Volume V, Issue XXXXXVI, March 29, 2011, Weekly eNewsletter
  FEATURED INTERVIEW
IndiaSkills Venturing into Vocational Training

IndiaSkills, a joint venture in vocational training formed between a leading training and education service provider in India (Manipal Education)...
 FEATURED STORY
Scientific Assessment Tools for Measuring Skills
among Workforce


The business environment of today has become exceedingly competitive and the key economic sectors require manpower which is trained and skilled to meet the job requirements...
TOP NEWS
IGNOU gears up to promote vocational education
in Madhya Pradesh

An agreement to work together in offering certificate, diploma and associate degree programmes in Vocational and Skill Education through its community college...
K–12
Andhra Pradesh govt gives English push
at primary education level

With English increasingly becoming the preferred language of education even among the students hailing from poorer sections of the society and also rural areas, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided...
Goa debates on fixing MOI in schools
The debate of finalising the medium of instruction (MOI) for students upto class eight has been bothering not only parents but also the lawmakers in Goa...
HIGHER EDUCATION
Higher education survey soon to launch: HRD ministry
Owing to the meagreness of information that is available about higher education in India, a huge survey has been decided to take place by the HRD ministry. National University...
Higher education survey soon to launch: HRD ministry
VIT University, India signs MOU with SUNY, USA
VIT University, Vellore, India has entered into a formal academic and research cooperation with State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, USA during the Edge 2011...
DU teachers oppose St. Stephen’s autonomy
The Delhi University (DU) teachers have been offended with the recent proposal by the HRD ministry to declare St. Stephen’s as an autonomous institution ...
CORPORATE NEWS
PremjiInvest sows Rs200 crore in Manipal Education
field

Out of the Rs2,000–crore Manipal Education and Medical Group, which has a range of investments in education and healthcare, Azim H Premji private investment venture...
Corporate leaders summon unis, industry to address skills imbalance
Focusing on the need of engineers, scientists and mathematicians, Australia’s business leaders pointed out that universities are pushing out too many lawyers and commerce graduates...
Corporate leaders summon unis, industry to address skills imbalance
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Kerala’s ICT textbook to teach audio, video technology
Kerala schools will now teach its students audio recording and video editing using textbooks developed by IT@School Project available from next academic year...
Kerala’s ICT textbook to teach audio, video technology
"Cloud" to shield stadia from sun
An artificial cloud design has been unveiled by a Qatar-based engineering teacher to shade and cool the open playgrounds during the 2022 Football World Cup in Doha...
“Cloud” to shield stadia from sun
LinkedIn registers its 100mth member
Online social network for job seekers and professionals LinkedIn, registers its 100 millionth member and it is now growing at a rate of roughly one million new members every week...
LinkedIn registers its 100mth member


ELETS EVENTS
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SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ CORNER
This Week

Dr R P Singh
Vice Chancellor
Sharda University



HIGHER EDUCATION VIDEOS
This Week

Upma Saxena
Education Advisor
Rukmini Jaipuria


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