Public provisioning for child education needs a relook amid COVID pandemic: Study
Sep 22, 2020, at 12:00 am
New Delhi:With the nationwide lockdown gradually easing off but schools yet to open, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic looms large on children’s education.
Divine Foundation Trust launches mobile apps for health and education sector
Sep 12, 2020, at 04:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Divine Foundation and Charitable Trust has launched mobile phone applications named Vidyang App for complete paperless schooling and Medicure App which will provide end to end services regarding any health problems.
Attacks on education during times of conflict must stop: UN chief
Sep 11, 2020, at 05:29 pm
New York: Education is a fundamental human right and an essential driver for peace and development, yet armed attacks targeting teachers, students and education facilities are on the rise, with some 11,000 incidents reported between 2015 and 2019, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday.
Globally, 1 in 3 children missed out on remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered schools
Aug 28, 2020, at 02:38 am
New York: For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to COVID-19, “there was no such a thing as remote learning,” the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday, as the agency launched a new report outlining the limitations of remote learning and exposing the deep inequalities in access.
COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 per cent of youth: ILO
Aug 19, 2020, at 11:07 pm
Geneva: The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young people.
PM Modi-led Cabinet nod for New Education Policy 2020
Jul 29, 2020, at 10:45 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the much-awaited New Education Policy 2020 that envisages major reforms in higher education, including target of 50 per cent gross enrollment ratio by 2035 and provision for multiple entry/exit.
Jul 15, 2020, at 06:27 am
The student community is one of the hardest to be hit by the currant COVID-19 pandemic. An uncertain future looks in the face for many of them, finds Vanshika Lohia
Learning in the time of a pandemic: The divide that divides
Jun 30, 2020, at 05:45 pm
It is three months since the first lockdown was announced due to Covid-19. Like all fields, the pandemic has affected the area of education too which has had to take recourse to online learning even from the primary school stage. But lack of universal availability of the electronic tools for learning, has also created a divide between the haves and have-nots. Anju Munshi probes
Apr 07, 2020, at 06:41 pm
New Delhi/Bikaner/IBNS: In a bid to skill tech graduates and offer them mentorship for professional opportunities, Singapore-based Ranosys Technologies, a software development company, has signed an OutSystems education protocol with Bikaner Technical University (BTU).
Feb 08, 2020, at 01:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Shiksha, part of Info Edge Limited, an Indian career and college selection website for students, recently conducted a survey among MBA aspirants.
Jan 17, 2020, at 04:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Narula Institute of Technology, an autonomous Engineering and Management Institute under the JIS Group, recently organised its first Degree Award Distribution Ceremony for the class of 2017, 2018 and 2019 batches, at NiT Campus, Agarpara.
STEPapp gamifies learning for K-12 students; Amitabh Bachchan urge students to be self-reliant
Dec 07, 2019, at 04:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Apna kal khud banao’ (‘you should build your own future’) was veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan’s message to students during the recent unveiling of the gamified learning ed-tech app, called STEP-app, in Mumbai.
Nov 01, 2019, at 12:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Ireland based Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) in collaboration with Lufthansa Technik Shannon Limited (LTSL) has launched a new course in aviation open to students all over the globe.
Aug 01, 2019, at 11:29 pm
The University of Mumbai which was previously known as the University of Bombay, was established in 1857 and on broadly the same lines as the University of London. One of the oldest learning institutions of India it has produced notable alumni such as Homi Bhabha and B R Ambedkar.
Higher education can help in strengthening democracy, creating a just society'
Aug 10, 2018, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): Education, particularly higher education, has an important role to play in helping create a just society, and Australia and India through their strong collaboration in the field of education can help in strengthening democracy and overcoming the challenges faced in creating a balanced, equitable society, prominent speakers said here on Thursday.
Age and education affect job changes, study finds
Jul 07, 2018, at 04:54 pm
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): New research reveals that people are more likely to change jobs when they are younger and well educated, though not necessarily because they are more open to a new experience.
Better education during childhood decreases risk of dementia in African Americans
Apr 28, 2018, at 11:01 pm
New York, Apr 28 (IBNS): A newly published observational study from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University has found that increased levels of education, particularly for those who grew up in low-income rural areas, was significantly associated with the decrease in the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older African Americans previously reported by the same research group.
Education is key to reduce child marriage: CRY
Oct 10, 2017, at 10:22 pm
Patna, Oct 10 (IBNS): In spite of an overall decline in the rate of marriage among young girls across most of Indian states, Bihar continues to have a comparatively higher percentage of marriage before girls reach the legally prescribed age of 18 years.
Calicut University- What to do after Trial Allotment?
Jun 19, 2017, at 09:11 pm
What is Good About Indian Education System?
May 22, 2017, at 07:08 pm
Talking about the situation of Indian education system, most of us get into the war of words. There has been a lot of criticism surrounding the status of education in India. But interestingly, whenever a debate is initiated, often do we jump on to the negatives only, i.e., from faulty scoring and evaluation to education being equated to mere business propaganda.
Open Doors report shows trends in student mobility between India, United States
Nov 15, 2016, at 04:25 am
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IBNS): An increasing number of students are crossing the globe to gain practical, international experience that they can apply in their careers and life in a global society. The 2016 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released on Monday, finds that the number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities surpassed one million for the first time during the 2015-16 academic year-an increase of seven percent from the previous year to a new high of nearly 1,044,000, representing five percent of the total student population at U.S. institutions.
Sep 12, 2016, at 11:56 pm
New Delhi, Sept 12 (IBNS): Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday approved the creation of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) to give a major push for creation of high quality infrastructure in premier educational institutions.
Education is the sine qua non for development: Vice President
Sep 03, 2016, at 02:33 am
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari on Friday said that the education, that is equitable, easily accessible and provides equal opportunities – is the sine qua non for development and it would determine the future shape of our society and polity.