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Empowering the woman: Need of the hour education, not reservation
Ishpreet Bindra

It was International Women’s Day yesterday when the Women’s Reservation Bill was finally tabled in Parliament. The day was marked by both hope and despair with varied views on display. It was a war of nerves with politicians slugging it out on the floor of the Lok Sabha over a Bill that claims to empower the women with reservation of one-third seats in the Lower House.
 

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IIM-A announces 70% in SSC, HSSC as latest benchmark
Ishpreet Bindra
While some might be celebrating the point three percent relaxation in the maximum cut off for the coveted Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM-A); for others it might be time to actually take a peek into their high...
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Budget allocations make education sector bullish
Ishpreet Bindra
With the Union budget out in the open, education seems to be a happy sector least to say. With an allocation of 1.38 trillion rupees and stocks surging high, the budget sure seems to have worked well for the education sector.  
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Imams to present charter of demands to Sibal on education
Ishpreet Bindra

In the first ever conference of its kind, the All India Organization of Imams of Mosques, saw unanimity in the opinion that modern education was the only means to bring about the much required social change among Muslims in India. Citing it as a tool for upliftment of the community, the organization which represents over half a million imams will soon come up with a charter of demands to present to the HRD minister Kapil Sibal.

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Private schools can fix salary, fees: Sibal
Lakshmi Anil

Striking a clear note of contradiction both with the Delhi School Education Act 1973 and with the city parents' association’s stand on the issue, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said that the right to fix the salaries of its teaching staff rested solely with the private institution managements and not with the government.

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Right to education becomes legal
K. Rasheeduddin

The Right to Education Act, 2009 can finally see the light of the day with HRD minister Kapil Sibal giving a go-ahead to implementation of the new law by signing the document of notification on February 12. The move has ended six months of speculation. Come April 1, education for all will become a reality as the Act will be by enforced by the central governemnt.

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India to boost education in Pacific through ADB
11th March 2010
Lakshmi Anil

Offering a helping hand to improve access to higher education in the Pacific region, the Indian government has decided to offer a grant of $1 million through the Asian Development Bank.

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MIT injects $90mn in Media Lab
11th March 2010
Lakshmi Anil

Fast-paced technological inventions often outgrow the media laboratories that house them, however big they may be, within no time.

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New laws in pipeline to facilitate pvt participation in education
11th March 2010
Ishpreet Bindra

Realizing that the states alone can not shoulder the responsibility of catering for the much needed resources for improving higher education in the country, the government has decided to propose a few legislations. These will be aimed at encouraging participation of private bodies in education and together working towards improving the higher education scenario.

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MP CM all for Gita as a subject in schools
11th March 2010
Ishpreet Bindra

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan is seriously thinking about getting the Bhagvad Gita introduced in schools as a part of the school curriculum. The CM came to the conclusion after having discussed the matter with Swami Arganad.

Contemplating to introduce the Gita as part of the moral science syllabus, Chauhan feels that ‘Any good thing that can be there in any human being is written in the Bhagwad Gita’.

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Delhi govt is inactive in education says SC
11th March 2010
Pallavi Kulkarni

The Supreme Court on March 9 asked explanation from the Delhi Government for remaining inactive in education sector for years and hence violating children’s fundamental right to education. Many government schools in Delhi do not have adequate teaching staff and till date no action had been taken by the Delhi government.

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Report: Fifth of Oz pvt. colleges are ‘visa factories’
10th March 2010
Pallavi Kulkarni

According to a new report on education sector nearly 20 percent, i.e. one-fifth of the private colleges in Australia are actually ‘visa factories’. Former MP Bruce Baird who had submitted the report has revealed that it is the fact that 20 percent private colleges are 'permanent residency factories' in Australia and these institutes have affected the education industry very badly. 

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AP students cautioned against writing T-slogans on answer sheets
10th March 2010
Pallavi Kulkarni

Board of Intermediate Education of Andhra Pradesh (BIEAP) has warned students from Class XI and XII not to write any slogans supporting or opposing Telengana state on their answer sheets. The board has also clarified that those students who will write slogans like ‘Jai Telangana’ and ‘Samaikhya Andhra’ on their exam paper would be treated as fail and will also get charged for malpractices during examination.

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New MBAs below industry expectations: Survey
09th March 2010
Ishpreet Bindra

A recent survey by the Higher Education Forum (HEF) has brought to fore the vast difference that has started to show between employer expectations and fresh MBA graduates’ on the job skills.

The ‘Skill Gap Survey’ as HEF terms it, was conducted to find out through systematic evaluation wether any gaps exist between employer expectations and skills displayed by newly hired MBAs.

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MHRD modifies RMSA plan for West Bengal
09th March 2010
Ishpreet Bindra

Owing to lack of sufficient number of government schools in the state the Ministry of Human resource and Development has decided to alter its Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme, for universalisation of secondary education in Bengal. Instead of funding all government aided schools which are less than five percent in the state the MHRD will now select and fund some privately run, government aided schools.

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MCI proposes apex body to improve medical edu
09th March 2010
Pallavi Kulkarni

When Indian government is applying various reforms in education sector for the development of education, medical education is also not an exception. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has proposed an idea to create a new apex body. The primary purpose behind setting up such body is to improve and develop medical education in India.

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