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Rs. 93,847.64 Crore Allocated For Education Sector In Interim Budget

Education Budget 2019

The Centre earmarked Rs. 93,847.64 crore for the education sector for 2019-20, an increase of over 10 percent from the last budgetary allocation. The Centre Friday earmarked Rs. 93,847.64 crore for the education sector for 2019-20, an increase of over 10 percent from the last budgetary allocation. Last year, then finance minister Arun Jaitley had allocated Rs. 85,010 crore for the […]

Panel To Decide On Incentives For Ph.D. Students Within Two Months: Government

Incentives For PhD Students

An inter-ministerial committee has been set up to enhance the fellowship of PhD students and workout the incentives for research scholars within two months, a senior official said Thursday. An inter-ministerial committee has been set up to enhance the fellowship of Ph.D. students and work out the incentives for research scholars within two months, a […]

Working On Proposal For Museum For India’s Educational History, Tradition: Prakash Javadekar

India's Educational History museum

On the new campus of the National Museum Institute, the HRD minister said it would be an impetus to quality education in the field and the museum will also be worth visiting. The government is working on a proposal for a museum that would depict India’s educational history and tradition that go thousands of years […]

Government Hikes Research Stipends, Scholars Disappointed

Hikes Research Stipends

The hike- lowest since 2010- has been announced after 5 years. In the last revision, in 2014, the JRF stipend was increased by 56%. “The revised emoluments will take effect from 01.01.2019,” reads the order issued by DST. The government has hiked the stipends for basic science researchers–Junior Research Fellows, Senior Research Fellows and Research […]

Re-orient Education System To Make Students Think Rationally: Vice President

M Venkaiah Naidu

The Vice President said that teachers should not just guide students in academics alone but also help them to develop life skills that are essential to successfully navigate in the increasingly complex world of today. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday called for reorienting the education system to make students think rationally and independently […]

UGC Increases Guest Faculty Salary; Details Here

Guest Faculty Salary

University Grants Commission (UGC) in a letter to the registrars of all universities said the Honorarium for Guest Faculty be enhanced to Rs. 1500 per lecture subject to a maximum of Rs. 50,000 per month. University Grants Commission (UGC) in a letter to the registrars of all universities said the Honorarium for Guest Faculty be enhanced to Rs1,500 per […]

AICTE Chief Moots More Industry-Institute Interaction And Innovation

Chairman Anil D Sahasrabudhe

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Chairman Anil D Sahasrabudhe has underscored the importance of industry-institute interaction. All India Council for Technical Education Chairman Anil D Sahasrabudhe has underscored the importance of industry-institute interaction. Mr Sahasrabudhe, who was addressing a workshop at a private engineering institute here Sunday, said the council encouraged more industry-institute interaction […]

Pariksha Pe Charcha 2.0 Live Updates: Students Cheer To Welcome PM Narendra Modi At The Venue

Pariksha pe Charcha

PM Modi starts interacting with students and teachers Pm Modi says ‘How we deal with examination is only important. We should take it as an opportunity. Do not live life for exam but should live life to attain knowledge’, says Narendra Modi. If you treat exams as an opportunity, you will learn and enjoy from it. […]

A Guide To Finding Digital Books: Free Online Library In Education Sector

ONLINE LIBRARY

Online libraries have emerged as a very important component of global information infrastructure, adopting the latest information and communication technology (ICT) to promote an organizational structure that encourages communication and resource sharing between the academician and scholars across the nation. Introduction A new dimension to information technology has been added due to the emergence of […]

Revisit Education System To Impart Indian Values, Ethos: Vice President

M Venkaiah Naidu

The Vice President said that educational institutions must become temples of learning and wisdom. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has called for revisiting education system with emphasis on history, heritage, culture, traditions, values, and ethos of India. He said that the stories of sacrifice, valour, and contributions made by the freedom fighters and other leaders […]