Poor spelling and grammar can adversely affect your career, your business and how you're perceived as a professional, experts have said.
The lack of basic literacy skills among some younger employees and recent graduates has become such a problem for businesses that some are introducing language and ..
IEEE Cloud Computing, a key initiative of the world's largest technical professional association, announced that it is hosting its first ever conference in India. IEEE Cloud Computing Conference in Bangalore October 2012 will Address Challenges & Opportunities of Cloud Computing Technologies in Emerging Markets...
Rural women in the country are emerging as the new Indian women, Margaret Alva, Governor of Rajasthan, has said.
In her address after accepting the ‘Woman of Substance’ award instituted by the Mercy Ravi Foundation here on Wednesday, Ms. Alva said rural women were rejecting long-held ..