UGC to Fund Establishment of Community Colleges in Telangana, AP
This year Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are likely to get funded by the University Grant Commission (UGC) for establishment of 11 community colleges. To conduct additional classes for community colleges around Rs. 1 crore will be provided to the colleges with adequate infrastructure by the UGC. Proposals would be presented to the UGC by representatives More...
National Policy on Skill Development Framework Ready
Smriti Irani announced that the government has formulated the National Policy on Skill Development and the Vocational Education Qualification Framework Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of Human Resource More...
Japan keen to invest in education sector in Uttarakhand: Govt
According to an official representative of the Uttarakhand state government, a Japanese education society, Hi-No-De’s representatives met Chief Minister Harish Rawat and expressed interest in investing in the More...
Odisha to Introduce Vocational Education from Upcoming Academic Session
Introduction of vocational education for students of 30 Government-aided schools has been decided by the Odisha School and Mass Education Department, from 2015-16 academic session. At the Project Advisory Board More...
‘Skill up India’ online education portal launched in Gujarat
In Gujarat, a free education portal ‘Skill Up India’ (SUI) has been launched, by ‘Code for India’ (CFI) based at Silicon Valley, it’s a network of Indian-origin technology professionals. CFI is the coming More...
Delhi Government Outlines Education Goals
The Delhi government announced that it has plans to develop the Capital as the country’s premier knowledge hub with an aim for 20 per cent growth that could be achieved by accumulating knowledge-based resources, More...
AICTE received 4 applications from corporates to start Engineering Colleges : Dr Mantha
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to allow big private corporate groups to start engineering degree colleges from the academic year, 2013-14. AICTE has so far received applications More...
TISS plans to Set up a National Vocational Training University
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is going to set up a school for vocational education on its Deonar campus. TISS has taken this step towards a larger plan to set up a national vocational training university. More...
India in Higher Education Emergency : TeamLease India Labour Report 2012
A TeamLease labour report released on Monday highlights the three tragedies in Indian higher education of low enrolments in colleges, lack of physical access to educational institutions and pursuing degree for social More...
Government doubles National Skill Development Fund in Union Budget
Union Finance Minister To strengthen skill development initiative in the country, the Government has doubled allocation under the National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and launched a credit guarantee fund for skills More...