Srinagar, Nov 14 (IANS) Tens of thousands of students sat for their Class 12 annual exams on Monday after four months of unrest during which schools remained shut across the Kashmir Valley. Officials said nearly…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Teenage paralympic swimmer Kumari Revathi Nayka and chess player Dev Shah were among the recipients of the National Child Awards, which President Pranab Mukherjee conferred on Monday at Rashtrapati Bhavan…
Bengaluru, Nov 14 (IANS) The Azim Premji Foundation of Wipro czar Azim Premji on Monday announced its annual fellowship programme in education for the 2017-18 academic year. Post-graduates in any discipline, with 3-10 years of…
Hyderabad, Nov 14 (IANS) The number of Indian students studying in the US has gone up to over 165,000 during academic year 2015-16, a growth of 25 per cent over the previous year, says a…
Riyadh, Nov 14 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has warned international schools from marking non-Islamic occasions such as Christmas and New Year. The ban includes forbidding the schools from providing holidays on such occasions or changing the…
Riyadh, Nov 14 (IANS) Saudi Education Ministry has warned international schools from marking non-Islamic occasions, such as Christmas and New Year, the media reported on Monday. The ban includes forbidding those schools from providing holidays…
Srinagar, Nov 14 (IANS) Over one lakh students are scheduled to take secondary school exams beginning in Kashmir on Monday following adequate security arrangements in the valley, education officials said. “One lakh five hundred students…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13 (IANS) A hi-tech school project that began as a pilot project in four assembly constituencies is all set to be introduced in the remaining 136 constituencies this week and will cover 45,000…
Bengaluru, Nov 13 (IANS) More than 100 students of Visvesvaraya Technical University (VTU) sat on a hunger strike on Saturday alleging a cock-up in the checking of their papers by the examiners, resulting in an…
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Members of JNU Students Union (JNUSU) on Saturday burnt an effigy of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and varsity Vice Chancellor M. Jagdesh Kumar for failing to trace Najeeb Ahmed,…
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The ongoing cash crunch in the wake of demonetisation hasn’t spared even the student community in Jawaharlal Nehru University, with many finding the availability of food in the hostel mess…
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Members of JNU Students Union (JNUSU) on Saturday burnt an effigy of Home Minister Rajnath Singh and varsity Vice Chancellor M. Jagdesh Kumar for failing to trace Najeeb Ahmed, a…
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Delhi Police has transferred the case of the missing Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed to its Crime Branch, an official said on Saturday. “We have transferred the Najeeb Ahmed…
Turin (Italy), Nov 12 (IANS/AKI) A law professor at the University of Turin is under house arrest for allegedly demanding sex from a female student in exchange for good exam grades, police said on Friday….
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) President Pranab Mukhrjee will host the second visitor’s conference here at Rashtrapati Bhavan starting November 16, an official said on Friday. The conference would provide an opportunity to the heads…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The JNU Students Union (JNUSU) on Friday called upon major student organisations across the country to hold campus protests on November 14-15 and to intensify the fight for Najeeb Ahmed,…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Education should be free for all children in a safe and secure environment, according to a statement released by leading NGO Care India here on Friday. “Children between 0-6 years…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Eleven-year-old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang has been named national winner of the “Doodle 4 Google” contest. The sixth standard student from Vibgyor High School in Balewadi area was chosen…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government on Friday assured the Supreme Court that it will not arrest Delhi University Professor Nandini Sundar who has been named as an accused in the alleged murder…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Underlining the importance of innovations, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandra babu Naidu on Thursday said the country’s education system should move ahead of traditional ways and embrace innovation. “The…