India plans to set up a National Education Finance Corporation (NEFC) to provide loans for educational infrastructure expansion and re-finance study loans to needy students who otherwise fail to pursue higher education."A proposal for the establ ..

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Thursday announced the winners of the inaugural Australia-India Science and Technology Research Awards (AISTRA) that will help research placements for researchers from both countries."The theme for the i ..

At least 90 percent of Indian universities are providing below-par education and the time has come when action is required to improve it, Sam Pitroda, advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said here Thursday.Speaking at an educational conference  ..

Three people were arrested and eight teachers suspended after an inspection of an examination centre in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district Thursday exposed mass copying on the first day of Class 10 exams of the state education board, officials said ..

The situation is tense at Tamil Nadu's Annamalai University after the "accidental" deaths of four students from Bihar and Jharkhand. Even as their bodies are being flown out Wednesday, classes have been suspended and hostels too are bei ..

 Highlighting the prevalence of ragging in educational institutions, a national helpline has received nearly 160,000 calls in just eight months.Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeswari informed the Lok Sabha that between  ..

The month-long exam schedule for class 12 students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) began Wednesday with a challenging physics paper while some Class 10 students appeared for Music, an optional subject.The Class 10 students of the I ..

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the world's largest open universities, will get Rs.91 crore from the union budget for the next fiscal.IGNOU will get Rs.91 crore innthe 2010-11 fiscal, Rs.9 crore more as compared to the  ..

India Friday allocated Rs.42,036 crore (Rs.420 billion/$ 9.1 billion) for both the school and higher education sectors in 2010-11, an increase of over Rs.5,600 crore from the previous fiscal - a move that aims to reform education by bringing equality ..

The human resource development (HRD) ministry appointed expert committee has found that some of the deemed universities likely to face blacklisting are like family-run institutions, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday."In respect of these 44 de ..

The government is committed to the welfare of the marginalized sections of society through public-private partnerships for economic and social development, says the Economic Survey for this fiscal.Nearly Rs.1,300 crore have been released for the &quo ..

For the sixth day Monday, former child labourers went door-to-door visiting parliamentarians in the capital in an attempt to sensitise them about the Right to Education Act and asked them to implement it in its true spirit.The week-long campaign saw  ..

In a bid to make advanced computer education available to the rural population, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with the Srei Sahaj e-Village limited Monday launched five programmes on vocational skill development  ..

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard Tuesday announced funding of A$5.1 million to further strengthen the country's international education industry and "safeguard the course fees of international students".The funding wi ..

The government on Monday said providing relief to 'aam admi' from higher food prices will remain its top priority and expressed confidence the economy would grow by 7.5% in 2009-10 and at an even higher pace of 8% in the coming fiscal."M ..

Erum Shakeel, Class X student of MGD, who wants to become a fighter pilot, is being monitored round-the-clock by her mother and elder sister Amrin Jabin.“She has been studying for 12-15 hours for the last two months. After she stopped socializi ..

During the reunion of the pioneer batch of IIT-K, the ex IItians interacted with the students presently studying at the institute and shared with them their life journey. Each alumnus had something or other to narrate. Most of them were found sharing ..

Scientists have come up with evidence to show that calcineurin, an enzyme, is critical in controlling normal development and function of heart cells. The loss of the protein leads to heart problems and death in genetically modified mice, says a new s ..

Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday said he will try to build a consensus among all states to implement the Right to Education (RTE) Act from April 1. He also stressed that the government is and will be strictly against com ..

In a joint venture with India, a power plant will be set up in Bangladesh in three years to produce 1,320 MW. Two coal-fired units with production capacity of 660 MW each will be built in Khulna district, 180 km southwest of Dhaka. A bilateral docume ..