New education policy is foundation of New India: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the new National Education Policy (NEP) is not just a circular and its implementation will be like a 'mahayagya' which will need strong determination and......

New education policy aimed at making 'job creators': PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the new education policy announced by the government emphasises on making 'job creators' instead of 'job seekers' and is an attempt to transform the......

Cabinet okays new education policy, HRD is now education ministry

Teaching up to class 5 in mother tongue or regional language, lowering the stakes of board exams, a single regulator for higher education institutions except for law and medical colleges and common......

CBSE cuts chapters on citizenship, DeMo, secularism to reduce syllabus

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has rationalised by up to 30 per cent the syllabus for classes 9 to 12 for the academic year 2020-21 to reduce course load on students amid the......

How Jamsetji Tata created the Indian Institute of Science

The Indian Institute of Science topped the HRD ministry's 2017 national rankings.In 2016, the IISc was ranked among the world's top 15 universities in the Times Higher Education University......

Education stocks rally 12% in late morning trade

Shares of companies related to education sector surged as much as 12 per cent on Thursday after Finance Minister P Chidambaram allocated Rs 65,867 crore (Rs 658.67 billion) to the HRD Ministry and......

Education: Sibal's push for exam reforms, cheapest tablet PC

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's unsuccessful efforts to get key legislations on reforms in higher education passed, his push for examination reforms, rise in IIT tuition fees and launch of world's......

Infosys Q1 net down 2% at Rs 1,488 cr

IT bellwether Infosys Technologies on Tuesday reported 2.42 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,488 crore (Rs 14.88 billion) for the first quarter ended June 30, 2010. Infosys......