digitalLEARNINGMagazine by Elets
India and US are likely to enter into a partnership to launch Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) courses through an online platform. Titled Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM), the web portal will...
Riding ambitious ‘Digital India’ programme of the new government, the country seeks to break digital barriers in governance, education, health and financial inclusion. To help prepare ground for a truly digital nation and bring more clarity...
Jan E Alam, a 1991-batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre, has been appointed as Chairman of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). Prior to his appointment at NIOS, Alam served as Joint Secretary in the...
Worried about the increase in the number of cases of students taking sick after consuming food served through the mid-day meal programme, the Ministry of Human Resource Development is all set to review the government scheme....
Soldiers, airmen and sailors are miffed with the decision of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to discontinue with its Community College Scheme (CCS) for the armed forces. To make matters worse, close to 3,00,000...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities to abolish the requirement for submitting attested documents and start accepting self-certification of marksheets, birth certificates and other key documents. The move will substantially simplify procedures for students....
In a move that could go a long way in encouraging research at the school and university levels, the government is in plans to set up innovation labs in every district. The idea is to enable...
The Human Resource Development ministry has unveiled a new website that promises to be improved and more interactive. The website was inaugurated by the HRD minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi on Tuesday, September 30. The...
Software giant Oracle has partnered with leading universities to design and develop its Oracle Student Cloud. Oracle had announced the Oracle Student Cloud, a new cloud-based student information system earlier this year for its higher education...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for providing toilets for girls in schools in his first Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort. Later, raising the bar, he gave a call for a “Swachh...
Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to have miniature disaster management cells in some of the biggest civic schools in the city, depending on their geographical location, size and the kind of calamities and diseases they...
An affidavit filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court states has cast a shadow on the educational qualifications of Gurinder Pal Singh Bath, the state’s Secretary of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB). According to...