Education News

New Delhi, July 1, 2015: Literacy rate in rural areas was pegged at 71 per cent last year, compared to 86 per cent in urban areas, while among the age group of seven years and above, male literacy rate was found ...

Since the arrival of computer technology, it has mostly known to have been used in a negative fashion, particularly with education. However, technology and education can go hand-in-hand successfully. Combining interactive technology with academics has proven to accelerate learning and promote ...

What sets human beings apart from that of other lower animals is the fact that we know how to collaborate with each other. While some of these collaborations are physical in nature (it is in this context things like traditional gender ...

New Delhi, June 29, 2015: India will set up the Malviya Commonwealth Chair for cross border teacher education that will focus on curriculum development, student assessment, pre-service and in-service teacher training. The announcement in this regard was made by Human Resource ...

New Delhi, June 25, 2015: There has been a decline in the enrolment of students in Delhi government schools while more number of students have enrolled in unaided and private schools in the national capital over the year, according to an ...

Choosing a career is a turning point in one's life. Career you choose, shapes your identity as a person. Career gives you independence and self-confidence, hence choosing the right path is a crucial step. Today's world offers too many career choices ...

Ahmedabad, June 22, 2015: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam today called for the inclusion of entrepreneurship in the educational curricula in the country. "We need education that creates environment for entrepreneurship," Kalam said at the city-based Entrepreneurship Development Institute. "The education ...

Chennai, June 22, 2015: The Tamil Nadu government is recalling around 300,000 economics and history text books in which DMK president M.Karunanidhi is still listed as the state's chief minister in the preface, even four years after AIADMK chief J.Jayalalithaa replacing ...

Guwahati, June 19, 2015: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today launched a special educational scheme for meritorious students living below the poverty line. The special scheme for the BPL students would cover all the rank holders, distinction holders and those securing ...

New Delhi, June 16, 2015: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said education was important for progress and development of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region. Releasing a book 'Education of Muslims: An Islamic Perspective of Knowledge and ...

Hyderabad, June 15,2015: Four persons were today arrested for allegedly preparing fake certificates of various universities, police said. Acting on a tip-off, sleuths of Commissioner's Task Force (West Zone) apprehended four accused persons -- Mohd Kaleemuddin, Mohd Ismail, Mir Abrar Ali ...

Kolkata, June 15, 2015: Sri Lanka needs India's help to establish the concept of theatre as a tool for education, says veteran Sri Lankan theatre personality Parakrama Niriella, heaping praise on the 'theatre in education' innovation that has sparked interest in ...

London, June 15, 2015: A feeling of estrangement from school and a belief in traditional gender roles that men should lead women are two possible major causes behind the worldwide trend of boys falling behind at school, says a study. The ...

New Delhi, June 15, 2015: The front page news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally directed that the feasibility of foreign universities entering the education space in India be urgently examined has come as good news for the higher education ...