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After conversion row, UP university faces another controversy — 2 held for swindling grant money

Shikha Salaria - 3 February, 2023

‘Don’t enforce gender binaries in classroom’: NCERT’s new module to sensitise teachers

Diamonds, made in a lab: IIT Madras gets Rs 242 cr from Budget for project, calls it ‘historic’

Increased funds for school education budget should address Covid learning loss, say educationists

Budget 2023: Modi govt puts focus on upgrading skills & tech, 3 new AI centres to come up

Kritika Sharma - 1 February, 2023

Education Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,12,899.47 cr — up by 8% from last yr — and FM has announced launch of PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 to skill lakhs of youth within next 3 yrs.

What Economic Survey says about education: Decline in dropout rate, improved gender parity

Kritika Sharma - 31 January, 2023

Enrolment in schools has improved at all levels except pre-primary. According to report, in 2021-22, 40% of country's schools had internet and 89.3% had electricity.

Fudged CV, plagiarism — accusations haunt Kanpur University V-C now under CBI probe

Shikha Salaria - 31 January, 2023

Extortion investigation against Vinay Kumar Pathak has revived old questions about CV fraud, plagiarism and also the ‘integrity’ of a panel that gave him a clean chit in 2018.

ST enrolment in higher education up by nearly 50%, SC & OBC stats on rise too: Education ministry

Kritika Sharma - 30 January, 2023

While increase in SC, ST & OBC numbers have been noticed since 2014-15, according to findings of All India Survey on Higher Education, overall enrolments crossed 4 cr-mark for 1st time in 2020-21.

Indian companies want green-skilled professionals. But education system is yet to catch up

Soniya Agrawal - 29 January, 2023

The global shift towards green economies means that companies are offering more ‘green jobs’. But academics say that India’s educational institutions aren’t meeting the demand.

Hits & misses of PM’s Pariksha pe Charcha — Hindi barrier, no TV, some ‘good advice’

Kritika Sharma - 28 January, 2023

Ministry of Education had told schools across the country to show students live telecast of PM Modi’s annual Q&A session this Friday. Feedback from students & teachers was mixed.

Budget 2023: Digital University, announced by Sitharaman last year, to begin classes this July

Kritika Sharma - 26 January, 2023

Announced in Budget 2022, the NDU is touted to be significant step towards attaining some goals in NEP 2020. However, it will only offer diploma & certificate courses initially.

39 lakh students to witness PM’s ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’ this year, 50% up from last, says govt

Kritika Sharma - 24 January, 2023

This year’s event is scheduled to take place in Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium on 27 January and will be telecast live across the country.

Indians studying in Ireland at all-time high. ‘Want more undergrads to come’, says envoy Ward

Kritika Sharma - 21 January, 2023

Most Indians going to Ireland for higher studies are either Master's or PhD students, says envoy Brendan Ward. A major draw for them is post-study work opportunities for two years.

Why Delhi govt schools need classrooms more than teachers trained in Finland

Nikhil Rampal - 19 January, 2023

Delhi govt plan to send teachers on training tour to Finland is latest bone of contention between Kejriwal & L-G Saxena. But a recent study has pointed to a far more pressing need.

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Education

After conversion row, UP university faces another controversy — 2 held for swindling grant money

‘Don’t enforce gender binaries in classroom’: NCERT’s new module to sensitise teachers

Diamonds, made in a lab: IIT Madras gets Rs 242 cr from Budget for project, calls it ‘historic’

Increased funds for school education budget should address Covid learning loss, say educationists

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Economy

How Maharashtra plans to make Mumbai & satellite towns a 250...

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