Education In India News

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the Union Budget 2016 sessions announced the creation of a Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) with an initial capital base of Rs 1,000 crore which will leverage funds from the market and work to create infrastructure ...

President Pranab Mukherjee today addressed both houses of Parliament, marking the beginning of the Union Budget 2016 session. During the address president said "My Government is pledged to work for the welfare of the poor, the marginalized and the vulnerable sections ...

Class 10th board exams this year will see the changes in the exam pattern as the directorate of government examinations has implemented changes in the pattern of exam by introducing questions outside-textbook. However, schools and educationists have appreciated the changes introduced, and ...

Republic Day, the national festival, is a day ahead, and children and students are looking forward to celebrating with much fervor. On this special day, patriotic songs echo everywhere as every child flutters a tiny national flag to mark the occasion. ...

A total of 63 students have failed in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the academic session 2014-15. The number was disclosed by the Human Resource Development (HRD) Minster, Smriti Irani in Lok Sabha on December 21. Irani provided this information ...

The government will provide Wi-fi connectivity to all central universities under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) programme. The government announced the plan in Lok Sabha on December 21. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has said it will rank all institutions across the country. Private colleges and universities will also be come under this ranking process. This move by the UGC could have annoyed other regulatory bodies like AICTE (for ...

Pune: In order to formulate the New Education Policy (NEP), the government has undertaken a collaborative, multi-stakeholder and multi-pronged consultation process. The formulation process included online, grassroots and national level thematic deliberations. According to HRD press statement, out of the 33 ...

In a bid to boost innovation in the field of education, Human Resources Development (HRD) minister, Smriti Irani has suggested annual award for the entire team of officers in the district. The award will be presented to those officers in the ...

In order to boost skill-based education system in the state Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar has announced to set up a Skill Development University. Speaking about the initiative he said that the proposal for setting up the university had been ...

November 2015, London: Leading international education auditing and recognition platform Great Place to Study Research Institute hosted its 2nd Global League Institute Certification for newly affiliated Indian Universities & Colleges, providing certification to 14 more Indian educational institutions at a ceremony ...

Mumbai: Times Higher Education (THE) has recently released the Times Higher Education BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and Emerging Economies Rankings, in which IIT-B (IIT-Bombay) ranked 29th, up from it's last year's position of 37. The Indian Institute ...

Uttar Pradesh (UP) has topped the list of states that received high number of enrollments in higher educational institutions in the country. It was followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The statistics were revealed in the Annual Status of Higher Education ...

Indian educational institutes occupy 16 places among top 200 universities in Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies rankings for 2016. The only Indian institute to feature in the top 20, at 16th place is the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. ...