| Govt may allow private sector investment in education | 21-NOV-09 |
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| The Centre plans to allow the (for-profit) private sector to set up educational institutions and tap the capital market, thus aiming to plug the funding gap in the education sector. In this regard, the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has asked Max India Chairman Analjit Singh to prepare a feasibility paper. |
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| MeritTrac plans to invest Rs 20-cr to up offerings | 20-NOV-09 |
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| When the IIMs decided to award the contract to Prometric for conducting the Common Admission Test (CAT) online, and Pearson bringing its assessment brand to India, it must have been a wake up call for MeritTrac, a large assessment company. But, the company is not losing sleep. |
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| Fixing higher education | 15-NOV-09 |
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| The burgeoning demand for graduates as economic growth accelerates has been encouraging Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal to examine more innovative ways of involving the private sector, especially in higher and technical education. This is sensible in as much as the government lacks the financial wherewithal to focus on this sector when the claims from primary education are much more pressing. |
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| Foreign varsities welcome but can't make profits: Sibal | 07-NOV-09 |
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| Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal today said that during his visit to the US last week, he assured representatives of foreign universities that they were welcome to invest in India’s education sector but should not aim at making profits. |
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| IIT-Jee reform not a new idea | 02-NOV-09 |
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| Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal recently hinted that Class XII students may require more than 60 per cent (the current percentage requirement) to appear for the IIT-JEE exam. Notwithstanding the fact that the suggestion raised a major debate, after which Sibal backtracked, this is not the first instance of the HRD ministry floating an idea to reform the JEE system. |
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| Plan for common counselling for IITs and NITs | 27-OCT-09 |
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| With seats in certain national level institutes remaining vacant due to multiple counselling, the IITs and NITs could start common counselling, a move that would smoothen the admission process and reduce hardship of students. |
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| Sibal to meet US officials on education sector | 27-OCT-09 |
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| Union Human and Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal is slated to meet top officials of the Obama Administration later this week as part of the endeavour of the two countries to forge greater collaboration in the field of education. |
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| Sibal keen to forge alliance with US universities | 27-OCT-09 |
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| With the government deciding to set up 14 innovation universities, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said he hoped India could forge an alliance with leading US universities to shape the structure of the proposed institutes. Sibal will visit US universities and discuss partnership and collaboration with Indian institutions. |
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| Committee to examine fee structure of IITs | 25-OCT-09 |
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| A high level committee appointed by the IIT Council will revisit the fee structure as part of its mandate to assess how the revenue could be increased for the premier institutes. |
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| Accept pay scale, IIT federation tells members | 25-OCT-09 |
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| The All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF) President M Thenmozhi today urged faculty members of all the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to accept and implement the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. |
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| IIT faculty to accept new pay structure | 24-OCT-09 |
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| The stand-off between the IIT faculty and the government over the "anomalies" in pay structure finally ended today with the teachers' body deciding to accept the new package in the "interest" of the institutes, but maintained that concerns still remain. |
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