Education News in India

Government imposes cut on school education and literacy budget 3/Jan/2013
The government has imposed around seven per cent cut in the Rs 45,000 crore school education and literacy budget to control expenditure in view of the economic slowdown. The reduction has been about Rs 3240 crore in the Rs 45,969 crore budget earmarked for this fiscal, said sources in the HRD ministry.<br ..
Government rejects J&K government?s proposal of opening new schools and .. 3/Jan/2013
Stating that discrepancies galore in education department of Jammu and Kashmir, Government of India (GoI) has rejected J&K government’s proposal of opening new schools and upgradation of existing primary schools in the State. It has asked the government to maintain actual data of un-served ..
HRD Minister rule out any constraints in releasing funds during XII Plan .. 4/Jan/2013
Union minister for human resources development M.M. Pallam Raju felt the need to provide quality education to the students and ruled out any constraints in releasing funds during XII Plan period to promote mainly primary education. He visited the District Institute of Education and Training at Bommur.<br ..
CBSE to introduce an elective course in human rights and gender studies in .. 4/Jan/2013
Responding to the growing concern over the lack of gender sensitization among the youth, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) plans to introduce an elective course in human rights and gender studies in its schools from the coming academic session. The move comes weeks after the Delhi gang-rape ..
Rotaract Mumbai celebrated the World Responsible Youth Day on January 1 .. 4/Jan/2013
The young members of the Rotaract Mumbai celebrated the World Responsible Youth Day on January 1 this year. Celebrated on the first Sunday of every year, the day commemorates responsibility the youth must imbibe. Keeping in spirit with this year’s theme—education—Rotaract clubs across the city have ..
Students enrolled in regular degree course can now pursue an additional .. 4/Jan/2013
An expert Committee of the UGC has recommended that students enrolled in a regular degree course can now pursue an additional degree simultaneously under open or distance education mode from the same or different university. However, they cannot undertake two regular degrees at the same time. The ..
Centre to introduce a bill in the budget session to provide more funding .. 4/Jan/2013
The Centre is planning to introduce a bill in the budget session of Parliament to provide more funding to universities set up by state governments, Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju said. "Universities can either be created out of Acts of Parliament or an Act of Legislatures. All the Universities ..
States accelerating the infrastructure needed for enforcing the Right to .. 4/Jan/2013
Noting that "a lot of acceleration" has taken place in states for creating the infrastructure needed for enforcing the Right to Education Act, Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju said the Centre would work with state governments to achieve the objective of the landmark legislation. "I think ..
President asks scientists to help the country bag the long overdue Nobel .. 4/Jan/2013
Pointing out that no Indian has won a Nobel Prize in science in over eight decades, President Pranab Mukherjee today asked the scientific community to work in a "time-bound" manner to help the country bag the "long overdue" prize in this field. "...it has been 83 long years ..
Cold wave forces Delhi Government to close all schools under it until .. 4/Jan/2013
In view of the intense cold wave conditions in the city, Delhi Government ordered all schools under it to remain closed until January 12. Education Minister Kiran Walia said all schools run by Delhi Government, municipal corporations, Delhi Cantonment Board, and recognised aided and unaided schools ..

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