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March 11, 2016 CBSE to provide counselling to students from February
For the seventh year, CBSE has arranged counselling for differently-abled children to take care of the needs and anxiety of special children, the statement added. New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will provide online counselling and through telephone and newspapers from next month to students appearing for boards examination to help them […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 11, 2016 Infosys, Wipro join Barack Obama’s $4 billion ’Computer Science for All’ education plan
Photo: Jason Henry/The New York Times Washington: Three major Indian information technology firms—Infosys Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), and Wipro Ltd—have joined US President Barack Obama’s “computer science for all” initiative as part of a public-private collaboration, pledging thousands of dollars in grants. Obama announced the plan in his weekly address on Saturday as […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 Ashoka University looks to raise Rs750 crore
The university started operations from its permanent campus and aims to have 2,000 students and 150 faculty members by 2020. New Delhi: Ashoka University, India’s first liberal arts university, is looking to raise a total of Rs.750 crore from businessmen, non-resident Indians and corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds of companies, in one of the biggest […]
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March 11, 2016 Reveal answer books, interview marks: Supreme Court to PSCs
The apex court, however, rejected a Kerala high court order for the disclosure of the names of examiners and interviewers by public service commissions if asked to. Photo: Mint New Delhi: Backing demands for transparency and accountability in the selection of bureaucrats, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered two public service commissions—in Kerala and Uttar […]
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March 11, 2016 Kendriya Vidyalayas directed to hoist national flag daily
The principals may be directed to position the flag post at prominent places preferably in the morning assembly area so that all the students are able to salute the tricolour every day. Photo: AFP New Delhi: Days after Vice Chancellors of central universities resolved to hoist the national flag prominently on their campuses, the government-run […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 Budget pegs Rs72,394 crore as education outlay for 2016-17
As part of the pending move, all education credentials of students from Class X onwards would be digitized and kept in a demat format. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint New Delhi: The Union budget on Monday allocated Rs.72,394 crore to education in the 2016-17 financial year, an increase of around 5% over the 2015-16 estimate. Of the […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 Indian School of Business gets all-time high of 1,093 job offers
ISB’s flagship post graduate programme in management is a year-long course and costs around Rs.25 lakh. Hyderabad: The Indian School of Business (ISB) has grabbed an all-time high of 1,093 job offers this year. ISB has 812 students in its two campuses in Hyderabad and Mohali. On Thursday, ISB said that it has seen a […]
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March 11, 2016 Fee hike in Indraprastha University colleges will be rolled back: Kejriwal
A file photo of Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: HT New Delhi: In the wake of students’ agitation over retrospective fee hike in colleges affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday that the hike will be rolled back. “Learnt that fees of all IP Univ colleges has been hiked. […]
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March 11, 2016 Start-up studies: Learning to be an entrepreneur
IIM-B is ready to make entrepreneurship education part of its flagship PG programme from the coming academic year. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Two years into her job in a leading information technology (IT) company, Varsha Ramachandran, 27, got bored and decided to quit for a creative career—a start-up that would help organizations and companies “redefine green […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 Gender gap remains wide in STEM
The proportion of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is the lowest in South and West Asia at almost 19%. Photo: Mint New Delhi: Gender inequality in science has been a matter of concern for years, but progress toward closing the awning gap continues to be tardy, according to the UN. Only 28.4% […]
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March 11, 2016 Budget 2016 sets stage for hike in IIT, varsity tuition fees
Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint Fees for students studying in publicly funded higher education institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and central universities could more than double, with budget 2016 proposing a new funding pattern for the elite schools. The budget proposed setting up a Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), a quasi-sovereign body which […]
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March 11, 2016 Internet scams cause major financial harm to Indians, study finds
Half the Indian users surveyed felt the responsibility to protect people from frauds lies with the government and 60% feel the responsibility lies with the website. New Delhi: Indian Internet users have suffered among the highest financial losses because of Internet scams, a survey by Norway-based telecom operator Telenor ASA found. “For those surveyed who […]
