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Tech value amongst teachers
Out of 20 finalists four teachers were honoured on Monday as the South African winners of the Fourth Annual Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum Awards, in Bryanston.
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India: Akshaya e-Centres ready for launch
A special programme for giving Internet training to school students in Malappuram district, Kerala through the Akshaya e-Centres will be unveiled today.
Policy Matters
100 days Agenda for Education by HRD Minister
A 100-day agenda has been rolled out by the Ministry of Human Resource Development with an aim to set up an autonomous overarching authority for higher education and research.
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Tie-up between Oxford and McGill universities for brain research
Two prestigious universities – Oxford in Britain and McGill in Canada- have joined hands for research on the human brain.
Policy Matters
Free Education to 6-14 age group
Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared Right to Education Bil, a big-ticket move to make education a fundamental right for every child in the 6-14 age group.
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NIOS and CISCO to launch ICT based Vocational curriculum
CISCO has partnered with the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) to introduce the ICT curriculum in six selected Accredited Vocational Institutes (AVIs).
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WebSolve offers web-based learning system to franchise companies
Specialising in bringing e-Learning to franchisers, webSolve is now offering the SCORM-compliant Open Learning Environment system.
Higher Education
Regional Guide to Universities
With the aim of providing information about the institutions while also showing how historical trends over the past half-century have influenced the development of higher education, comes the South Africa’s first regional guide.
Higher Education
OBC to get more options in the Capital this year
Students from the OBC category wanting to pursue an under-graduate course in the Capital can look forward to more options being available to them.
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Hi-tech libraries at DU
The libraries in Delhi University colleges are getting bigger and better with many set to be renovated and upgraded.
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INR 500 million to IGNOU by Pranab
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday allocated INR 500 million to the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
Higher Education
Tamil Nadu offers degree with diploma
On February 10, 2010, the Tamil Nadu government launched a scheme to enable students pursue simultaneously a diploma in a vocational stream apart from their basic degree course.