Education News

Kolkata, February 25: West Bengal Education minister Partha Chatterjee today said that the state government is trying to develop Bengal as a higher education hub and emphasising on more centres of excellence. "We are trying to develop Bengal as a ...

New Delhi, February 24: President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said education was the "priority of priorities" for the government. In his address to the joint session of both houses of parliament, he said: "Education is the priority of priorities for my ...

Bangalore, February 23, 2015: Maharishi Vidya Mandir Chetpet, Chennai represented by G Pranav Hari and S Pranav Kamesh, emerged national winners of the Texas Instruments Science & Technology Quiz 2015 held in Bangalore today. The winning team overcame stiff competition from ...

Mecca (Saudi Arabia), February 23: The head of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious seat of learning, today called on for education reform in Muslim countries in an effort to contain the spread of religious extremism. Speaking at counter-terrorism forum ...

Lucknow, February 23: Several eminent personalities were today given Maulana Azad award for their contribution in their respective fields. At a function organised here by Ittehad-e-Millat Convention, eminent personalities including senior journalist Brijesh Mishra and Farjand Ahmad, educationist Jagdish ...

Kathmandu, February 23 : The World Bank has approved USD 65 million as assistance for higher education reforms in Nepal to help address the human resource needs of the country. The project aims to support reforms in selected institutions for ...

New Delhi, February 23: Infusing freshness into a system where earning maximum grades takes priority over understanding, experts have come up with solutions like teaching mathematics through video games - allowing students to go beyond the obvious. According to the ...

New Delhi February 23:Rote learning techniques have long-plagued the Indian education system, where even "science is taught like history". Infusing freshness into a system where earning maximum grades takes priority over understanding, experts have come up with solutions like teaching ...

New Delhi, February 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday advised students preparing for board and competitive examinations on his "Mann ki Baat" programme on All India Radio. Modi gave them some tips to perform well, stressed the need to ...

Cairo, February 21 : The Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group Friday began distributing educational material for six subjects to schools in the areas under its control in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. SOHR noted that ...

antiago, February 21: Chilean Education Minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre has said the government will start providing free higher education in 2016. "President Michelle Bachelet has clearly said that free education will begin in 2016, and we are going to honour that ...

With some of the worlds best universities, UK is highly popular with international students and according to the latest UNESCO statistics, more than 427,000 international tertiary level students study there each year - of which 30,000 are from India. Education system ...

Kolkata, February 19: South Point school will soon come up with a new 6.65-acre integrated campus in Mukundapur with a capacity for accommodating about 15,000 students. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today unveiled the foundation stone of the Rs ...

From Tuhin Dutta Doha (Qatar) February 19: India will see major changes in medical education and healthcare within the next couple of years, renowned cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty said today as he called for technology enabled solutions to address pressing health ...