Education In India News

Students of around 38 central universities will finally be able to access free Wi-Fi in university campuses in places including libraries, hostel, canteens and study areas. The high-speed network will have a bandwidth of 2Gbps allowing students to download data from ...

University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed ten institutions to immediately shut down their off-campus centres, saying these are "unauthorised" and have been set up against the rules. The list of institutions put on notice are: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ...

First-of-its-kind aptitude test will be introduced from the current academic year to enable students to make effective career choices. Over 15 lakh state board students will be taking up this examination in the current academic year. The tests shall be conducted ...

Among its many firsts, Kolkata adds another first to its list, now in the field of education. The Future Foundation School in Kolkata has become the first school in Asia to have French as a second language. Considered as one of ...

Jawaharlal Nehru University in a bid to promote Indian languages and research is considering to set up a school which will offer courses in Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Assamese among others. The varsity offers language courses in French, German, Russian, Spanish, ...

According to a report in Press Trust of India (PTI), she wrote in an op-ed in Atlantic Council that she has launched "Let Girls Learn", a new initiative to fund community girls' education projects. On November 2, Michelle Obama has said ...

When asked about to improve the quality of teaching, President Pranab Mukherjee has said that educational institutes across the country will enhance their ranking to be part of world's best 200 universities. The President highlighted on the need to focus on ...

According to a recent survey, data has come up which showcases how the online courses have impacted the Indian education system positively. The survey named "learning outcomes" reveals that the Indians have scored better outcomes than global average. According to a ...

The number of students opting for B group (physics, chemistry and biology) has more than doubled in the last five years, with engineering loosing its sheen. However, the number of students in A group (physics, chemistry and mathematics) has registered a ...

Outgoing Delhi University, Vice Chancellor, Dinesh Singh, whose reforms in education did not go down well with the varsity teachers as well as HRD Ministry, says his suggestions have been welcomed more abroad. He also said higher education in the country ...

Indian experts teaching in international institutions overseas will be brought home to raise the level of education system in the country, a senior educationist has said. According to the report in Press Trust of India (PTI), S S Mantha, former chairman ...

Rajasthan has emerged on top of the list of states in cracking entrance exam of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology this year, with nearly 20% students gaining admission to the 18 IITs belonging to the state. As per a recent ...

Anmol Swami from Meerut who lives in Gandhinagay colony, received the title 'Meerut's Google Boy' last year in 2014 by a city-based school at the age of 3. Anmol, who could hardly speak when he turned 3 years old is now ...

Bhubaneswar, Odisha: The Odisha government on Monday said 100 model schools will start functioning from the next academic session (2016-17) in the state. The decision was taken in a meeting here on Monday chaired by chief minister Naveen Patnaik. "While the ...