NEW DELHI: The last 10 years have transformed India’s medical education and have added more to the country, said Amitabh Kant, the G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: India's hospitality sector is renowned for its rich and diverse cultural heritage and exceptional warmth. The country offers a broad range of experiences, from luxury resorts to heritage hotels, making it a desired destination for global travellers eyeing immersive experiences and top-notch services.

NEW DELHI: Aakash Educational Services, owned by Byju’s, has appointed former Pearson India executive, Deepak Mehrotra, as its Managing Director and CEO, effective immediately, the company said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has observed that Article 21A of the Constitution is only for free and compulsory education to children up to the age of fourteen, but it does not entitle a child to insist on admission to a particular school.

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday declared the UP Board of Madrasa Education Act 2004 as ‘unconstitutional’.

SIDDHARTH NAGAR: Four education department employees, including the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA), have been booked for the appointment of Urdu teachers on forged documents in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharth Nagar, said officials on Wednesday.

AMRITSAR: Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) today appointed noted academician and scholar Dr. Khushwinder Kumar as new Principal of Khalsa College of Education (KCE), GT Road. He joined the duty in presence of top KCGC top authorities including honourary secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina and other office bearers.

NEW DELHI: Founder and CEO of Leverage.biz, Akshay Chaturvedi, met External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr S Jaishankar, and discussed innovation, education and the trajectory of India’s growth.

GUWAHATI: Assam government has decided to introduce Meitei script in educational institutions across the state.

CHANDIGARH: The Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today expressed his concern at the legislatures, the ‘temples of democracy’, being ‘sacrileged by anti-national narratives’. Terming this a ‘disturbing dilution of our nationalism and patriotic spirit’, the Vice-President called upon the youth, as key stakeholders in democracy and governance, to ‘neutralise such nefarious tendencies’.

MOHALI: To commemorate the birth anniversary of Professor Mahadeva Lal Schroff, to recognize his contribution in establishing pharmacy education in India, Aryans College of Pharmacy, Rajpura Near Chandigarh celebrated as the National Pharmacy Education Day. On the occasion various activities along with a trip to botanical garden were organized & the B. Pharma & D. Pharma students participated enthusiastically.

CHANDIGARH: With a heavy heart and profound sorrow, we share the incredibly sad news of the passing of Dr. Harjinder Singh Majhail, a renowned Sikh scholar, educationist, writer, poet, and senior journalist, who loved mysticism and wielded his pen on varied themes related to spirituality and the world diaspora. Dr. Majhail passed away peacefully on 26 Feb 2024 in Derby, UK.

GORAKHPUR: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will launch projects worth Rs 25 crore in the secondary education sector in Gorakhpur on Sunday.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh while presiding over the culmination session of the two-day Nursing Workshop and Principals’ Meet held at Zirakpur on Thursday, said that there is need to strengthen the Nursing Education by enhancing the standards of Education.

MOHALI: Organised by Nivedita Trust, Sapt Sindhu Forum, the Sapt Sindhu Lit Fest, 24 concluded at Panjab University, Chandigarh. On the occasion, the eminent personalities who have performed well in their respective fields in society were honoured. Among them, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges, Dr. Anshu Kataria was honoured with the “Sapt Sindhu Shiromani award”.

JAIPUR: From organising 'Surya Namaskar' in all schools to announcing bulldozer action on educational institutes indulging in malpractices, Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar is being seen as a man of action in the desert state.

CHANDIGARH: School education Minister Punjab, Harjot Singh Bains distributed the 'Best School Award' amount of Rs 5.17 crores to 69 schools of Punjab.

NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday that the all higher educational institutions (HEIs) in the country will conduct voter awareness activities on their campuses from February 28 to March 6.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Education Minister Rohit Thakur on Sunday said the state literacy has risen to over 88 per cent from eight at the time of Independence, the second highest in the country.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to give a major impetus to the education sector on Tuesday by launching many big-ticket projects, to the tune of Rs 13,375 crore.

LUCKNOW: Retired officers and educationists in Uttar Pradesh will visit universities to brief youth about employment policies and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's vision.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has decided to keep its offices and all educational institutions closed in support of the call of Bharat Bandh tomorrow, February 16, by the United Kisan Morcha and farmers' organizations of India.

NEW DELHI: Not-for-profit EPIC Foundation on Tuesday launched the first designed in India, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled, indigenously manufactured education tablet.

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has strongly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attack against a school and an education center in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

BENGALURU: Almas A.H., a second PUC (Class 12) student from Udupi Girl's Pre-University College, one among the six girls who started a protest on hijab in Karnataka which went on to become a major crisis in the state, has said that it was not 'just to deny' education for a piece of cloth.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government is all set to introduce Hindu epic stories -- 'Bhagavad Gita' and 'Mahabharat' -- in its school curriculum from the next academic year.

DHRAMSHALA: Himachal Pradesh has emerged as a best performing state across the country in education sector. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said this while addressing at a function organized on the occasion of inauguration of Delhi Public School, Tiara in district Kangra today. He said Delhi Public School would go a long in imparting the quality education with modern aspects to the students. Delhi Public School is already imparting English medium co-education at Nathpa Jhakri and Manali. This would be the third school in the state.

SONIPAT:In a significant academic leap, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS) -- a value-based research Institute of O.P. Jindal Global University -- has been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Asia Awards 2022, for its 'innovation and inclusion to empower classrooms and community' across the world.

