Unesco report: Over a third of 15 to 19 year olds in India have less than lower secondary education

 NEW DELHI: Over one quarter of young people in South and West Asia fail to complete primary school and lack skills for work. In India alone over a third of 15 to 19 year olds in India have less than a lower secondary education and lack the skills they need for work and young people without skills are either unemployed or in jobs that are unregulated, with bad working conditions and paying them poverty line wages for life. In the 2000s, there were estimated to be 10 million street vendors in India.These and many more facts were revealed by...

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Higher education: learn from Brazil and let the private sector play its part

THERE are strong indications that demand for higher education is outstripping supply. In January, Gloria Sekwena died and at least 20 other people were seriously injured when about 5,000 people stampeded in a desperate attempt to register at the last minute with the University of Johannesburg. The university received more than 85,000 applications for fewer than 12,000 places last year. Young people’s determination to get into tertiary institutions is well founded. For those who pass matric,...

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French President Hollande vows to ban homework as part of 'education reforms'

New York, Oct 17 (ANI): French President Francois Hollande has vowed to ban homework as part of wide-ranging reforms to the country's education system.Hollande has expressed worries over the fact that privileged children benefit from parental assistance on take-home assignments and that disadvantaged children do not have support at home."An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home," the New York Daily News quoted Hollande, as saying.According to a report by France 24, Hollande's...

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Vocational education students to get HSC certificates

PUNE: The state ministry of higher and technical education has decided to award higher secondary certificates (HSC) to students completing vocational education after Std X. They will also be eligible for admission to undergraduate degree courses.At present, the HSC certificate is given by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to students who complete the conventional 10 +2 degree courses in arts, science and commerce. The entire aim of drawing equivalence between HSC and certificate vocational courses is to bring...

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Rich siblings spend big bucks to affect California education funding

 The Munger siblings vs. California Gov. Jerry Brown: Here is this week’s case study in our continuing look at how billionaires (and millionaires) are throwing around their money to drive education reform.Last week I wrote about a bunch of billionaires (Bill Gates, for one) using their fabulous wealth in support of an initiative in Washington state that would allow charter schools to open there for the first time. Voters in the state have turned down the idea three times, but some people...

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Why education loan schemes are not ticking

October 14, 2012:  The origin of the education loan scheme in India dates back to 1992. The scheme has evolved through contributions from the Finance Ministry, Indian Banks’ Association and banks.What the Numbers Say?Data on various facets of education loan (EL) are inadequate, unsystematic and discontinuous. We have compiled available data on EL from March-end 2005 to March-end 2012 from various issues of RBI Annual Report.During this period, EL increased from Rs 5,700 crore to Rs 50,200...

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Higher education department releases sports calendar

 BHOPAL: The higher education department has released the sports calendar for the year 2012-13 here on Sunday. The department has strictly directed the government educational institutions to follow the calendar.According to the department, the college level sports events will start from September 10 while the district level events are scheduled to begin from September 15. Later, the divisional level sports activities will be organised from September 21 whereas the state level events are to start from September 27.The department has selected...

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EPASS 2012-13 Application Status – Epass Status 2012-13

Epass Application Status 2012-13 – Now you can check Status of your Epass Scholarship Application Andhra Pradesh Government is providing financial help to Students from Backward and Scheduled Castes with EPASS Scholarship 2012. Students need to submit an application form to claim their Epass Scholarship. Recently Officials Started taking epass renewal scholarship applications through their online portal www.epass.cgg.gov.in. But many students are doubting about their Scholarships. and they want to check their Epass Application Status 2012 to...

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New Zealand education sector delegation heads to India

Wellington: A delegation from New Zealand will arrive in India on Saturday to drum up trade in the education sector.Led by Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce, the delegation would aim to lift New Zealand's profile as a destination for international students and to support New Zealand tertiary institutions and companies seeking to grow their business in the Indian market, reported Xinhua."India is New Zealand's third largest source of international students with 12,358 students enrolled in courses in New Zealand...

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Sports persons in colleges and universities to get free education

NEW DELHI: University and college sports persons who bring laurels to the country in national and international events will be provided free education till the highest level, the government said today."Any sports person, who brings laurels to the country, will be given free education up to the highest level," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters here following approval of guidelines in this regard.As per the guidelines, financial assistance will be reimbursed by UGC to the university concerned.The university concerned will make "special efforts"...

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Denying education to girls entrenches poverty: Report

NEW YORK: Millions of girls worldwide are condemned to lives of hardship because they don't go to school, an education gap that entrenches broader extreme poverty, a new report said on Thursday.The report, "Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2012," was released in New York by Plan International on the United Nations' first International Day of the Girl. "The estimated 75 million girls missing from classrooms across the world is a major violation of rights and a huge waste of young potential," the child poverty alleviation group...

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New higher agricultural education policy soon

 NAGPUR: With the aim of bringing uniformity in education in agriculture and raising its standard, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is conducting an exercise of identifying the lacunae in the system, rectifying them and also setting new quality standards through steps like accreditation to all the universities and their affiliated colleges. Basically the council is working towards a new higher education policy in agriculture.The effort is also targeted at generating better quality and trained scientists, teachers and agriculturists...

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Education schemes have become 'den' of graft in Ch'garh: Cong

Two key Centre-sponsored education schemes are riddled with rampant corruption in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh, Opposition Congress alleged.Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission (RGSM) have become a “den” of large-scale corruption, Chhattisgarh Congress spokesman Anand Shukla said.The Congress-led UPA government had given Rs 678.63 crore to the state in 2010-11 under SSA, the Centre's flagship programme for universalisation of elementary education. However, this fund is being misused by the BJP government, he charged.Under RGSM,...

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Over 70 higher education institutions at Education Show

Sharjah: Sharjah’s eighth edition of the International Education fair opened yesterday (Wednesday) at the Sharjah Expo Center, featuring leading higher educational institutions, each competing to offer a global educational experience that exposes students to people and ideas from around the world. Universities, business schools and other educational and professional training institutions along with pupils s from numerous schools in the UAE were present at the three-day event that runs until...

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Polycom eyes education space for growth in India

 New Delhi, Oct 10: Innovation in the field of education is a constant process and Polycom Inc, a video-conferencing solutions provider, aims to tap this market in India.Lynnette Whitfield, Director (Education Industry Solutions and Market Development, Asia-Pacific), Polycom, “The higher education sector is adopting technology because of its large bandwidth. They have the facilities to hold a lot of the high-definition technology, whereas the schools don’t have the bandwidth yet. But we do anticipate a growth in that.”She added that from...

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