digitalLEARNINGMagazine by Elets
The University Grants Commission (UGC), which maintains standards for university education in India, is formulating the National University Act for the establishment of 30 central universities in the country.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday announced that the government will spend Rs 13 billion on establishing model schools in all the tehsils of Punjab and another Rs 1 billion will be spent on establishing computer...
The government is planning to split the regulatory and accreditation roles of the All India Council for Technical Education, or AICTE, which oversees the functioning of engineering and business schools, giving in to a longstanding demand...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Bangkok has released a new e-Publication entitled strategy Framework for promoting ICT Literacy in the Asia-Pacific region.
The California Department of Education has reported that one in four students who start high school will drop out. While not new information, it validates what educators have known through independent studies and observations.
The US Congress has passed the Higher Education Sustainability Act (HESA), the first new federal funding for environmental education in 18 years. The act creates a ‘University Sustainability Grants Program’ at the Department of Education.
The Government of Rwanda is planning to digitalise primary and secondary school curriculums based on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) plan, which aims to provide each student with a laptop computer.
Under its national policy on Information-Communication-Technology (ICT) in School Education, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), India has recommended to encourage children to blog and communicate through community radio stations.
The Maharashtra government is contemplating a law barring admission in junior colleges to students passing out of ICSE, CBSE and IB board schools. An announcement to this effect was made by school education minister Hasan Mushrif...
According to a recent report, Governor David A Paterson has plans to implement an affordable student loan programme in an effort to make New York more competitive with other states.
Despite concerns it could hurt poor and minority students in El Paso, the state higher education board sent to lawmakers a report that calls for tougher academic standards for low-income students to obtain a college grant.