

Friday 6 November '09
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is learnt to have got the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry’s approval to launch from next year....Thursday 5 November '09
National Defence College and two of India's most prestigious boarding schools — Doon and Woodstock — could be targeted by the LeT.Tuesday
3 November '09India's largest distance education university’s first experiment with online testing collapsed within minutes of taking off, a disaster which the university suspects resulted from a malicious cyber attack.Friday
30 October '09University Grants Commission has recommended to the HRD that admissions to deemed universities should be based only on an entrance exam.Thursday
29 October '09The all Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are likely to hold interviews for student admissions in the same city from this year on....Sunday
25 October '09The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is set to sign an MoU with telecom major Ericsson this week to launch the Certificate in IT management course using cellphones....Sunday
25 October '09Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal is one of the most active ministers of UPA-II. In this Idea Exchange moderated by Special Correspondent Anubhuti Vishnoi, Sibal discusses his roadmap for education....Friday
23 October '09The decks have been cleared for the appointment of Vineet Joshi, 41, as the next Central Board of School Education (CBSE) chairman....Thursday
22 October '09A second central university for Jammu & Kashmir has got legal sanction, with President Pratibha Patil said to have promulgated an ordinance in this regard on Tuesday....Thursday
22 October '09HRD MINISTER KAPIL Sibal’s recent statement that the JEE eligibility criteria might see more weightage given to Class XII scores in the coming yearsWednesday
21 October '09HRD Minister Kapil Sibal will hold the first meeting of the Council of National Institutes of Technology (NITs) on Wednesday and hold discussions...Monday
19 October '09Faced with the arduous task of preserving the public records of the country and struggling in its attempt to do the same, the National Archives of India...Thursday
15 October '09Having extracted two Central universities for his state instead of one, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is set to gift Kashmir region’s Central varsity....Tuesday
13 October '09The long-pending Foreign Education Providers Bill proposed to facilitate entry of foreign institutes in India is set to undergo changes after the PMO’s intervention.....Saturday
10 October '09An IAS officer back from a stint in Afghanistan and principal of a Rae Bareli college are among the 19 candidates who appeared for the interview for the CBSE top post on Friday....Monday
5 October '09Aesthetic infrastructure, disabled-friendly; with help from pvt firms....Friday
2 October '09In a bid to end the deadlock with the protesting IIT faculty, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal is expected to soften his stance and offer a more...Thursday
1 October '09Austerity is not only clipping the wings of ministers this season, now top bureaucrats are also feeling the pinch.Wednesday
30 September '09Upping the ante, the IIT faculty protesting against the pay order announced by the Human Resource Development Ministry...Tuesday
29 September '09Taking a step forward in his vision for school education, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal has set up a panel for revamping school education....Saturday
26 September '09Even as the standoff between the protesting IIT faculty and the government over pay structure continues, the IITs will next week issue....Friday
25 September '09To end the stalemate over setting up a central university in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union government is learnt to have given the go-ahead to a two university/twin campus formula.....Friday
25 September '09While a Prakash Jha movie based loosely on Sonia Gandhi’s life has been in the news for some time now, a quiet project is on to create a short film on her mother-in-law and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi....Thursday
24 September '09Yielding just a little more to the protesting IIT faculty over and above the recently promised Performance Related Incentive Scheme...Wednesday
23 September '09The long-pending Foreign Education Providers’ Bill, that promises to usher in Ivy League institutes, has now run into objections...