Education In India News

According to a survey, female students in tier I cities prefer to take up medicine as a profession, while girl students in tier II prefer banking. In a recent survey conducted by education portal careerguide.com, the response from about 6,000 female ...

The National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) has released the education data. The NUEPA shows the gap between the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) and Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) at all levels of school education is still very wide. One ...

Today, the government approved a proposal to fortify ties between India and Germany in the higher education sector. The focus will be on the field of research, skill development and faculty development. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

Search engine giant Google and online education company Udacity launched IT courses in India, branching outside the US. The courses have been introduced with an aim to tap the country's millions of software developers scrambling for jobs. The two organisations teamed with ...

In order to the tackle the problem of degrading education quality for engineers, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to cut down its undergraduate engineering seats by 40%. In the same context, the AICTE has also decided ...

"State government is considering to restart class 8 board examination under Haryana School Education Board (HSEB) to improve the standard of education,' said Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Addressing a function at Shri Ram Sharnam Asharam at Gohana in Sonipat, ...

The Delhi government has chalked out a plan to close around 300 private schools in Delhi which are running without recognition. The schools will be closed as they fail to meet the minimum land requirement and quality standards prescribed under the ...

Taking forward the 'Digital India Mission', Faridabad Deputy Commissioner launched the 'E-Vidyavahini', a computer literacy vehicle that will travel to the urban and rural belts of the district. "The bus, prepared with an investment of Rs 35 lakhs, is aimed to ...

"National Institute of Technologies (NITs) in the northeast region must obtain guidance and lessons from internationally acclaimed academicians and experts for their all-round development," said Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani while speaking in Agartala "NITs in northeast states must ...

Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India is also a visionary. To make his dream 'Digital India', come true he has initiated new policies to bring about changes in the field of education. As a part of the programme he started ...

Revealing shocking numbers, as many as 17, 47, 824 people have applied for the 368 peon posts available in the UP Secretariat, clearly showcasing the shocking rate of unemployment in UP. What is even more shocking is the fact among the ...

Though India may not yet have managed to get a Ivy league school to set up campus in India through the Foreign Universities Bill, it is close in drawing over 200 academics from global universities to teach in India at $8,000- ...

"India needs a new school every seven minutes in order to give quality education to slum children," said Women and Child Development Minister, Maneka Gandhi as she interacted through a live chat with users on Facebook. "Statistically, India needs a new ...

Chennai: Diploma programmes on film technology offered by the MGR Government Film and Television Institute will be changed to bachelors degree courses, Tamil Nadu minister for Information KT Rajenthrabhalaji told the assembly recently. Making a series of announcements for his department, ...