HRD ministry for quality education in madrasas
June 27th, 2012 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The union human resource development (HRD) ministry has set up a consultative committee for implementing a scheme for providing quality and modern education at madrasas, ... Read more...
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Obama touts plan for better math and science instruction
February 8th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS/EFE) President Barack Obama announced Tuesday an $80 million plan to improve mathematics and science instruction in US public schools as one of his initiatives to ... Read more...
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British kids will get failed teachers
December 17th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 17 (IANS) Hundreds of new schoolteachers in Britain are going to teach pupils in their classrooms despite having struggled themselves up to 39 attempts to clear even basic ... Read more...
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Unesco to train school principals
September 23rd, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) In a bid to create a positive impact on thousands of teachers and at least 10 million children, the Unesco will hold training programmes for ... Read more...
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Sibal calls for attention on adolescents
March 1st, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Adolescents in the country need immediate attention in terms of their educational needs, Human Resource Development Minster Kapil Sibal said here Tuesday."Education is the key to address ... Read more...
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Maths graduates in India to teach British children
September 10th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) Indian maths graduates are being trained to give tuition to British children via telephone and internet round the clock, a report said Friday.
A tutoring agency has hired 100 ... Read more...
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You should not exist, court tells teacher education regulator
July 21st, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE) for its failure to regulate private colleges imparting teacher training courses and said it had ... Read more...
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Religious groups in Malaysia asked to find ways to increase Indian population
July 6th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 6 (ANI): Perak Malaysian Indian Congress chief K. Kumaran has asked Indian religious and welfare organisations to come together to find ways to increase the Indian population in Malaysia.Speaking ... Read more...
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Indian and Chinese students ‘over assessed’ by US teachers: Study
April 4th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr. 4 (ANI): Teachers in the United States tend to unconsciously "over assess" Indian and Chinese students under the age of 11, while systematically mark down black children, a new study ... Read more...
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Indian publishing firm wins textbook contract in Ethiopia
March 21st, 2010 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
By Groum Abate
Addis Ababa, March 21 (IANS) Ethiopia's ministry of education has awarded Indian media house Laxmi Publications a contract to print and distribute textbooks and teacher training guides.The ministry had issued ... Read more...
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Badal assures jobs to protesting trainee teachers
February 26th, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 25 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday urged agitating unemployed trainee teachers to give up their protest and assured them the government will initiate measures to fill up ... Read more...
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We have fulfilled demands of volunteer teachers: Punjab government
February 9th, 2010 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (IANS) Close on the heels of the self-immolation of a teacher, the Punjab government Monday clarified that it has taken all the steps to fulfil the demands of volunteer ... Read more...
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Usha Martin Education partners Pearson
December 17th, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) Usha Martin Education and Solutions Ltd (UMESL) has forayed into school management services, the company said in statement Thursday.
By March, UMESL plans to enable at least 15 select ... Read more...
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Britain to closely monitor plans for 5,000-place Muslim girls’ boarding school
December 1st, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 1 (ANI): The British Government has vowed to closely monitor construction plans for a 5,000-place Muslim girls' boarding school.This would be the biggest boarding school in the UK, dwarfing the ... Read more...
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PPP model being looked at for some Innovation Universities: Sibal
September 15th, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): The Public Private Partnership (PPP) model is being looked at for some of the Innovation Universities that are to be set up by the Government (the 11th ... Read more...
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Make classrooms more secure, less fearsome, teachers advised
April 22nd, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Classrooms should be places where children are not ridiculed despite making mistakes. That was the underlying message of a conference of teachers here, days after the ... Read more...
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UN conference appeals for change in education
April 3rd, 2009 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Bonn, April 2 (DPA) Government ministers appealed Thursday at the end of a three-day UN meeting here to teach children the ideas of "sustainable development" at schools around the world.
A closing declaration ... Read more...
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Boys do better in studies when they are taught by men
September 30th, 2008 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 30 (ANI): Boys perform better in education when they are taught by a male teacher, says a new study.The research was conducted for the Training and Development Agency the ... Read more...
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Scindia calls for govt. private collaboration in technology enabled education
September 17th, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by ANI
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh), Sept 17 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Communications and IT Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday called for collaboration between the Government and the private sector to empower students ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh calls for improvement of teaching facilities in country
April 28th, 2008 - 10:55 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday said that it is a sad reality that too much attention is paid to the hardware of education and ... Read more...
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