A Sanskrit grammar written by German born grammarian, lexicographer and philologist Jesuit missionary Fr Johann Ernst Hanxleden, popularly known as Arnos Padre, was released in Belgium.
The over 300-year-old work, considered one of the earliest missionary grammars in Sanskrit, was released on April 10, Fr ..
City-based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has launched a new software that facilitates e-learning via set-top boxes (STBs).
Eighty e-learning courses will be made available using the tool by C-DAC in collaboration with the Pune University's Educational Media Research Centre (EMRC), a ..
The government has identified seven national nodal centres for strengthening nursing school, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
Azad described the training process, as extremely crucial areas and said that they need to be effectively nurtured and mentored for achieving maternal and child health goals...
Tripura will emerge as a total literate state in the country before World Literacy Day on September 8, a minister said.
A meeting of the State Literacy Mission Authority presided by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar reviewed the status of literacy in the state today and set a target for the state to emerge as ..
Educational programmes in Bihar have resulted in pushing literacy growth rate in the state to 16.82 per cent, much ahead of national average of 9.28 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said.
Social indices like decline in death rate, universalisation of immunisation scheme and rise in per ..
Indian Institute of Management- Lucknow reduced the fee for its postgraduate progammes by 10 per cent.
"IIM-Lucknow board has decided to reduce the fee for the postgraduate programme in management (PGP and PGP agri-business management) by 10 per cent. From the current Rs 12 lakh, the fee has come ..
Higher education is crucial not only for creating employable students but to also make society more civilized, Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education and SCERT, Deo Nukhu said.
The state would look for opportunities where through collaboration with IGNOU, higher educational courses could reach the ..
Playing sounds that are synchronised to brain waves during sleep can boost your memory, a new study has found.
Researchers have found that slow oscillations in brain activity, which occur during so-called slow-wave sleep is critical for retaining memories.
Playing sounds synchronised to the ..
The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology has joined hands with Australia's Queensland University of Technology to offer joint PhD programme.
The collaborative PhD programme, a part of the institute's efforts to promote cooperative educational exchanges, would allow students to pursue their ..
Praising IGNOU's role in taking education to the masses, President Pranab Mukherjee said regular update of course content and access to study material within reasonable time was absolutely essential.
IGNOU, the largest open university in the world, has started with a mandate of providing need-based ..