'3 Cs haunt Indian education': Sonia slams Centre over NEP

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Monday slammed the Modi government's education policy, charging its core agenda is centralisation of power, commercialisation and outsourcing of investments to the......

Rs 93,847 crore allocated for education in interim budget

The Centre on Friday earmarked Rs 93,847.64 crore for the education sector for 2019-20, an increase of over 10 per cent from the last budgetary allocation. Last year, then finance minister Arun......

The North-South Battle Gets Ugly

With its age-old fascination for education, southern states have done better than the North.Start-ups, IT hubs, and industry majors setting up shop have changed the face of the South.Nearly 79% of......

Budget: Rs 400 cr for building world-class institutes

Setting up of National Research Foundation (NRF), adoption of a New Education Policy and allocation of over Rs 400 crore for building world-class institutes are among the budgetary announcements......

FM unveils education reforms, to set up National Testing Agency

Asserting that quality of education will energise the youth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday unleashed measures to revamp the country’s education system, including setting up......

Budget 2019: How Sitharaman plans to change the face of Indian education

Sitharaman said the government will bring in a new national education policy to transform India's higher education system into one of the best in the world. Setting up of National Research......

Private investments may drop below 11% of GDP: IndRa

After declining to a three-year low in FY24, the private sector investment is expected to fall further in the current financial year, India Ratings said in a research note. Illustration: Dominic......

Budget: A boon for the education sector

Budget provisions To launch a national multi-skill programme called Skill India, which will provide training in traditional professions like welding and carpentry etc. Allocated amount of Rs......