Higher Education News

It seems like Canada is drawing the interest of Indian students. While most of the Indian students have chosen Canada for higher education, Canada turns as one of the greatest destinations for international education. There are one out of every ...

Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research (SJICSR) Director Dr. C.N. Manjunath said, "The only way to make healthcare affordable is by ensuring that medical education becomes cost-effective." Dr. Manjunath, who was addressing at the inaugural of a 2-day ...

State governments have not shown enough commitment for strengthening higher education, UGC chairman Ved Prakash said, stressing that the challenge before the Centre was to take them on board. Batting for public-private partnership in higher education, he said that the ...

India's most innovative and Information Technology (IT) hub, Karnataka state seems to attract more number of foreign students. Karnataka is the favorite destination for Foreign students, who come to study in higher educational institutions. A joint report on the ...

The President has said there should not be any confrontation between the environment considerations and development requirements. Inaugurating the National Day Education celebration and Jawaharlal Nehru National Science, Mathematics and Environment Exhibition (JNNSMEE) 2013, at Gangtok, Sikkim, the President Shri ...

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, on Thursday, emphasised on the need to make education compatible to leverage technological advancements. He stated, "Education must be child centric, and not the curriculum". He feels that if education is made child centric, children can ...

Flagging the issue of India's poor contribution in international scientific research, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked institutions of higher learning to make collective efforts to "improve" the present state of affairs. He also said UPA's nine years of rule ...

The Punjab state Chief Minister, Prakash Singh Badal, on Monday announced free education and health care facilities for the migrant population residing in Punjab. "Migrants from other states will be offered housing facility on easy instalments", Prakash Singh said. ...

It is found that America has been the most popular country among Korean students to study abroad. Though America had high priority for about six decades, those who want to achieve higher degrees like a master's or a doctorate are turning ...

A senior delegation from Punjab Technical University (PTU) and its affiliated colleges are currently on a two week-long visit to the USA and Canada to forge research and educational collaborations between India and North America universities. These collaborations will be ...

Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) is all set to host Najah, the largest education, training and careers exhibition in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from Tuesday. The seventh annual Najah exhibition, organised under the patronage of UAE's Minister of ...

President Barack Obama who called on education reforms to prepare Americans for a global economy, where jobs can go anywhere said, "Billions of people from countries like India and China are striving hard to out-educate Americans in Mathematics and Technology." ...

Mahendra, 21, lives in one of the countless slums in and around Delhi. His father is a gardener and his mother a housemaid. Though passionate about computers and technology, the young man could only fantasise about becoming a software engineer - ...

China attaches great importance to educational development of the whole nation and lifelong learning, said Vice Premier Liu Yandong here Monday. He made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Learning Cities, organised by the United ...