Policy Matters
Sibal encourages non profit indulgence of Pvt players in education
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, recently emphasised that the education sector would remain a not-for-profit sector.
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MedRC EduTech plans to invest for its expansion
MEdRC EduTech, the Hyderabad-based, e-Learning company has firmed up plans to invest up to $5 million in the next 18 months to fund its expansion.
Corporate Updates
Education sector gets attention of the Private Equity players
US $40 billion opportunity prevails in for the investors in form of India’s education and training market.
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Smart Professional Series of Programmes for First Time Job Seekers
NIS Academy, an educational initiative of NIS Sparta Ltd., Asia’s leading Training, Education and Learning solutions provider, today announced the launch of
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Indian Training to Afghan school teachers
The National Council for Education Research to prepare a specific curriculum to train Afghan school teachers on student- friendly methods of teaching to strengthen the education system in Afghanistan.
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US$603m to be the outsourcing revenue by 2012
Revenues from the Indian e-learning offshoring industry stand at approximately US$341 million at the end of calendar year 2008, according to ValueNotes research database.
Corporate Updates
Sify.com with MingleBox launches an online education channel
An online education channel was launched by Sify.com, in association with MingleBox.com.
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Climate change lessons supported by SEAMEO
Southeast Asian education ministries are supportive for the adoption of a common educational standard for Southeast Asians schools and the inclusion of climate change lessons in a common curriculum and are pushing intensely for the same.
Higher Education
Varsity for media studies at Karnataka
A dedicated university for media studies is likely to be setup in Karnataka soon.
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Animation venture by Anil Ambani firm
The Anil Ambani group has forayed into animation education by launching the Big Animation Infotainment and Media School or Big Aims, a training institute in Pune.
Higher Education
Special coaching for OBCs at TISS from following year
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Tiss) is willing to start orientation/remedial coaching from next year for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for admissions to its various masters’ programmes.
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Intel survey says Teachers want more classroom laptops
A survey conducted by Intel and presented at the BETT education technology show in London indicated that 76% of teachers surveyed in Europe believe that their governments should be doing more to support computer access for...