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Australia and India foster higher education linkages

New exchange programs for academics and college principals were among a range of initiatives designed to foster higher education links between Australia and India announced today in Delhi by Australia’s Minister for Tertiary Educati [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

CBSE chairman, Vineet Joshi on higher education crisis in In...

Q. Is the CBSE to blame for such high cut off marks in colleges? A. The board exam is an achievement test on a curriculum of two years. It is wrong to look at it like an entrance exam. There has to be a ranking system, which takes into [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Reshaping India’s higher education landscape

A few months have elapsed since then human resources development minister Kapil Sibal introduced his higher education Bill. The immediate brouhaha now having subsided, I feel it might be worthwhile to point to three generalized inadequaci [...]

Posted On : Jun, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

India needs talented youth with higher education: Kalam

India needs a large number of talented youth with higher education for creating and imparting knowledge, the former Indian President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has said. Dr Kalam, who inaugurated a seminar for the teachers of CBSE internati [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Online school WGU Indiana seeks its own niche

As a newcomer to the state's higher education scene, WGU Indiana has been working hard to get its name out. The online program has a high-profile endorser in Gov. Mitch Daniels, who signed an executive order last year to establish th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Globalising India needs 'schools of tomorrow': Harvard educa...

As India moves ahead on the path of globalisation, it also needs to overhaul its education system to meet the demands of the coming age, says Harvard Graduate School of Education professor David Perkins who believes that "schools of [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

UK to inquiry into misuse of India education aid

Britain has launched an inquiry into reports that millions of pounds of aid for education and the 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan', has disappeared into the depths of corruption without any benefit to the poor children the aid was intende [...]

Posted On : Jun, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

India-Australia sign deal to expand education ties

India and Australia on Thursday inked a major education deal to expand exchanges in the sector as both sides sought to take their “relationship forward” after a series of vicious attacks on Indian students, including one that [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Outlook for Indian Preschool Education Market Seems Bright

The preschool education market in India has evolved rapidly over the recent past. The preschool provides pre-primary education to children generally in the age group of 2-4 years to stimulate the child's physical, intellectual, social and e [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Education for All Trend and Out Reach at Tamilnadu in India

The world convention on to Meet fundamental Learning requirements was adopted by the World Conference on Education for All at Jomtien, Thailand, in March 1990. The meeting design comprehensive review of policies concerning basic education. [...]