Education

Geared-Up Girls, a team of five girls between the age of 14 and 18 from different schools in Mumbai will represent India in a robotics competition, ‘First Global Challenge 2019’, to be held in Dubai from October 24 to October 27. The theme is ‘Ocean Opportunities’ and the challenge for […]

Last month, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) invited students to apply for doctoral programmes in 11 fields: business policy, economics, finance & accounting, food & agri-business, human resource management, information systems, innovation and management in education, marketing, organizational behaviour, production and quantitative methods, and public systems. The call […]

The Union government is likely to drop its plan to set up a National Education Commission (NEC), which was to be led by the Prime Minister, after objections by several states, including Gujarat. During a meeting with the human resource development ministry, education ministers from several states opposed the idea, […]

Some schools in the Valley have found a way around the protest-shutdown against the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status by holding early-morning classes for students to minimize academic losses before exams later this month. The children, sans the uniform, in Sebdan area of Budgam district put school bags […]

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday inaugurated tele-education and tele-medicine project for African countries here in New Delhi. The EAM inaugurated e-VidyaBharti and e-ArogyaBharti (tele-education and tele-medicine project) for African countries on the occasion of the 55th Anniversary of India’s flagship capacity building programme – Indian Technical and […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) signed an MoU with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday for institutional collaboration in education and research. JNU vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said the main objectives of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) were to promote and enhance interactions and collaborations between the […]

Alumni and students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday accused varsity’s administration of ‘killing JNU’s culture’, and ‘taking away freedom and liberty from students’ after the varsity uploaded a draft of its new hostel manual on its website, seeking suggestions from both students and teachers. The draft that mentions […]

Art learning should be a “non-threatening” activity where a student can perform without the fear of being judged, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) told schools. Do not comment on a child’s artistic capabilities, do not compare children’s artwork, assess the process and not the product, and […]

In a first, the office of Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel has sought applications for the post of vice chancellor(VC) of Lucknow University. Till date, the VC has been appointed by a panel formed by the UP governor. The applicants have been asked to submit the details of the application […]

Steel Authority of India, Bhilai steel plant has released a notification to fill 296 posts of Operator cum Technician, Attendant, Pharmacist, Fireman cum Fire Engine Driver, Jr Staff Nurse and others. Candidates interested and eligible for the posts can apply online at, sail.co.in from October 26, 2019. The last date to fill […]

The buses of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) remained off the roads across the state for a second consecutive day on Sunday, as employees continued their indefinite strike to press for their demands. Commuters faced inconvenience in reaching their native places for Bathukamma and Dussehra celebrations as buses […]

Last date for submitting online applications for All India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination (AISSEE) for admission in class sixth and ninth in Sainik School of Sujanpur Tira in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district has been extended to October 10. In a statement, the school’s acting principal, Lt Col Ashish Chaturvedi said […]

Indian universities and higher educational institutions need to work on “globally relevant” indicators and start blowing their own trumpet in order to improve their international rankings, according to officials at QS World Ranking. The QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) and Times Higher Education (THE), both of which are based in London, are […]

Young Indians need not venture abroad for jobs in the space domain, as state-run Indian Space Research Organsation (ISRO) offers great career opportunities in the new science frontier, an American expert said here on Friday. “Indian students can make a career in space and astronomy by getting into their space […]

Top multinational companies, including Emirates Airlines, EFS Technologies, National Institute of Smart Government, Ango Zara International, Jara Technologies, Hexa View, JK Technologies, Acxiom Consulting and Piramal Education Foundation, among others, have hired 150 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students pursing various courses in a campus placement drive organised by the Training […]