Education In India News

New Delhi: German will be taught in Kendriya Vidyalayas as an additional foreign language while modern Indian languages will be taught in Germany, according to an understanding reached between the two countries today to put a lid on a controversy that ...

Union Human Resource Development minister Smriti Irani has announced a new scheme to for weak students who are prone to depression due to non-performance in studies. The scheme was announced on Friday that will facilitate weak students of some national-level institutes ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all varsities under it to set up University-Industry Inter-Linkage Centres (UILCs) to put in place integrated initiatives that will allow colleges to produce "well-groomed", tailor-made graduates for industry. From setting up industry-academia clusters, live-work-play ...

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani, on Wednesday highlighted the need for reorientation in Sanskrit research, and urged scholars to take the lead in popularising and improving the standard of Sanskrit education. Speaking at the fifth convocation ceremony of ...

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in New Delhi, a deemed university that promotes Sanskrit, is proposed to be upgraded into an 'institution of national importance' on the lines of the premier IITs and AIIMS. The Vice chancellor of the Sansthan, P. N. ...

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu tops the list of states with 7 of its schools among the India's best 20, this is by the best overall aggregates in Class XII CBSE exams in 2015. Among the top 20, Bengaluru houses 5 schools. ...

'Inquilab Zindabad'--meaning long live the revolution, is one of the prominent slogans during the independence movement which was popularised by Bhagat Singh. Among all the freedom fighter's Singh stands out as one of the most influential revolutionaries during the freedom movement, ...

Delhi government's decision to cut 25 percent of the syllabus for classes six to eight to incorporate skill-based subjects will not have any loss of learning to students as the government is making efforts to reuse the deleted portions in more ...

The year 2015 will be earmarked as the year of 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, who is the architect of Indian Constitution. The Secretary of University Grants Commission (UGC) in its recent circular directed all the varsities to encourage ...

Lucknow: Efforts are underway to prepare the draft of a new education policy by December with involvement of people at the district level, Union HRD minister Smriti Irani said recently. "Till now, education policies were prepared by some persons at the ...

The Chancellor of University of Wolverhampton, UK, Lord Swraj Paul said that is ready to provide significant assistance to improve education standards in India and enable it to become a leading global economy by strengthening business innovation. Delivering the university's graduation ...

Educational institutions in India and Australia are set to become stronger as the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) Education Minister Joy Burch visits Kerala and Gujarat this week, it was reported on Friday. Burch's aim is to promote the ACT's vocational training ...

The United States will collaborate with India's ambitious skill development programme on a number of education-related projects to help the country achieve its goal of providing the training to 400 million people in the next decade. The State Department recently said ...

"Education system of the country depends on the quality of education provided to students, empowerment of teachers and effective management of resources by education institutions," said Dr Yaj Medury, vice-chancellor designate, Bennett University while delivering the special address at National Summit ...