India will set up a Malaviya Commonwealth Chair for Cross Border Teacher Education, and has also proposed a research consortium for the grouping, an official said on Sunday.


India to set up chair for cross-border teacher education


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The entrance test for the Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in West Bengal, scheduled on Sunday, was cancelled after reports that examination papers were leaked in several districts, a state minister said.


Bengal ITI entrance test cancelled after paper leak


Indian-origin US envoy Richard Verma on Saturday expressed gratitude to the values of education and service that his India-educated parents instilled in him, including once of his parents spending days reviewing why their son got an 'A minus' in his report card when the other five were As.


US envoy recalls troubles of 'A minus' in school report card


The Bihar cabinet Friday formally approved a proposal to train three lakh school teachers with financial help from the World Bank, officials said.


Bihar to train 3 lakh teachers with World Bank aid


Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have busted another module in the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) admission scam with the arrest of two more people.


EWS admission scam: Two more held in Delhi


At least 50 children fell ill on Thursday after eating their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's Patna district, officials said.


50 Bihar kids fall ill after eating mid-day meal


The AAP government in Delhi on Thursday presented a Rs.41,129 crore budget for the 2015-16 fiscal for the national capital, earmarking Rs.9,836 crore for the education sector.


AAP unveils Rs.41,129 crore Delhi budget


Launching a scathing attack on St. Stephen's College principal Valson Thampu for "maligning her academic career", the research scholar who was allegedly molested by a teacher in the college has said that he was only interested in defending his own staff.


St.Stephen's principal maligning my image: Molested student


In the ongoing probe into the admissions scam in city schools under the EWS (Economically Weaker Section) category, the Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted another module with the arrest of another person.


EWS admission scam: one more held in Delhi


The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday sought to know from Delhi University's St. Stephen's College the action taken on a complaint about alleged sexual harassment of a research student by a professor.


DCW seeks St.Stephen's action report on sexual harassment


Nearly two dozen students and a teacher were injured in a Bihar school stampede triggered by fear of an earthquake when a portion of a classroom roof fell on Wednesday morning, an official said.


Nearly two dozen students injured in Bihar's school stampede


The human resource ministry (HRD) has sought a report from the principal of St. Stephen's college here about the alleged sexual harassment of a research student by a professor.


HRD seeks report on sexual harassment (Lead, Superseding earlier copy)


Delhi's education ministry has sought a report from St.Stephen's principal about the alleged sexual harassment of a research student by a professor at the college, an official told IANS.


Government seeks report over sexual harassment in St.Stephen's


A group of Aliah University students, claiming to be associated with the Trinamool Congress students wing, vandalised the varsity premises after the rejection of their demand for granting them pass marks in a "tough" exam, the vice chancellor said on Tuesday.


Trinamool student leaders vandalised Kolkata varsity premises, alleges VC


A court here on Tuesday dismissed an anticipatory bail plea of a St. Stephen's college teacher accused of molesting a PhD student.


St. Stephen's teacher's anticipatory bail plea dismissed


A court here on Tuesday dismissed an anticipatory bail plea of St. Stephen's college professor accused of molesting a PhD student.


St.Stephen's professor's anticipatory bail plea dismissed


At least 60 children fell ill on Tuesday after having their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's Bhojpur district, officials said.


60 Bihar school children fall ill after mid-day meal


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for each school in India to plan its own targets which it aims to achieve by 2022, the country's 75th year of independence.


Modi asks schools to fix targets up to 2022


The US and Cuban authorities have announced a project to restore American Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway's home near Havana, where he penned one of his most famous and last pieces of fiction, "The Old Man and the Sea".


US, Cuba to restore Hemingway's home near Havana


The administeration and internal probe committee of Delhi University's coveted St.Stephen's College were questioned on Saturday over a sexual harassment case filed by a research student, police said.


St.Stephen's administration queried on sexual harassment case


The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has tied up with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for imparting training from Saturday in financial market management to teachers who would then pass on the knowledge to students of classes 9 and 10.

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