Japan will provide $174.8 million (around 870 cr) loan as development aid to the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H), the biggest-ever foreign aid to an IIT, which experts said will have a leapfrog effect on the standard of higher education in the state and boost infrastructure.
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More than two years after the state government failed to bring in a law for establishment of the self-financed universities, the higher and technical education department on Wednesday announced model guidelines for setting up such varsities. This means a separate legislation will have to be enacted for setting up a ..
The HRD ministry is veering around to a non-intervention approach in the Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) proposed from the current academic session in the Delhi University (DU).
After nearly two-hour meeting late on Wednesday evening — attended by the HRD minister M M Pallam Raju and senior ..
Tamil Nadu has become the only state in the country to have achieved its target in the 'Saakshar Bharat' scheme, by educating over 17.25 lakh adults.
Not only did Tamil Nadu educate over 17.25 lakh adults, it also became the only state to have achieved the target in this scheme, an official release said...
The Maharashtra government has approved release of grant for various schemes of minorities' development.
The decision to allocate funds for various minorities' development schemes was taken at a recent meeting by state finance minister Ajit Pawar, Minister of State for Education Fauzia Khan said.
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Students should pursue jobs as per their interests and set a goal for their lives, a senior official at search engine giant Google said.
Speaking to students of Rajasthan University, Google Slovakia Country Manager Rasto Kulich motivated and guided them to set and achieve their goals and gave tips on ..
The purpose of university education should be to open the minds of the students leading to thirst for knowledge, Vice President HamidAnsari said here today.
Expressing serious concern over the quality of higher education in the country, Ansari observed that not a single university from India figured in ..
A good education, job opportunities and better healthcare top the list of things Indians want to improve their lives, shows data from an ongoing UN global survey.
Almost 80,000 people across India have participated so far in the ‘My World’ survey that began in January.
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Starting July 1, 2013, new updates are being made to the GRE programme that will allow individuals to retake the GRE revised General Test as frequently as once every 21 days, and up to five times within any continuous rolling 12-month period.
"The GRE programme is finding ways to make testing more readily ..
Many students and their parents attended a question-answer seminar on Sunday to understand the online admission process and to gauge which branch of engineering was most suitable for the applicants.
The seminar was organized by a private engineering college of the city at Thakorbhai Desai Hall and was ..