Source: The Wire
About 35% of the initial batches of INSPIRE faculty fellows now find themselves at the end of the road, with neither a job in hand nor any encouraging prospects.
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Source: The Wire
About 35% of the initial batches of INSPIRE faculty fellows now find themselves at the end of the road, with neither a job in hand nor any encouraging prospects.
Source: Study International
Thought it was possible to get 100 percent in the infamous CAT exam? Turns out, it is achievable.
Source: The Wire
In a free society, scientists funded by tax-based sources should obligate themselves to celebrate their discoveries with the public.
Source: Mint
Between 2014-15 and 2016-17, gross enrolment ratio improved to 25.2, meaning around 25 of every 100 eligible students are pursuing higher education.
Source: The Economic Times
Funding for education is only a small percentage of India’s GDP compared with nations.
Source: Times Higher Education
If you’re interested in studying in Canada, one of the most important things to consider is how much everything is going to cost.
Source: Little India
Why are Indian students increasingly choosing to study in Canada? “I chose Canada for more practical reasons,” says Meera Patel.
Source: Mint
Innovation in schools, mapping of learning outcomes and school assessments are expected to find mentions in the 2018 budget.
Source: NDTV
The HRD Ministry-appointed panel tasked with drafting a new National Education Policy will submit its report in March next year.
Source: Study International
“There are lots of things to worry about, but I will complete my education by working hard.”
Source: Mint
Students are made aware of the innate potential of businesses to positively impact on society.
Source: Mint
The Indian government has also abandoned its plan to mandate states to fix fees and conduct admission tests for management schools offering post graduate diploma in management.
Source: The Wire
We are not accustomed to thinking of foreign assistance in terms of brain gain but it is just that in many ways.
Source: Mint
IIM Ahmedabad with an overall score of 931 out of 1000 tops the table in the Mint-MBA Universe B-school rankings 2017-18, followed by IIM Calcutta and XLRI Jamshedpur.
Source: Live Mint
While the desired levels of research and internationalization of Indian campuses remain weak points, Indian higher education also suffers from a lack of funds and little focus on specialization.
Source: The Wire
Economic research shows that interventions aimed at improving cognitive skills rather than mere enrolment rates are required to boost economic growth.
Source: The Wire
100 institutions, including some ordinary central and state universities, submitted their claims for ’eminence’ status when no more than 30 of them should have bothered to apply.
Source: Times of India
This is how MEA brings students into its universe.
Source: National Newswatch
The Canadian Prime Minister is planning a trip to India in 2018.
Source: Study International
The programme will focus on teacher empowerment, vision and insight development among government decision-makers; leadership skills for education administration; management skills for principals and finally participation of school management committees which represent parents and the community.
Source: The PIE
Can passing on GST on to institutions and pleas for tax exemption be solutions for Indian education agents’ increased tax bills?
Source: University World News
100 of India’s top educational institutions are vying to be named ‘institutions of eminence’ as part of the country’s higher education reforms to upgrade around 20 institutions into ‘world-class’ universities.
Source: LiveMint
A proposal to replace Medical Council of India with the National Medical Commission is likely to come up in the cabinet soon.
Source: Economic Times
The Global Teacher Prize was set up to recognise one exceptional teacher every year who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession.
Source: Study International
“Placements had started on a very optimistic note this year. We hope that this trend continues for the rest of the placement season.”
Source: Scroll
One student gets a job on the first day of campus placement, their roommate goes into depression.
Source: Times of India
Thirty-two of India’s top universities and institutions of higher learning have together filled up barely 16% of the minimum quota for people with disabilities.
Source: The PIE
IRCC reported there were 414,946 study visa holders in the country as of December 2016, up from just over 351,000 students the year before.
Source: Economic Times
The biggest reason for the decline in job offers to recent MBA graduates.
Source: Indian Express
It’s important to make students understand bullying.
Source: Times of India
The latest ranking of BRICS universities brought a mixed bag of news for India.
Source: ICEF
The number of foreign students in Canada increased by 17.5% and India was among the fastest-growing source markets.
Source: TheWire.IN
Physical exclusion and indifference of the faculty towards the plight of marginisalised students is pushing many to suicide, and despite measures being in place, administrations are doing little address the issues.
Source: Times of India
Bill Gates believes there is a need to reform the Indian education system and has ideas on how to do it.
Source: Study International
Are you a Hindi afficionado? If yes, and you have a love for the Hindi language there is a task ahead.
Source: Study International
The app will block pornography, violent and vulgar content from the Internet while playing religious songs in the process.
Source: TheWire.in
Disregarding appeals for implementing reservation quotas, other IIMs have issued admission notices not in compliance with the law.
Source: TheWire.in
While the IITs have been in decline for many years now, some of the HRD ministry’s exclusivist policies are poised to drive them further into the ground.
Source: University World News
The Supreme Court of India has issued a restraint on all deemed universities preventing them from conducting distance or correspondence degree courses from 2018-19 without specific permission and inspection.
Source: Times of India
UGC secretary PK Thakur requested that 123 soon-to-be varsities remove the word ‘University’ from their names.
Source: Times of India
Establishment of NTA will benefit about 40 lakh students appearing in various entrance examinations.
Source: Study International
Indian students are flocking to Canadian colleges and universities like never before as the US grows more unwelcoming to foreign nationals.
Source: TheWire.In
A single-handed focus on due process creates a false binary, failing to notice the limits of processes and the urgency of transformations being voiced in the claims made by victims of sexual harassment.
Source: University World News
Raya Sarkar has accused 60 academics from top institutions all over India of sexually harassing students, naming and shaming them in her controversial Facebook post. But some feminists say the naming is unfair and due process should be followed.
Source: Times of India
Two pillars of education in India have been denounced by UNESCO as harmful to students.
Source: Study International
Indian students face more online and offline bullying compared to their peers in some western countries.
Source: University World News
Academic inbreeding, which is common in India, accentuates existing biases in university hiring policies and means that it is not always the best staff who get posts.
Source: The PIE
New research shows Canada as an increasingly attractive option for international students.
Source: Study International
“There is a dire need in the higher education system and we want students to prosper”
Source: University World News
India’s new GST will mean applying to foreign universities will become more expensive, but the main effect will be on students at local universities.