The Supreme Court today has issued notice and stayed the Calcutta High Court order by which it had directed the School Education Department, West Bengal to make payment of salaries to part-time teachers equal to basic pay in the scale of pay of regular teachers working in Higher Secondary Section in a non–government Aided Higher […]
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New Education Policy ( NEP )2020 approved by the Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020 opened the way for foreign universities to establish their International Branch Campuses ( IBCs) in India. This is one of the major announcements of the new education policy. IBCs represent the concept of transnational education (TNE ). With […]
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Delhi University is set to reopen from tomorrow and has issued several important guidelines for the resumption of classes.A lot of colleges and higher educational institutions have taken the decision to resume physical classes on campus as the COVID-19 cases across the country are on a steady decline. The Delhi University (DU) administration has issued […]
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The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) of India won the prestigious UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021 for ‘enabling education of persons with disabilities through technology-enabled inclusive learning materials, with a specific focus on Indian Sign language-based content’ in an award function organized at UNESCO’s New Delhi office on July 10, 2021. On behalf […]
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The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore has been ranked as number 2, for the second consecutive year, in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021, under the Management category. IIM Bangalore scored an overall score of 83.48. The rankings were released virtually by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. IIM Bangalore has scored 100 […]
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Both DU and JNU came out with their own reopening schedules following the Delhi Disaster Management Authority directives on August 30 allowing students of higher educational institutions to return to campuses as long as a 50% seating capacity is maintained Even as Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University have come out with plans for the […]
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) will add 21 higher education institutions across India offering cloud computing curriculum as part of their undergraduate and post-graduate programs starting in the 2021-22 academic year. The cloud computing curriculum will be included in engineering programs for computer science and information technology, degree programs such as Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of […]
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NIT Andhra Pradesh Recognized as ‘Best Institute in South India 2021’ by Centre for Education Growth and Research
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The National Institute of Technology, NIT Andhra Pradesh has been recognized as the ‘Best Institute in South India 2021’ by the Centre for Education Growth and Research, a New Delhi-based Education Think Tank. The award was presented during the 15th Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar Ceremony held on September 7, 2021. The award was presented in […]
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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore is having a tough fight to obtain the top rank in the National-level ranking index NIRF 2021 or National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). In 2020, IIT-Madras was ranked as the best institute in the country overall as well as in the […]
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Would you become a doctor or an engineer?’ Toddlers across the country face this ubiquitous question just as their parents fielded it when they were young. An IIM-A study has found a solid reason behind this rather obsessive insistence of parents that their wards study science — it found that graduating from science stream courses […]