digitalLEARNING Weekly Newsletter: February 20, 2014   Volume 11, Issue 8

  
Finance Minister attracts students for education loans
Union Finance Minister, P Chidambaram announced a moratorium period for all education loans taken up to March 31, 2009, and outstandings as of March 31, 2013 while presenting the interim budget for 2014-15 in Lok Sabha.
Not a single Indian institution is among the world's top 200 universities: President Pranab
Addressing faculty and students at the second annual convocation of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, President Pranab Mukherjee said that education has the ability to alleviate human lives like none other.
IIT Madras connects with German Varsity to offer joint PhD
From the new academic year, IIT Madras (IIT M) will offer a joint doctoral degree programme in collaboration with the University of Passau, Germany. The two institutions will jointly train doctoral researchers who will be awarded two doctoral degrees- a PhD from IIT M and a doctorate from the University of Passau.
Mood at IIM Bangalore upbeat as global job offers double
t's celebration time for the 2012-14 batch at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The final placement process saw a total of 425 job offers being bagged by 388 students of the sought-after Post Graduate Programme (PGP).
Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw to head IIM-Bangalore
Forbes listed her as one of the world's 100 most powerful women. India's Biotechnology queen Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is all set to head the Board of Governors at IIM-Bangalore.
IIM-A students to teach Right to Education
In order to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds claim Right to Education (RTE), students of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad have set up an RTE Resource Centre (RRC) to implement the RTE Act successfully.
Odisha CM launches e-Vidyalaya programme: 4000 govt schools to go hi-tech
Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik recently launched an ambitious e-Vidyalaya programme which will cover 4,000 government schools in the first phase and 2,000 government schools in the second phase. Schools covered under this programme would provide ICT laboratory, internet and multimedia facilities for students.
Optional board exam for Class 8th introduced by Rajasthan government
Rajasthan government has announced the formation of an education board for Class 8th. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting in Bharatpur. The cabinet also decided to introduce the option of exams for class 8th students in government schools.
Government launches Rs 600 Cr scheme to up Muslim literacy
The Government of India recently launched a new programme called 'Maulana Azad Taleem-e-Balighan' for educating adult Muslims, targeting over one crore of them.
School Educators of Tomorrow
School days are perhaps the best days of our lives. It is indeed that phase in which some of the best values like punctuality, self-discipline, friendship and team spirit are all imbibed by us during those days.
School Educators – Dr Nripen Kumar Dutta, Miles Bronson Residential School, Guwahati
Today's parents are looking at other careers which may not have existed in their times
School Educators – Dr Shashi Banerjee, Principal Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula
We have adopted a student-centric system right from the base. For us each child is important and each child is special in his or her own way.
  
Privatisation in education has led to competition
India can still boast of tremendous growth and incredible paradigms in the education space. The 21st Century technology- driven society has challenged the present education system in India. By Grace Pinto, Managing Director, Ryan International Group of Schools
   
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