At the University-Industry Higher Education Summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the industry body appealed to the government to consider the CII has mooted Private Public Partnership (PPP) in education to meet the national deadline. In a clear message to govt. it said that the govt. must realize that to achieve the ambitious target...
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Signalling a rapidly evolving trend of on-line exams, India’s National Online Examination System (NOES) was lunched by Kapil Sibal, Minister for communications, IT and human resource development. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has developed the system. Speaking on the launch Sibal said, ” Conventional paper oriented manual examination system is time consuming, inefficient...
According to a Business Standard news report, Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries is planning to enter education in a big way. This would be in addition to entering Financial services and re entry into telecom as Mukesh looks to create new growth drivers. It is expected that like any other Reliance venture, its education venture too...
We at EducationInsight.in want to wish our Union Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD), Kapil Sibal, Good Luck. And in fact all of us who are related to education should wish him luck. Because in the ongoing winter session of Parliament the honourable minister needs to ensure passage of several critical bills related to higher...
Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to its ambitious goal of 30 % Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) by 2020 while speaking at the University-Industry Higher Education Summit organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Gross enrollment ratio is the percentage of school leaving students opting for higher...
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According to a news report in Hindu Businessline, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the regulatory body for technical education in India is facing criticism over its decision to make certain e-journals compulsory. The AICTE, however, has refuted the criticism. The Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI) has written to Union Minister of...
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Canadian federal minister, Tim Uppal has suggested that apart from relaxing visas for students, Canadian government wants their provincial governments work with Indian states, especially Punjab, to collaborate in the field of education. He was addressing a gathering of intelligentsia at Khalsa College in Amritsar. Uppal is the First-turbaned Sikh Canadian federal minister. He said the...
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The Government along with other long pending legislation is also expected to push reforms in higher education sector during the Winter Session of Parliament through a number of proposed legislations. To ensure smooth passage of the bills, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has already held discussions with MPs both from the Congress and its allies....
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According to a news report in Hindustan Times, Planning Commission under an ambitious plan to encourage meritorious students it has been recommended that Central government should pay tuition fees of the top 10% performers passing out of school into undergraduate courses. The recommendation suggests that this should be done irrespective of caste, religion, economic...
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