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Nepal makes progress in expanding access to pre-primary education: UNICEF

Nepal has made significant strides in expanding access to pre-primary education with enrolment rate soaring to 86 per cent in 2017 from 12 per cent in 2000, according to a UNICEF report released on Tuesday. The progress has helped Nepal rank among the high performers in the world as regards access to pre-primary education in the last two decades, the UN education body said. Nepal incorporated one year of pre-primary education in the law and formally recognised it as part of country's free and compulsory basic education in the 8th Amendment to the Education Act promulgated in 2016. "Nepal has made great progress in expanding early childhood education to an increasing number of children. At the same time, it can do more by substantially improving its quality for all children regardless of their socio-economic backgrounds,"Tomoo Hozumi, UNICEF Representative to Nepal, said. We must make sure that no child is left behind so that we can walk the talk on leaving no one behind' principle of

BJP leader Vijay Goel visits govt school in Mustafabad, says AAP's claims of reforms exposed

Union minister Vijay Goel lashed out at the ruling AAP government for making "tall claims" about reforming the education sector in the city after he found "poor" infrastructure at a government run secondary school in Mustafabad area during his visit there on Tuesday. During his "reality check" tour of the Government Boys/Girls Secondary School in the minority dominated pocket of Mustafabad, Goel said people should visit the school to see what AAP government has done in the education sector. "Kejriwal government had been making false claims of improving the condition of education and schools of Delhi. "This school exemplifies that there are schools in Delhi where infrastructure is absent, and also exposes tall claims of AAP government on reforms in education," Goel told reporters on the spot. No reaction was immediately available from the Aam Aadmi Party or the Delhi government. Mustafabad lies in North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency where the ruling AAP has fielded Dilip Pandey as

Madras HC orders toll free number to report harassment

The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the Tamil Nadu government to set up an exclusive toll free number to enable students report sexual harassment.

Six Himachal universities figure in NIRF top 200

Six universities in Himachal Pradesh figure in the top 200, as per the ranking by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development under the National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF).

Ansal University chisels India's built environment

Sushant Schools of Art and Architecture, with its rich legacy of 30 years, is partnering with the School of Planning and Development and School of Design, to stir up conversations about 'Everything Built Environment' on April 10, 2019, at Ansal University campus, Gurugram; thus diversifying the career choices in India related to architecture, planning and design.This event aims to bring together great minds from different walks of life on one platform to discuss India's future through the lens of architecture, planning, and design. The gathering will deep dive into the related job avenues, growing opportunities for the students in these domains, and up-coming tools for the profession. The dynamic growing market for built environment education is the prime reason to organize this event; to gather different stakeholders, such as policymakers, education leaders, enablers, technology companies, educational start-ups, parents and students."Currently, the architecture, planning and design ..

India's education technology startup bags USD 25,000 global tech prize

India's education technology startup 'Dost Education' has bagged a USD 25,000 tech prize along with two other winners from Tanzania and Egypt. The Next Billion Edtech Prize 2019, run by UK-based Varkey Foundation, recognises the most innovative technology destined to have a radical impact on education in low income and emerging world countries. Dost was awarded for its ability to empower parents to take charge of their child's early education by creating short, friendly audio content that is sent to them via their mobile phones. "Dost software, audio content, and toolkits make it easy, fun and addictive for parents to boost their child's early development, so low-income families need no longer send their children to primary school behind and without a chance to catch up, noted the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF), where the award was announced in Dubai last month. "It's really exciting to bring Dost to the global stage at GESF and be one of the three winners of the prize, it ..

DLF foundation felicitates young scholars at Annual Scholars Conclave 2019

DLF Foundation felicitated young scholars at the Annual Scholars Conclave, 2019, held here at Vishwa Yuvak Kendra under the aegis of its flagship initiative, 'Talent Nurturing Programme'.The event celebrated scholarly achievements of the children in the gracious presence of their teachers, mentors, and parents. Students were felicitated with certificates and cash rewards.The conclave opened with a ceremonial lighting of the lamp by Chief Guest Maj. Gen. K. V. S Lalotra, AVSM, YSM, SM (Retd), Sr. Executive Director & Head (Education), and other dignitaries. The two-day conclave, attended by around 100 scholars, had multiple sessions that were aimed at benefitting the young students. Various sessions related to personality development, personal grooming, etiquettes, decision making, stress management, interpersonal communication, resume writing, Interview training, social media and general awareness were held at the conclave to make the students future ready. Highly experienced ...

