Education

HRD minister Smriti Irani said permission to open off-campus centres will only be given to highest ranked deemed universities. Photo: PTI The human resources development (HRD) ministry on Thursday rolled out incentives for private entities to set up deemed universities, approving the University Grants Commission’s (UGC’s) recommendations in this regard. The ministry said the new deemed universities regulations would go ... Read More »

Though IISc and IITs lead the pack of India in the Asian rankings published earlier this week by British ranking agency QS, they still lag behind their Singapore and Chinese counterparts. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint New Delhi: India has 17 institutions among the top 200 universities in Asia, led by the Indian Institute of Science or IISc in Bangalore (33rd rank), ... Read More »

On 24 May, the court ruled that V.G. Jasmine, a second-year graduate student of Kannur University, cannot take her examination as she missed 52 out of 93 classes during her advanced stage of pregnancy. Photo: iStockphoto New Delhi: Can students claim exemption from attendance requirements due to pregnancy? A recent ruling of the Kerala High Court answers with a negative. ... Read More »

The outlay on education should be raised to at least 6% of GDP without further loss of time. Photo: Bloomberg New Delhi: The T.S.R. Subramanian committee, entrusted with preparing a new education policy for India submitted the report to the government in May suggesting measures that the country must take to improve the sector that caters to over 300 million ... Read More »

File photo. St Stephen’s offers honours courses in Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Chemistry along with the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) pass courses. Photo: Sonu Mehta/HT New Delhi: Delhi University’s prestigious St Stephen’s College on Saturday announced the first cut-off list for the 2016-17 academic session with the highest requirement being for English honours ... Read More »

I must confess to a soft corner for Smriti Irani. She was such a feisty HRD minister – pungent, tart, ever-ready to fight her corner, articulate in both Hindi and English (and, presumably, her mother tongue, Gujarati), with a sharp repartee always on her tongue, a vocabulary of wit and abuse in equal measure, well-prepared in parliament and a first-class ... Read More »

  Teachers should encourage the students to dream big and give them life skills, he said.   Asserting that the role of teachers is crucial in nation building and transformation of education, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar today said “accountability” will be introduced in the education system for the teachers.  In his first public programme after assuming ... Read More »

More than 1000 examinees had to sit outdoors at Dhanbad’s RS Mor College. RANCHI:  HIGHLIGHTS More than 1000 students sat on lawns to take exams at Dhanbad college There was no invigilator, leaving the students free to use unfair means College said it had room inside only for 600 students Days after Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das took a dig ... Read More »

Prakash Javadekar replaced Smriti Irani as Education Minister in cabinet rejig. NEW DELHI:  The prime challenge that the education sector faces in the country is raising the quality of education and ensuring it reaches all, Education Minister Prakash Javadekar, who took charge, said today. “The major challenge that is there in the education sector is to raise the standard. Quality ... Read More »

Prakash Javadekar said if children are encouraged to be inquisitive, innovation will follow. (File photo) NEW DELHI:  India lacks innovation in education as children are discouraged to ask questions in schools something which should not be allowed to go on, Education Minister Prakash Javadekar said today, contending “unless you rebel, unless you challenge the status quo, how can you innovate ... Read More »