Tackling Fraudulent Research Practices in Publishing

In a study performed by the Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris which is a joint CNRS/Chimie ParisTech research institute in Paris, the papers in chemistry and materials sciences were investigated and the researchers gained significant insights from them. What ..

New Scheme for Education : Deeksharambh

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched a new scheme for student welfare “Deeksharambh”. What is Deeksharambh? The Deeksharambh will be a program designed as the UGC’s guide to student induction program. This is essential as mainly students ..

New Scheme for Higher Education : Paramarsh

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched a new scheme “Paramarsh” for improving the quality of higher education in India. What is Paramarsh? The Paramarsh is a university grants commission (UGC) scheme for mentoring the National Accreditation and ..

Reforming Higher Education in India

To improve the standard of education in the nation and further enhance the quality of students being trained by the technical institutes of the nation, the government plans to not allow conventional low employability potential disciplines from the academic year ..

Update : Research in India

While the Indian Government is keen to invest heavily in improving the Research facilities and outlook in the country, international research watch-dogs have alleged major concerns with the research work being published by Indian scholars and senior authors. What is ..

Budget 2019 : Education

Union Budget 2019 has made a significant investment in the field of education. Salient Features The Union Budget has a 12.8 % year-on-year (YoY) increase in the FY20 allocation for school education. An amount of Rs 56,536.63 crore has been ..

Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)

The Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Human Resource Development has come out with an five-year vision plan named Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP). The vision plan has been prepared after a detailed exercise done by ..

Draft National Education Policy on Higher Education

The draft National Education Policy makes the following recommendations to improve the quality of higher education: There is a great need to focus on multidisciplinary and 21st-century competencies for future work roles. These multidisciplinary capabilities differentiate humans from Robots. Breaking ..

Action plan to boost Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development is planning to launch an ambitious Rs 1.5 lakh crore action plan to improve the quality and accessibility of higher education over the next five years. The action plan named Project Equip is described ..

Kerala government rolls out open online learning programme ‘KOOL’

The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has rolled out its Online Open Learning training platform ‘KOOL’. The platform can be used to train teachers, students and the general public. It is a six week course, which includes many ..