Higher Education
Students can drag bogus colleges to consumer courts
Students misled by educational institutes on affiliation and recognition awarded to their courses can drag them to consumer courts.
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Higher Education
Space ambition in IITs
When Chandrayaan-I soared into space last October, so did the dreams of many young and aspiring IITians keen on a career with the Indian First results from Chandrayaan 1 Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Higher Education
Students turn mentors for aspirants
Students from IIT and IIM voluntarily undertaken to mentor hundreds of aspirants who cleared the written Common Admission Test (CAT) and IIT joint entrance examination (JEE).
K-12
Teachers swap learning resources through European exchange
School teachers across Europe can now swap learning resources with each other and collaborate in creating new ones, thanks to a new service launched by a consortium of European education ministries.
K-12
School rebuilding programme hit by credit crunch
The National Audit Office says councils are struggling to borrow money under the Private Finance Initiative to build schools fitted with new ICT.
K-12
ICT programme to benefit Dominican schools
Schools in Dominica are set to benefit from the schools computer programme being funded by the ICT development programme of the Ministry of Housing, Lands and Telecommunications.
K-12
GEF to examine changing needs of students
Educational technology expert Dr Doug Brown will visit Dubai next month to present a seminar aimed at education professionals that will examine the changing needs of young people in the Middle East’s school system.
K-12
Technology Awards celebrated at school
Students and teachers at a Watford school are celebrating picking up a national computing award.
Policy Matters
Recommendation given for national education network rollout by REANNZ
A six-month trial of a national education network (NEN) with 20 schools has been deemed to be so successful that a recommendation has been made to roll it out to all schools.
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Unesco e-Atlas of endangered languages available free
The Atlas contains updated information on over 2,500 languages and is available free of charge worldwide.
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Soon a radio station at IIT Kanpur
Community radio station at IIT Kanpur will disseminate knowledge on healthcare, agriculture, science and technology in addition to the literacy programmes for children and adult.
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Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan on track in Punjab
All efforts are being made by Punjab government to have a maximum number of children of the migrants in the government schools in the state.