education programme news

GGSIPU's special initiative to promote higher education for girls, details here

The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), in its latest move, will create one supernumerary seat each for ‘Single Girl Child’ in UG/PG course.

OIEG partners with University of Kent, mission to boost international students recruitment

The collaboration would enable recruitment to a larger and varied pool of international students supporting the University of Kent 2025 Strategy.

HT School launches its Mini Editors programme

The learning playground for millennial students, HT School is an event-driven edtech platform featuring a variety of products and services.

ICSI signs MoU for academic collaboration with Bharathiar University

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bharathiar University here under the “ICSI Academic Collaborations” initiative.

Centre’s skill-based education programme gets ‘good response’ in Goa

A total of 2,068 students were enrolled for the NSQF in the 2014-15 academic year when the scheme was introduced.

Budget 2020: Top 100 institutions to offer full time online degree courses

Budget 2020: While a some institutions already offer online degree courses, the announcement comes as a major boost towards recognition of the key role online education can play in a country of India’s size and diversity.

New education policy soon, Rs 99,300 crore allocated for sector in Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman

Suicide kills one person every 40 seconds, says WHO

Hanging, poisoning and shooting are the most common suicide methods, the WHO said as it urged governments to adopt suicide prevention plans to help people cope with stress and to reduce access to suicide means.

AICTE to get retired IIT, NIT professors to mentor colleges

In December 2017, AICTE initiated a mission to introduce better systems and processes in order to improve the quality of education imparted in technical institutes across the country, such as imposing a blanket ban on the establishment of new institutes from the 2020-21 academic year.

Dalai Lama trust to launch new programme with aim to create an ‘ethical world’

A special education programme titled ‘SEE’ (Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning) aimed at creating a compassionate and ethical world will be launched by the Dalai Lama Trust.

China state TV apologises for 12 minutes of adverts before education programme

The outcry over the commercials coincided with protests by parents over the weekend in a city in southern China about school enrolment.