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A recent wave of consolidation in the education technology business could result in companies with the size and scale required to tap the opportunity in the space in India. Varun Aggarwal is hunting for companies that can help his firm scale up operation and provide more solutions in the education and jobs assessment space. He […]

    LIBERTY CONFINED Celebrating liberty did not go down well with the varsity administration of Allahabad University for reasons best known to them. It withdrew the permission, granted to Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Allahabad University students and activists for hosting Liberty Festival to celebrate ideas mentioned in the Constitution in “times of increased […]

  Give and take phenomenon was yet again witnessed. Leverage Edu of New Delhi, an online platform which offers students higher education services through its website leverageedu.com was seed funded by potential investors for strengthening its team and development of the product. However quantum of the amount was not disclosed. It is move to tap […]

  Age is no bar for learning. This was proved right when a school, named ajibai chi shala was established for grannies in Fangane village at Murbad in Thane district. Sheetal More (26) is the lone teacher for this special cause and she prides this job. Sheetal is ecstatic about her 29 students ability to […]

  India’s educational institutions face a challenge of teaching the sciences and the humanities in a co-dependent fashion and understanding that true interdisciplinary study is a quest to combine the best skills of various, at times going against the fields of study. Calligraphy and technology, art and medicine, environmentalism and marketing, engineering and philosophy, conflict […]

  Renowned writer and mythologist Dr. Devd威而鋼 utt Pattanaik feels that instead of monetary gains, today’s education should be directed towards overall development of young minds. He says that real education is not just a degree it is beyond that.   PATTANAIK’S TAKE Devdutt is of the opinion that the present education should not be […]

  IIT DELHI- CLARIFICATION OF their STANCE THE Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, clarified its stance on non-filing of its annual returns. It said that all higher education institutions set up by an Act of Parliament have been exempted from doing so on foreign contributions, they receive. The clarification came against the Ministry of Home […]

Use of computers is briskly increasing in the field of education. This has become a necessity at primary as well as at higher levels, where computer based training promotes distance and off hour learning. Electronic media has widely made its way into modern education and this has questioned the importance of human teachers. Sidelining the question, […]

  Cleanliness benefits as well as is a matter of pride for those who are recognised. The Union Human Resource Development Ministry on Thursday released its first edition of the ‘Swachhta Ranking’ pertaining to higher education institutions in which OP Jindal Global University in Sonipat and Kongu Arts and Science College-Erode in Tamil Nadu emerged […]

Students’ Allegation: No Speakers Allowed from Outside Students of Jamia Millia Islamia have alleged that the university has once again cancelled permission for an event. The events being held in the name of “Shrinking Democratic Spaces in Universities”. No Speakers from Outside? It was informed that Jamia had initially given its assent. Even the students […]