New Delhi: Expressing concern over slow increase in the number of students in colleges, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said the government intended to ensure that at least 40 per cent children were enrolled for higher education and encouraged private sector participation in this endeavour.
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Puducherry: The Puducherry government had a few years ago sought instructions from the Centre to private medical colleges here to earmark 50 per cent quota of total seats under government quota in the MBBS course and adherence to fee structure levied by the government sponsored Fee Committee, Chief Minister V ..
Puducherry: The Puducherry administration is taking steps to set up its own Board of Secondry Education here, Chief Minister V Vaithilingam told the Legislative Assembly today.
Replying to a question, he said as in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the Puducherry administration will also introduce a uniform ..
Agartala: Tripura has decided to fill up 4,712 government job vacancies in one go to tackle growing unemployment in the state, a minister said here Wednesday.
"The school education department has issued 4,712 job offers in the past one week," School Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty told ..
Bangalore: Indian space scientists and engineers are bracing up to launch an average of 10 satellites per year to meet the rising demand for various space applications, including communications and remote sensing, a top space scientist said.
"We are planning to launch 10 satellites per year, ..
New Delhi: A historic law making education a fundamental right of every child will come into force tomorrow, directly benefiting close to one crore children who do not go to schools at present.
The importance attached to the legislation could be gauged from the fact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in ..
New Delhi: Kapil Sibal said, the proposed Foreign Educational Institutions Bill, foreign varsities will get as much autonomy as private institutions of India.
Kapil Sibal made these observations while addressing the inaugural session at a conference 'Tomorrow's North: Green and Educated North' hosted by ..
New Delhi: The Government will move the Supreme Court to challenge stay orders of High Courts in some states on a UGC direction to all deemed universities that they should not call themselves as universities.
Acting on the instruction of the government, the University Grants Commission (UGC) ..
New Delhi: An education watchdog has asked nearly 1000 aspiring minority institutions to submit details about community-wise enrolment of students to decide whether minority status should be granted to them.
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions ..
Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has decided to refund fees for any student who chooses to work for any not-for-profit organisation for a period of three years on a pro-rata basis.
Stating this at the 35th annual convocation, IIMB Director Pankaj Chandra said this special ..