Higher Education News

Darbhanga (Bihar), Jul 22 (PTI): The condition of higher education in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and some other states is "disappointing", Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said today and stressed on establishing institutional machinery to ensure that it was relevant with changing ...

Itanagar, Jul 22 (PTI): The Arunachal Pradesh government has attached top priority not only to education but games and sports sector too, as both sectors are crucial for human development, Lok Sabha member Takam Sanjoy has said. Inaugurating a cricket ...

New Delhi: India is to achieve 80% literacy rate in the next two years. This was stated by the HRD Minister Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju, while inaugurating an International Conference on Achieving Literacy for All. The literacy rate of India ...

Did you know that only 1% of students prefer studying research across India? Surprised!! Well, we have been hearing that India is spending on Research and Development in order to boost Research activities across Nation. Still, India is lying behind the ...

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has granted new accreditation to 42 higher educational institutions and re-assessed the accreditation of 34 other institutions. The NAAC has accredited four new universities and 38 new colleges across the country. This includes ...

An Indian educator has favored national emigrants particularly businessmen, to invest in education that will produce people who can help develop India's economy. Professor Habib-ur-Rehman, the former vice-chancellor of Agra University and the dean of the faculty of commerce and ...

Its time to see new Universities in Assam. Yes, three bills for setting up new Universities, including a Women's university were introduced in the Assam Assembly on Monday. The Assam Women's University Bill, 2013 seeks to establish a teaching, non-affiliating ...

The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi has expressed his deep concern and disappointment on the universities stating "They have become money-minting machines rather than man-making centres". Pinpointing on the nurturing of the country's talented youngsters as the need, Modi ...

Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Facebook have joined hands to launch Internet Safety Education programs for Students between the age group of 13 and 17 years. The campaign, which is focused on building community awareness on this ...

In a continuation of the educational partnership between India and the United States, eight institutional partnership projects have been selected for the second round of Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative awards. Each project will be awarded approximately $250,000 ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi invites applications for the award of the "Central Sector Scholarship 2013" for College and University Students of batch 2013. Objective: To provide financial assistance to meritorious students from low income families ...

India, which is well known as an education destination for students of China and USA is now attracting the students of Nepal. Though it is quite difficult to tell exactly when Nepal students started coming to India for higher education, it ...

[PIB]: The Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr M M Pallam Raju met Australian Minister for Higher Education, Senator Kim Carr at the annual Australia-India Ministerial Dialogue on Education Cooperation. They also attended the second Australia India Education Council (AIEC) ...

Bhubaneswar: A working adult is unlikely to have the freedom to simply quit his or her job and go "back to school" full time. Public school systems and community colleges usually offer evening or weekend classes for this reason. This is ...