Education News in India

ISB signs MoU with IBA, Pakistan 13/Apr/2012
The Indian School of Business (ISB), one of the top B-schools in the world, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Karachi's Institute of Business Administration (IBA) to provide executive education in Pakistan in the first such tie-up. The Centre for Executive Education (CEE) at ISB will offer ..
IIM Lucknow joins GMAC 13/Apr/2012
The Graduate Management Admission Council, the owner and administrator of the GMAT exam, announced the induction of IIM Lucknow as its seventh member school in India. The other member schools include ISB Hyderabad, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, SPJMIR Mumbai, SOM NMIMS University, Mumbai and Great Lakes Chennai. ..
AICTE for cloud-based solution 13/Apr/2012
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Microsoft Corporation announced that the AICTE will deploy Microsoft Live@edu, a cloud-based solution over the next three months to more than 10,000 technical colleges and institutes throughout India. The cloud deployment will expand students' access to ..
Hope soarsahead of big challenge 13/Apr/2012
What electrician Naresh Kumar's three-year-old daughter achieved last year was beyond the reach of anybody in his family till one generation ago. She got admission in a sought-after Delhi Public School, her father's meagre income notwithstanding. Kumar's daughter was one of the beneficiaries of Right to Education ..
Lack of clarity, not an excuse anymore 14/Apr/2012
With the Supreme Court upholding the constitutional validity of the Act and the Tamil Nadu State Government taking steps for its implementation, private schools cannot use lack of clarity as an excuse anymore. While the Act envisages a series of reforms in school education, the clause on reserving 25 per ..
Children from weaker sections will have access to private schools 13/Apr/2012
Children from the disadvantaged sections of society will now have access to private schools as the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The Act makes it mandatory for all schools, except minority unaided (religious and ..
SC uphold constitutional validity of RTE Act 12/Apr/2012
The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act, 2009, which mandates 25 per cent free seats to the poor in government and private unaided schools uniformly across the country. By a majority view, a three-judge bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia and justices K S ..
Report estimates lliteracy costs India over USD 53 bn a year: 12/Apr/2012
Illiteracy is costing Indian economy more than USD 53 billion a year, a report has estimated. According to the report titled 'Economic and Social Cost of Illiteracy' by World Literacy Foundation, illiteracy costs India an estimated USD 53.56 billion. The losses to China are pegged higher at ..
Survey predicts lower salary hike in 2012 12/Apr/2012
As per a survey conducted by HR consulting firm Right Step Consulting, the salary hikes for India would decline to 11.54 per cent in 2012 from 11.89 per cent in 2011. Right Step Consulting Director Vishal Bhargava said,“after having grown at the rate of 8.4 per cent over the last two years the ..
Dr. Naresh Chandra Pro VC of Mumbai University 12/Apr/2012
K Sankaranarayanan, Maharashtra Governor and Chancellor of Universities in the state, today appointed Dr Naresh Chandra as the Pro Vice Chancellor of the Mumbai University. Chandra is at present Principal of Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kalyan. His appointment will come into effect from ..

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