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Assessment of educational institutions being done transparently: NAAC

NAAC officials said that the University Grants Commission has constituted committees to deal with the issues related to the Accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs)

Arvind Mafatlal Group plans to scale up its edtech venture GetSetLearn

The Group is looking to build the world's largest hybrid curated marketplace for learning services, says Priyavrata Mafatlal, Vice Chairman, Arvind Mafatlal Group

India's GIFT City campus to be Deakin University's 1st international foray

University of Wollongong also likely to announce a campus

'We haven't seen much traction in foreign universities coming to India'

We are also building an international collaboration metric into our next edition of the QS World University Rankings, says Ben Sowter, Senior Vice President, Quacquarelli Symonds

Firms hiring foreigners in Singapore to verify educational qualifications

From September this year, Singapore-based companies that want to hire foreign nationals on an Employment Pass (EP) will have to ensure their educational qualifications are authentic, amid reports that an Indian university was selling fake degrees. In 2021, Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) investigated 23 foreigners who graduated from Manav Bharti University in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Two people were jailed for submitting false qualifications in their work pass applications, while 19 were permanently barred from working in Singapore. Employers will have to submit third-party verification proof for applicants with diploma-level qualifications and above, web portal Channel News Asia reported, quoting Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM). "Today, employers are already responsible for ensuring the authenticity of their candidate's qualifications before hiring," Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said in Parliament on Wednesday. The probe in Singapore began after MOM was aler

India to become global skills hub 'very soon': Dharmendra Pradhan

India will soon be the global skills hub, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday, underlining the importance of investment in education and skill development to ensure people have the knowledge and required capabilities to capture opportunities in 21st century. The Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship was speaking at an event for collaboration between National Skill Development Corporation, and Hotel and Tourism Management Institute (HTMi), Switzerland. NSDC and HTMi envision to support the hospitality and tourism industry with large numbers of well-trained hospitality professionals, through the Swiss Apprentice Education and Training Mode. This partnership will assist students make a career in the hospitality sector and narrow the existing gap between the demand and supply of skills across the globe. Pradhan said investments in education and skill development of "our people are imperative to ensure that they have required knowledge and capabilities to ...

School boards across states to have similar sets of questions soon: Report

The Educational Testing Services (ETS) is collaborating with the NCERT to set up a regulator to remove "disparities" from the exams

SSC CGL Tier 1 scorecard 2022 releasing today: Check details here

The SSC CGL mark sheet can be downloaded from the official website, ssc.nic.in.

'Education, skilling have equal emphasis under new NEP', says PM Modi

Modi also highlighted the importance of the role and partnership of academia and industry in bringing rapid changes in the country's education sector

The great educational divide

Bridging the gap between the sciences and the humanities by reworking global education systems may be necessary before measures to tackle global warming gain effective traction

Social capital and Budgets: The picture is varied, not just black or white

India's ranking on the UN's HDI has remained more or less unchanged, suggesting the country is doing no better or worse than others, though most are growing much slower than India, writes T N Ninan

Now international students can apply for US visa a year in advance

In a much-needed relief for foreign students looking to study in the US, the Biden administration has announced they can now apply for a visa up to a year before their academic term begins. The State Department, however, said that international students will not be allowed to enter the country on a student visa more than 30 days before the start of their programme. International students are normally issued two categories of US visas F and M. Student (F and M) visas for new students can be issued up to 365 days in advance of the start date for a course of study, the State Department said. However, you will not be allowed to enter the United States on your student visa more than 30 days before the start date, it said on Tuesday. A student can enter the US before 30 days of the start of their programme on a valid visitor (B) visa. A student visa is issued by US embassies and consulates based on the I-20 form issued by their academic institutions. The State Department mandates that

Finland the final word in education? Here's why experts disagree

In Finland, teachers too are largely free from external requirements such as inspection and standardised testing

Few takers for skill development as students shy away from ITI ecosystem

Key concern: Gap between industry requirement and what's taught

S Chand continues solid growth in Q3 FY23, operational revenue grows by 58%

/ -- S Chand and Company Limited, one of India's leading education content companies and market leaders in the K-12 segment, has announced robust financial numbers for the quarter Q3FY23 and 9 Months FY23. HIGHLIGHTS OF CONSOLIDATED BUSINESS Consolidated business represents the performance of S Chand and its subsidiaries (S Chand Group) The Company is in a seasonal industry where the 4th quarter contributes over 80% of the annual revenues coinciding with the start of the academic year. 9MFY23 has been the best ever 9M performance in the company's history. S Chand saw the following highlights during the quarter-: On a CY22 basis, the company reported a PAT of Rs. 812m (EPS: Rs. 23/share). The company is witnessing strong and resurgent demand in the current sales season of January 2023 - March 2023. Reports Highest ever 9M Sales in company's history. Reports Lowest ever 9M EBITDA Losses. 9M EBITDA losses reduced by 38% YoY. Reports Lowest ever 9M PAT Losses. Reduction in 9M PAT

Social sector: The emphasis of Budget is on the consolidation of schemes

The government has ring-fenced financial outlays for various social sectors, and this is reflected in nominal increases and efforts to make them more effective

G20 education working group likely to lead to university tie ups

Collaboration with Universities across the globe would be the major outcome of the deliberations at the Chennai Meet, Sanjay Murthy, Secretary Higher Education

Budget 2023 promises to train students, teachers for the job market

FM announced establishment of 30 Skill India International Centres across different states, launch of a unified Skill India Digital platform for enabling demand driven formal skilling

Budget: Govt to set up National Digital Library for children, adolescents

A National Digital Library for children and adolescents will be set up for facilitating the availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres and levels, and device agnostic accessibility, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Wednesday. In her Budget speech, she said states will be encouraged to set up physical libraries for them at panchayat and ward levels and provide infrastructure for accessing the National Digital Library resources. To build a culture of reading and to make up for pandemic-time learning loss, the National Book Trust, Children's Book Trust and other sources will be encouraged to provide and replenish non-curricular titles in regional languages and English to these physical libraries. "Collaboration with NGOs that work in literacy will also be a part of this initiative. To inculcate financial literacy, financial sector regulators and organizations will be encouraged to provide age-appropriate reading material to these libraries,"

Steady decline in school dropout rate, increase in enrolment: Eco Survey

There has been a steady decline in the school dropout rate and increase in enrolment both in school and higher education, the Economic Survey for 2022-23 tabled in Parliament on Tuesday showed. The gender parity has also improved in this financial year, the survey, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, stated. "The Gross Enrolment Ratios (GER) in the primary-enrolment in Class 1 to 5 as a percentage of the population in age six to 10 years for girls as well as boys has improved during the financial year (FY)," . This improvement has "reversed the declining trends between FY-17 and FY-19", it stated, adding that "the GER in upper-primary (enrolment in class 6 to 8 as a per cent of the population in age 11-13 years), which was stagnant between FY-17 and FY-19, improved in FY-22". In corresponding age groups in primary and upper-primary levels, the GER for girls is better than that of boys, the Economic Survey for 2022-23 stated. "In FY-22, school enrolment stood at 26.5 cr