To curb forgery of educational certificates, the central government Tuesday declared that it will post all educational degrees in an electronic format, just like share certificates, in a common pool online.
‘We are concerned about the fake certificate syndrome and have decided to deposit all educational degrees through dematerialisation of certificates to a technology based solution [...]
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Monday announced that there would be a vast change in education policy making of the government in 2010.
‘You will see a paradigm shift in education policies. It will be an epochal year,’ he said.
Describing the year 2010 as very important for his ministry, Sibal said that researchers and faculty [...]
State universities are making money by giving affiliation to innumerable colleges, said Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Monday, adding that such varsities need to set up a separate panel to conduct examinations.
‘They are giving affiliation and making money by just conducting examinations for them,’ Sibal said after launching a book on engineering education at [...]
State universities should focus on research and academics and not just function as ‘affiliating agencies’, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Monday said.
‘State universities should stop giving affiliations to colleges. Instead, they must focus on research and other academics that they are not doing properly these days,’ said Sibal at a function in the Observer [...]
Unesco will soon set up the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Peace and Sustainable Development in the national capital, the organisation’s director general said Monday.
‘Our general conference, the highest governing body that includes member states, approved the creation of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Peace and Sustainability, which I am confident will contribute to shaping more [...]
The universities must make engineering colleges autonomous to boost research in the field, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Monday.
‘The number of students doing research is far below than the national requirement. The universities must free engineering colleges from the affiliation process,’ Sibal said after releasing a book ‘Engineering Education in India’ at the [...]
The central government will start collecting biometric identity of teachers engaged in engineering and management institutions to curb malpractices by the faculty, an official said Sunday.
‘We will record biometric identity of all faculties working in technical educational institutions – all engineering and management colleges – from now on,’ All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) [...]
Indians wishing to study in Britain will be singled out for extra scrutiny by border officials if the Conservative Party forms the next government, a report said Saturday.
These additional controls will also be placed on prospective students from China, Nigeria and Pakistan, The Financial Times said in its report on plans published by the opposition [...]
Computer education at the secondary and senior secondary levels has got a quantum boost with the government Saturday approving its introduction in 108,000 government and government-aided schools, up from the existing 53,000, in a bid to bridge the digital divide.
‘The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a revised scheme of Information and Communication [...]
Pitching Maharashtra as an attractive investment destination, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Saturday called upon overseas Indians to invest in the state’s skill development and education programmes.
‘Much more international involvement is needed to improve and expand skill development, and education in general,’ Chavan said here at a plenary session on skill development on the concluding day [...]
After various incidents of suicides by students in Mumbai and Delhi in the past one week, the central government Thursday said it was concerned over the increasing exam pressure on school children.
‘There is huge burden on students. The government is concerned about it,’ Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters here.
He, however, declined to [...]
Continuing with its educational reforms, the government Thursday said it would make the opening of new engineering and management institution across India a paperless process.
‘We have now ended the inspection raj and have put in place a transparent self-disclosure regime in opening new management and engineering process,’ Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said here.
All [...]
All new management colleges can double their student intake while all engineering colleges can increase their intake by 25 percent, the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry announced Thursday.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said: ‘All new management institutions can now take 120 students rather than the previous allotment of just 60 students.
‘We have also given permission to [...]
The union territory (UT) of Chandigarh has proposed Rs.45.14 crore for universal access to secondary education during 2010-11 under the centrally-sponsored scheme Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).
‘We will summon the annual and prospective plan for 2010-2020 from the ministry of human resource development and we have also proposed a budget of over Rs.45 crore for [...]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A group of students from Jamia Millia Islamia will carry out a unique cycle rally from Pushkar in Rajasthan to New Delhi on a mission to ‘join hearts’, or a Dilon Ko Jodo mission.
‘At least 25 of our boys and girls will start a cycle rally from the Temple of [...]
Agartala, Jan 1 (IANS) The central government will provide 90 percent of the amount required to enroll and educate high school students in the northeastern states, a minister said here Friday.
The students in the age group of 15-16 years will be enrolled under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).
‘Of the eight northeastern states, Tripura and Mizoram [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) One of the prominent varsities in the US, the Boston University, is likely to open a campus in India. Its president is visiting New Delhi in January for the purpose.
Varsity president Robert A. Brown is expected to meet Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal and attend a seminar on de-regulating [...]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Musicians, writers and film directors, who were earlier exploited by producers and music companies, can now hope to reclaim commercial rights to their works and earn royalty from them.
In a radical move, the union cabinet Thursday approved a new bill to amend the 52-year-old Copyright Act that privileges creators above [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22(ANI): Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday called on U.K. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson in the national capital and underlined India’s intent to expand education sector without compromising the quality. [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The vice-chancellor of one of India’s leading institutes of Sanskrit learning based here has got his fourth extension, reigniting charges that he has stayed on in the post too long.
Brushing aside a plethora of charges against him, the human resource development (HRD) ministry last month extended the tenure of Vachaspati [...]
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Mainstream schools in the country may soon have to admit autistic children, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Saturday.
”We are trying to bring autistic children within the mainstream schools,” Sibal said at an event attended by President Pratibha Patil.
Sibal said his ministry was making all efforts to put in [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday said the government is open to Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) opening their branches abroad.
‘The government is not opposed to IITs opening their branches outside of India,’ Sibal said here.
The ministry had earlier said that it may not be immediately feasible for [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): The Capitation Fee Scam has once again gripped Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting S Jagathrakshakan, after a leading news channel uncovered a demand for capitation fee by Balaji Medical College, a subsidiary of the Bharath Institute of Education and [...]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The human resource development ministry has called a meeting of directors of all Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to discuss the problem that thousands of students faced due to technical glitches in the Common Admission Test (CAT) earlier this month.
The meeting will take place Wednesday and the higher education [...]
Lucknow, Dec 14 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology, Rajasthan (IIT-R), which has been operating from the IIT Kanpur campus for the past two academic sessions, is set to shift to Jodhpur.
According to an IIT official, the human resource development ministry has identified around 700 acres along the Jodhpur-Nagaur road in Rajasthan for setting up [...]
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) need to follow the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to boost its financial health and better the administration, a committee set up by the government has recommended.
The four-member committee headed by renowned cardiologist M.S. Valiathan said that like IITs, AIIMS doctors [...]
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Handing over the chairmanship of BIMSTEC to Myanmar, India Friday said the seven-nation organisation is ‘a bridge’ linking South and Southeast Asia with India’s northeastern states and underlined the need for greater regional economic integration.
‘We see BIMSTEC as an important vehicle to promote regional cooperation and economic integration in a [...]
Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar), Dec 11 (ANI): The inaugural session of the 12th ministerial meet of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) nations has begun in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital city of Myanmar.
The Prime Minister of Myanmar, General Thein Sein, addressed the inaugural session.
On the sidelines [...]
Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar), Dec 10. (ANI): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna arrived in the capital of Myanmar on Thursday evening to attend the 12th ministerial meeting of the seven-nation Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) that will focus on jointly combating [...]
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The government hopes to end dropouts from schools at the secondary level by 2020, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday.
Around 50 percent of students drop out of secondary level schools in India. The minister said in the Lok Sabha: ‘We are trying for 100 percent retention in secondary [...]