Implementation of World Class STEM Education and UK Student Exchange Program Makes GD Goenka International School, Udaipur the Pioneer of Progressive Education in Rajasthan

/ -- According to Standyou, GD Goenka International School, Udaipur has been playing its part in improving the educational status of the nation by innovating and adapting modern trends within the domain of education and learning. The ideal example of the same would be the recent integration of STEM Education within its academic routine. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, abbreviated as STEM, is a modern educational trend that aims to combine the aforementioned field into one cohesive entity. This enables students to gain a better practical knowledge of the interdependency of the above-mentioned domains to attain an unrivalled understanding for each. Evidence for the efficiency of STEM Education - Mr. Priyank Shrivastava, Co-Founder of Standyou which is India's leading education discovery platform and marketplace of coaching institutes, validates the significance of the same and has also confirmed that the inclusion of STEM education within the usual academic routine is ...

President Kovind releases rankings of top institutions, presents awards

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday released the India Rankings - 2019 and presented the India Rankings awards to the top eight institutions in different categories at a function held in New Delhi.The president also released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) and presented the ARIIA awards to the top two institutions.Addressing the gathering, President Kovind outlined the recent expansion of higher education in India and said that it has widened access and improved equity."Even so, quality remains a concern. While there are islands of excellence, both in the public and private sectors, overall standards are uneven. As our higher education infrastructure continues to grow, and as enrolment rises, it is important to lift the bar. A nuanced approach is essential to ensure that higher education not only fulfils individual aspirations, but also achieves national goals and priorities," he said.President Kovind also hailed the initiative under which besides ..

IIT-Madras tops HRD's ranking of higher education institutes, IISc second

JNU and the Banaras Hindu University ranked seventh and 10th respectively

Delhi HC extends interim stay on order of fee hike in private schools

The division bench of the Delhi High Court on Monday extended interim stay till April 30, on a single judge bench ruling allowing unaided schools in the city to hike fees in order to implement the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta slated the matter for hearing on April 30 and extended the interim stay on the single judge bench order till then.During the course of the hearing, the Action Committee told the court that the decision of hike in fees was taken not only to improve pay scale of its teacher but to improve infrastructure and other activities of the schools.On Thursday, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia had said that unjustified fee hike by some private schools has nothing to do with the implementation of 7th Pay Commission for the teachers working in these schools.Addressing media persons here, Sisodia had said that a false impression has been sought to be created by vested interests that the

HRD rankings: IIT-Madras best institution, IISc Bangalore best varsity, Miranda House best college

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, topped the HRD Ministry's national ranking of higher education institutes while Bangalore's Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Delhi's Miranda House were adjudged best university and college respectively. The fourth edition of the Indian rankings based on the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2019 were announced by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday. IISc Bangalore and IIT-Delhi ranked second and third in the overall rankings of higher educational institutions. Of top 10 institutes, seven are IITs. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) ranked seventh and 10th respectively. Congratulating all participants, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said he was happy to see steady increase in participation of colleges and universities in India Rankings year after year since its inception in 2016. "Happy to note that institutions are taking India Rankings seriously and taking steps to improve

Sisodia to pen Delhi's education story in book

In his writing debut, Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia will pen the story of the changes in Delhi's education system in a book 'Shiksha: A Journey', which will launch in September.

Delhi scores high in HRD rankings: 6 DU colleges in top 10, hattrick by Miranda House for top rank

Six colleges of the Delhi University have figured in the top 10 rankings by the HRD Ministry, with Miranda House scoring a hattrick in bagging the first rank. While Hindu College has been ranked second; St Stephens college, Lady Sri Ram College for Women, Shri Ram College of Commerce and Hansraj College have bagged the fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth ranks respectively. Besides these, 22 more DU colleges have figured in the list of top 100 colleges in the country. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, has been ranked third in the overall ranking of higher education institutions and the second best among the engineering institutions. The prestigious institute has bagged the ninth position among the management institutions. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), which has bagged the seventh rank in overall category, has been ranked the second best university. The Jamia Millia Islamia and the Delhi University have bagged 12th and 13th ranks respectively. Jamia Hamdard has ...

