Education

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 »

Jayant Sinha was junior minister in the Finance Ministry and Minister of State to the Civil Aviation M NEW DELHI:  HIGHLIGHTS Jayant Sinha shifted as minister of state to the civil aviation ministry Among reasons is tea party he hosted for bank, govt officials: Sources Conflict of interest as wife serves on boards of top companies also cited Smriti Irani’s ... Read More »

Prakash Javadekar replaced Union Minister Smriti Irani– who now heads the Textiles Ministry. NEW DELHI:  Promising to convert the challenges into opportunities, former Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar took charge of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry today. Mr Javadekar, who earlier held independent charge as the Minister of State was the only minister promoted to the cabinet rank in the ... Read More »