digitalLEARNINGMagazine by Elets
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) recommended a threefold increase in the tuition fee for B.Tech students to Rs 3 lakh a year from Rs 90,000, from the academic session, which will begin this summer. From...
State Bank of India (SBI) has launched an overseas education loan ‘SBI Global Ed-Vantage’, for students who want to pursue higher education abroad. SBI Scholar Loan scheme has been specifically designed for those students who get...
Avagmah, a Bangalore-based ed-tech startup focussed on higher education, founded in 2013, announces investments by Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and former CEO & MD of Infosys and Atul Nishar, founder of Hexaware and Aptech Computer Education. In...
FlipClass, a Bangalore-based home and online tutoring startup, has raised $1 million in funding from education content and services provider S Chand and Company Pvt Ltd (S Chand) along with Blume Ventures. Founded by Vineet Dwivedi,...
NIIT.tv, a disruptive innovation by NIIT, will now offer support to students pursuing B.Tech and M.Tech degree programmes by helping them with their curriculum and beyond, with an aim to improve employability and job readiness of...
In order to connect parents with teachers and students while also safeguarding everyone’s privacy and to make quality education accessible, Eckovation came into existence, shares Ritesh Singh, CEO of Eckovation with Elets News Network (ENN) Why...
McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, informed that in 2015 unit sales of digital platforms and programmes exceeded those of print in its US Higher Education Group, for the first time. In the previous year,...
A Committee on ‘Yoga Education in Universities’ has been constructed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), informed Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Health & Family Welfare. The Committee has...
A potential trend of test owners are moving from pen-and-paper to computer-based testing (CBT) delivery in India, reveals a recently published report. Of the 47 per cent, who currently use pen-and-paper, 33 per cent said they...
Imarticus Learning, a platform offering certified industry-endorsed courses, has raised a round of funding from a bunch of investors. These include: Amit Nanavati, Investor and Entrepreneur; Tashwinder Singh, Director, KKR; Anil Gudibande, 1 Crowd Founder/Ex MD...
A special scheme would be launched to promote girls education belonging to backward classes and the minority community in Uttarakhand, said Chief Minister Harish Rawat. The state government would take all the necessary steps to provide...
The universities and centres of higher educations should not be starved of funds for infrastructure and creating avenues for research and development activities for students, said Prof HM Maheshwaraiah, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka. Prof Maheshwaraiah...