Jamia maintained its ranking despite functioning under adverse conditions: JTA

Despite functioning under adverse conditions, the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has been ranked at the 12th position in the universities category in the country by the HRD Ministry, the varsity's teachers' association said Monday. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF-2019) in its India Rankings Report-2019, has placed JMI at the 19th position in the 'overall ranking' that includes IITs, IIMs, IISc, other top technical institutions and universities. This is a great achievement for JMI as it has maintained its rank among 1,479 institutions that took part in NIRF this year, the varsity said. Jamia Teachers' Association secretary Professor Majid Jamil told PTI, "The varsity does not have a VC, but the teachers are taking classes and everything is going smoothly. There have been fund cuts, the varsity has not got projects and there are huge cuts in higher education budget. We are managing under adverse conditions. If we had more funds, we would have done much better." In order ..

HRD rankings: IIT Madras best institution, IISc Bangalore best varsity, Miranda House best college

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, topped the HRD Ministry's national ranking of higher education institutes while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and Miranda House, Delhi, were adjudged best university and college respectively. The fourth edition of the Indian rankings based on the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2019 were announced on Monday by President Ram Nath Kovind. IISc Bangalore and IIT-Delhi ranked second and third in the overall rankings of higher educational institutions. Of top 10 institutes, seven are IITs. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) ranked seventh and 10th respectively. In the university category, IISc Bangalore has been ranked one followed by JNU and BHU. DU's Miranda House has topped the colleges rankings followed by Hindu College and Presidency College in Chennai. While the prestigious St Stephens college has been ranked at four, the Sri Ram College of Commerce placed .

Pvt school fee hike: No benefit of court orders to schools which did not move HC

The Delhi High Court Monday said the private unaided schools, which did not approach the court or sought the government's approval to hike fees, will not get the benefit of its orders on the issue. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta asked the Action Committee Unaided Recognised Private Schools, which represents over 300 such institutions, to give a list of the schools who have applied to the Delhi government for approval to hike fees or have moved the court for the same. "Those who have not come to court or sought approval, why should they get any indulgence?" the bench said, adding that "we need to have a clarity on this". The observation by the court came while hearing the Delhi government's plea challenging a single judge order of March 15 allowing private unaided schools in the city to go ahead with an interim hike in fees to implement the recommendations of the seventh central pay commission on salaries of teachers and other employees. The bench had on April 3 put on .

Female grads dominate toppers list, but their enrolment in higher edu system low: Prez

While female graduates dominate the lists of toppers and medalists at convocations, the enrolment of girls in higher education system in the country is relatively low and an area of concern, President Ram Nath Kovind said Monday. "I must point out relatively low enrolment of girls in higher education system, particularly in the eastern institutions. This is not only an area of concern, but also a paradox since girl students tend to do well in school examinations outscoring boys. When allowed the opportunity, girl students maintain this in higher education as well," he said. Kovind was addressing the gathering at the launch of the Ministry of Human Resource Development's national rankings of higher educational institutions for this year. "Since I have been travelling to convocations of universities across the country, I have been happy to find that female graduates dominate the topper lists and that of medalists. Many families deny girls this chance and we need to address this as a ...

'Nonsense Club' to give tuition for LS polls

The late Jaspal Bhatti's 'Nonsense Club' on Monday announced special 'tuitions' for politicians and voters ahead of the Lok Sabha battle.

ISRO to organise 'Yuvika' every year: Dr K Sivan

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief Dr K Sivan Monday said the response to the agency's proposed students outreach initiative, the Young Scientist Programme (Yuvika) was "immense" and the agency was mulling to organise it every year. The selection procedure for this year's programme, likely to be held in the second week of May, was completed and three students each from 29 states and seven union territories have been shortlisted as participants, he said here. Sivan was interacting with the media on the sidelinesof the golden jubilee celebrations of the Space Physics Laboratory (SPL), a premier research institution of theVikram Sabarbhai Space Centre (VSSC) here. "That much enthusiasm was there...It is getting so much demand from pupils...it is going to make a big change. The programme is going to happen every year," Sivan said. ISRO had launched the Yuvika programme from this year in tune with the Centre's vision "Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan". The ...