Corporate Updates
First virtual classroom in Turkey supported by Cisco, Intel, Polycom
Cisco Systems Inc., led an effort to create the first-ever virtual classroom in Turkey.
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Corporate Updates
Certiport to support development of Critical Digital Skills amongst students
A pilot project will be launched by the Certiport to enable 500 students of twelfth-grade to develop critical digital skills through Certiport Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC
Corporate Updates
NDMC and NIIT collaborate to provide ICT to schools
The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has signed an agreement with NIIT Limited to provide ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) Education in 29 Municipal schools in the city.
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Patent-Teacher meet at IIT Delhi
To secure intellectual property rights, faculty of IIT carries out a meeting.
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Funds to Secondary education programme by The World Bank
The World Bank has expressed interest to support the newly launched Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme for improvement of quality of secondary education in the country.
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TERI University partners with Deutsche Bank for MBA Scholarships
Deutsche Bank Scholarship for the MBA (Infrastructure) programme was launched by Deutsche Bank in partnership with TERI University.
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Tally India to foray into China with languages software
Accounting software company Tally India, which has launched its concurrent multi-lingual business accounting and inventory management software, Tally 8.1 in ten Indian languages, is all set to take the product to China where it will offer...
Corporate Updates
Huge payoffs from trust education sector
Big-ticket investors, including private equity players and high networth individuals (HNIs), have been betting on the potential of the sector as it has begun to witness actions from the government too.
K-12
10th CBSE Boards to be optional from 2010
From the coming year Central Board of Secondary Education examination will be optional and a nine point grading system would be implemented replacing the marks system.
Policy Matters
Ireland Minister Conor Lenihan supports eEngagement, Awareness
Recently, Conor Lenihan T.D., the Minister of State with special responsibility for the Knowledge Society along with Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Emer Costello celebrated the achievement of 1,500 people from a wide range of backgrounds.
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Education sector to welcome private and foreign institutions says Sibal
Human resource development minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday reiterated the UPA government
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NGOs desire Hike in Education Budget
Various child rights organisations have demanded that the budgetary allocation for education – for the 40 % young population of the country – be increased when the union budget is presented early next month.