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  No sitting fee for officials nominated to education institutions: HRD Ministry

  India | February 10, 2016 16:39 IST

  New Delhi: Noting that many higher educational institutions were giving “sitting fee” to government officials nominated to their governing bodies, the HRD ministry has sought an end to this practice.  In an office memorandum, the

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  Dalit groups say interim VC tainted; he says matter sorted out

  India | January 24, 2016 23:15 IST

  Hyderabad: Hyderabad University's incharge Vice Chancellor Vipin Srivastava, accused by the SC/ST faculty of having a "deep involvement" in the death of a dalit student in 2008, today said "the previous matter was sorted out"

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  Student's suicide: HRD team likely to submit report tomorrow

  India | January 21, 2016 23:54 IST

  New Delhi: The report of the two-member fact-finding committee set up by the HRD ministry to look into the suicide by a dalit scholar in Hyderabad University is learnt to be in the final stages

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  Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in India 23.6 per cent: Smriti Irani

  Politics | December 21, 2015 20:42 IST

  New Delhi: More youngsters in the age group of 18-23 years are acquiring higher education and the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in India has risen to 23.6 per cent, and 46 per cent of those

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  Committee recommends major changes in IIT entrance examination

  India | November 07, 2015 19:14 IST

  New Delhi: A Committee constituted by the IIT council has recommended major changes in entrance examination structure for these prestigious institutes including setting up of a National Testing Service, which would hold tests on the

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  Stephen's molestation row worse than Dadri lynching: Valson Thampu

  India | October 04, 2015 22:15 IST

  New Delhi: St Stephen's college's principal Valson Thampu today said that the molestation row of a research scholar, which rocked the college for over three months, was "worse" than the Dadri lynching case.  Thampu also

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  CBSE seeks students' feedback on new education policy

  India | September 29, 2015 22:52 IST

  New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has sought online comments from students for making recommendation to the draft of new education policy which is likely to come out by the year-end."We value

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  Will oppose any move to appoint 'regressive' Swamy as JNU VC: JNUSU

  Politics | September 24, 2015 20:56 IST

  New Delhi: Up in arms over reports of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy being offered the JNU VC post, the student community of the varsity have threatened to "resist any attempts with all its mights" to

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  President returns HRD ministry file recommending sacking of Viswa Bharati VC

  India | September 23, 2015 23:42 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today returned the file of the HRD ministry recommending sacking of Visva Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Duttagupta and asked it to seek a legal opinion before any decision can be

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  HRD ministry recommends sacking of Viswa Bharati VC

  India | September 22, 2015 17:01 IST

  New Delhi: Sushanta Duttagupta, Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Visva Bharati may become the first head of a Central University to be sacked after Union HRD Ministry recommended his removal, holding him guilty of financial

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  Need inspired teachers to instill values in children: President

  India | September 05, 2015 21:20 IST

  New Delhi:  India needs inspired teachers to instill in children the civilisational values of tolerance, plurality and compassion and impart education that removes boundaries of caste, community and gender, President Pranab Mukherjee said here today.Citing

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  Students to get aptitude certificate instead of character certificate: PM Modi

  Politics | September 04, 2015 17:29 IST

  New Delhi:  Students would soon get aptitude certificates in place of character certificates at the end of schooling, reflecting their overall personality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said.Stating that character certificates are even awarded to

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  Centre sets up committee to attract talented teachers

  India | July 25, 2015 5:27 IST

  New Delhi:  The HRD ministry on Friday set up a committee to attract and retain talented teachers in the central government funded educational institutions to combat the problem of teacher vacancies.The committee will also be

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  Smriti Irani-RSS meet: New education policy, possible candidates for institutions discussed

  Politics | July 18, 2015 23:25 IST

  New Delhi:  Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday held deliberations with some RSS-affiliate deducation bodies on the new education policy during which they are understood to have also discussed the appointments of possible candidates

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  IIT Roorkee stands by its decision to expels 73 students for under-performance

  India | July 12, 2015 6:54 IST

  Roorkee:  With IIT Roorkee deciding not to revoke the recent expulsion of 73 of its students for under- performance, their parents and guardians are now contemplating to either move court or approach the union ministry

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  Stephen's molestation case: HRD ministry seeks report from DU

  India | June 24, 2015 12:41 IST

  New Delhi : The HRD ministry has sent a notice to Delhi University seeking a report in the molestation case of a research scholar allegedly by a St Stephen's College professor.“HRD ministry has sent a

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  Anil Sahasrabudhe set to become AICTE chairman

  India | June 24, 2015 7:10 IST

  New Delhi:  Well-known academician Anil Sahasrabudhe, director of College of Engineering in Pune, is set to become the next AICTE chairman with the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet clearing his name.The post was lying vacant

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  Govt formed National Policy on Skill Development: Smriti Irani

  Politics | May 06, 2015 14:50 IST

  New Delhi: Government has formulated the National Policy on Skill Development which gives the broad framework for skill development in the country, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.HRD Minister Smriti Irani said through this policy,

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  HRD ministry refuses to clear 34 blacklisted universities

  India | April 17, 2015 14:20 IST

  New Delhi: The Human Resource Development Ministry of Narendra Modi government has upheld its predecessor UPA government's decision to blacklist 44 universities and has rejected University Grants Commission (UGC)'s recommendations to clear 34 of them.The

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  HRD Ministry clears names of 3 IIT directors?

  India | April 07, 2015 8:17 IST

  New Delhi: Names of Rajeev Sekhar, Sarit Kumar Das and Pushpak Bhattacharyya are understood to have been cleared by the HRD Ministry as the new directors of IITs in Ropar, Bhubaneswar and Patna respectively.The Ministry,