Education

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will launch its own portal on 9th August to sell books online. Through this portal students and schools will be able to place orders directly to NCERT for its books, which will be delivered at home or the school. Talks are also in

Some time back news had come that the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, worried over the low ratio of girl students in IIT has set a target of achieving 20% female students by 2020-2021. This will be done in a phased manner as per earlier reports. In 2018 the addition will be 14%, in 2019

There will soon be no need for physical authentication of educational certificates during admissions. In a revolutionary move that will benefit students, recruiters and educational institutions. The benefits are two-fold for educational institutions that sign up. First, the task of maintaining a

Rajasthan government will host a 2-day 'Festival of Education' in Jaipur on the 5th and 6th August at the Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Centre. The festival aims at enhancing the opportunities in the education sector. This will also help in improving the quality of education in Rajasthan

The Centre plans to start as many as five residential schools in every state to cater to Dalit girls, but on the condition that states take over their funding and functioning after three years. The schools will provide education from Class VI to Class XII. Boarding schools are seen as the best way

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a government recognised institution that offers distance education courses is set to start degree and certificate programmes in Vedic and Indic studies. The course in Vedic studies will be offered in association with a religious faction, the

To promote Sanskrit language, Delhi government will open 75 learning centres which would offer three-month certificate course in Sanskrit. A committee has been constituted to design the course syllabus within a month and the course will be of two-hour duration thrice a week. Delhi Deputy Chief

The sixth ‘Ekal on Wheel’ (EoW)was launched on 1 5 July, the World Youth Skills Day, in a major event organized at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. EoW is a flagship programme of the Ekal Gramothan Foundation. This is a mobile training facility set up in a bus, having work stations. It moves around

Central Government has been taking a series of measures to improve the quality of higher education in the country. Several premier higher educational institutions in the country like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Indian Institutes of Science

The National Academic Depository (NAD), a 24 X 7 online store house of academic awards digitally lodged by various academic institutions / school boards / eligibility assessment bodies has been established. The academic awards to be lodged on NAD shall cover degrees, diplomas, certificates, mark

President Pranab Mukherjee launched Swayam, Swayam Prabha - the platform of 32 DTH channels to deliver the courses - and National Academic Depository (NAD) which will facilitate online verification of certificates, on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the spread of technology

“JIGYASA” TO CONNECT 1151 KVs WITH 38 CSIR LABS TARGETING 100,000 STUDENTS “JIGYASA”, a student- scientist connect programme was officially launched in the national capital on Thursday. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has joined hands with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to