Quality Education News

State Eligibility Test (SET) provides an alternative platform for teaching job seekers in state colleges and universities, UGC Chairman Ved Prakash said. "Usually, it is the National Eligibility Test (NET) which is conducted by the UGC that determines the eligibility ...

Voicing concern over problem of declining values in society due to identity-based conflicts and terrorism, Vice President M Hamid Ansari has said faculties of intellect, conscience and will should be inculcated in students. There is a general feeling that there ...

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 ...

Drawing attention towards the gap in vocational and university education, Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has said the quality and employability of majority of Indian graduates is questionable. "At present, frankly, the quality and employability of the vast majority of our ...

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notices to UGC, the state government and 16 private universities of the state, seeking a reply by November 13 over alleged violation of educational norms by these institutes. Taking suo motu ...

Development of education sector is among the top priorities of the government and its infrastructure has seen a massive expansion in the state in recent years, Jammu and Kashmir minister Raman Bhalla said. "Education is a priority sector ...

President Pranab Mukherjee will host a conference of directors of the National Institutes of Technology (NIT) to explore ways to improve the quality of technical education in the country. The president is a visitor at the NITs. The conference ...

Governors from eight states exchanged ideas on improving the quality of higher education in the country at the first meeting of the Committee of Governors constituted by President Pranab Mukherjee. The panel was constituted by the President to discuss the ...

The West Bengal government has formed a 12-member education commission for a vision document 2020 to improve the standard of education in the state. The panel would review courses, programmes and syllabus to suggest changes in keeping with the latest ...

Expressing that education is the most important element for development and progress of a society, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has said that the state government will make all possible efforts towards providing quality education to the students. Education is ...

Welcoming the USD 100 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan to improve education and skills in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma had said the fund will ensure that the state gets the best teachers, best infrastructure and improved skill developments for ...

Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said UPA government has taken many initiatives to revamp the health and education infrastructure of the country as these two sectors are important building blocks of a strong nation. "Health and education are two ...

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said the state would emerge as an education hub of international level in the coming few years. "It was only due to progressive policies of the state government that the drop out rate ...

Calling for a tension free education system in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said the government had set up an education commission to prepare a vision plan for 2020 and 2030. Speaking on the occasion of Teachers' Day, ...