At IIM Ahmedabad, students of PGP (postgraduate) and PGPX (executive postgraduate) programmes recently learnt some valuable lessons from India’s ancient fables, the Panchatantra. The management lessons were based on the understanding and interpretation of conflict in the Panchatantra. These were
Education
For the first time in history, Rajasthan has recorded more girls than boys in enrolments at higher education institutes. For the academic year 2016-17, the department has recorded a total enrolment of 4.67 lakh girls against 4.65 lakh boys at colleges, universities and diploma centres. "Girls
A few angels in disguise have come in the form of a few architecture students of Jamia Milia Islamia, in New Delhi who have taken up the task of providing primary education to children living in the settlement where the construction workers reside. These architecture students, who will be designing
University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities to start courses on disaster management and financial emergencies. These courses must cover topics such as bomb threats, earthquakes, explosions, hazardous material spills/release, campus shootings, terrorist incidents. They must also cover
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are likely to significantly increase their intake in the next academic year, providing at least 1,000 additional engineering aspirants with an opportunity to study in the premier establishments. A senior human resource development (HRD) ministry official
A 98-year-old man, who wished to have the tag of being a postgraduate, finally completed his master's programme on Monday. Nonagenarian Raj Kumar Vaishya fulfilled his long-due dream by securing a master's in economics from the Nalanda Open University (NOU) 79 years after he graduated in the same
The general perception is that government schools are not good, and if possible even the poor want to send their children to private schools. This mind set prevails all over the country, and if one talks of Uttar Pradesh one can not think of a good government school. However, one government primary
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the Centre is considering bringing back retired teachers not more than 75 years old and with "good teaching record" to fill in the large number of vacancies in centrally funded institutions and universities. He said these retired teachers could be
When a child reaches higher classes the most difficult task for the child and the parent is to decide as to which stream one should go for. Many a times it is the friends who decide, many a times it is forced by the parents and rarely it is selected as per the capabilities of the child. Many experts
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has said that under the Gyankunj Project, e-classes will be set up in 1,609 state government-run primary schools for students of class VII and VIII. These classes will be equipped with projectors, smart-boards, infrared cameras, laptops, speakers and wi-fi routers
Teachers Day Special On this Teachers Day Delhi government awarded 93 teachers and in this there were two teachers who were awarded under a special category which was started by Dy CM Manish Sisodia last year. This was to recognise the efforts of teachers who did exemplary work which was not the
This is a special on Teachers Day. This is the story of a teacher in Tamil Nadu, Annapurna Mohan, a Class 3 English teacher at a school in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram town. She has given her classroom a very modern look with an interactive smart board, English books, comfortable furniture. This school