MUZAFFARNAGAR: Pooja (name changed) was a home science graduate student from Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The 18-year-old had high hopes for her life, before the pandemic took a toll on her education - as it did on the lives of millions the world over.

MANGALURU: Both the Union and state governments are focusing on revamping medical education both qualitatively and quantitatively, said Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K on Friday.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Medical Education & Research Minister Dr. Vijay Singla today admitted that integrating innovation as core objective in medical education and reasonable medical education for Economic Weaker Section (EWS) category is our main motto.

CHANDIGARH: The new School Education, Higher Education and Sports & Youth Services Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer today assumed charge at the Punjab Civil Secretariat. Expressing gratitude to the party especially the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, he assured that no effort would be spared to achieve the objective of taking Punjab to dazzling heights in the educational sphere.

CHENNAI:The school education department received the highest allocation in the Tamil Nadu budget for the financial year 2022-23 presented by Finance Minister P.T.R Palanivel Thiaga Rajan in the state Assembly on Friday.

BENGALURU: The Union Budget 2022-23 has been presented with a vision for next 20-25 years for the country, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Monday.

AMRITSAR: “Education is the only weapon in our hands that can change the world for the better and value-based education is the need of the hour to take India to newer heights”. This was stated by Governor Punjab Banwarilal Purohit while distributing the degrees to as many as 1626 students during the 116th Annual Convocation of historic Khalsa College here today.

MOHALI: Kuhu, the head-girl of Oakridge International School, got the opportunity to be a Report Writer at Nord Anglia Education-UNICEF Summit, where she got to collate data on the work done by Nord Anglia schools around the Sustainable Development Goals. In peer talk, she focused on Digital Activism, elaborating how youth can leverage the reach of social media by sharing knowledge and opinions to break the stereotypes and educate society.

SEOUL: The Seoul city government will provide North Korean defectors with free health checkups, online tutoring services for students and other support measures to help them better settle in their new homeland, officials said on Monday.

RUPNAGAR: Indian Institute of Technology(IIT),Ropar made a debut this year in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2022, being ranked 81st and entering the top 100 list.

CHANDIGARH: Disclosing his agenda for developing Punjab, Chief Minister Sardar Charanjit Singh Channi stated that his agenda of the state’s progress focuses on free education and health, to provide better livelihood and Pucca house.

KAPURTHALA: Pushpa Gujral Science City celebrated International Day for Women & Girls in Science by organizing a panel discussion with leading women personalities in STEM Education, as well as, a 2-day lecture series under WISE Vision KIRAN Scheme in collaboration with DST, Govt. of India. More than 100 girl students and teachers from all over India attended the panel discussion in the afternoon and the lecture series in the morning.

CHANDIGARH:Shiromani Akali Dal today accused the AAP Supremo CM Arvind KejriWal of "deliberately, and systematically" insulting the Panthic culture and values as well as the Punjabi language through continued neglect and discrimination by the Delhi state government.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its discontent, as Centre filed no response on a plea challenging the validity of section 2(f) of the National Commission for Minority Education Institution Act 2004, and imposed a cost of Rs 7,500.

NEW DELHI; President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief over the passing away of Baba Iqbal Singh, 96, a noted educationist from Himachal Pradesh.

NEW DELHI: Highlighting the opportunities for higher education institutions to play a key role in innovation and the start-up ecosystem, Union Minister of State for Education Dr Subhas Sarkar on Wednesday said it could bring a revolution not only at the economic level but also on the social and environmental front.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Soil & Water Conservation, Technical Education & Industrial Training Minister Rana Gurjit Singh on Tuesday handed over promotional letters to 54 officers of both the Departments.

CHANDIGARH: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Tuesday exhorted various departments dealing with students and welfare scheme beneficiaries to help them in registering new voters, who have turned 18-years-old so that 100% enrolment of eligible electors could be ensured. 

SEOUL: North Korea is spurring online education at major universities as part of efforts to train "intellectual-type workers" with science and technology expertise, Pyongyang's state media said on Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO: Sexual education videos on short video-making app TikTok aren't being screened for misinformation and don't give teenagers and adolescents a proper understanding of the sensitive subject, researchers said.

CHANDIGARH: “The events that unfolded at Fatehgarh Sahib and Chamkaur Sahib during the course of winter months caused a huge transformation in the history. The supreme sacrifice of the Sahibzadas and the Sikh soldiers would continue to be a source of inspiration till eternity.

CHANDIGARH: In order to make the present especially the younger generation aware about the sacrifices made by the family of Dasmesh Pita Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the Education and Higher Education Minister Pargat Singh today made significant announcements and directed all the educational institutions across the State to hold special sessions dedicated to the martyrdom of 'Chaar Sahibzade'. 

NEW DELHI: IDP Education, the global leader in international educational services, expands its reach to four new cities by launching full-fledged offices in Dehradun, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, and Rajkot.

PHAGWARA:Punjab Minister for Social Justice, Medical Education and Research Dr. Raj Kumar Verka has said that Bharat Ratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's dream can only come true with the expansion of education, for which we need to pay special attention to the education of future generations.

CHANDIGARH: In order to ensure quality education across the State, the School Education department today advertised 12772 posts of different cadres as part of the ongoing process to recruit 20166 teachers.

NEW DELHI:The world-renowned Kung Fu Nuns of the Drukpa order of Buddhism has won the prestigious Martial Arts Education Prize 2021 from the Unesco International Centre for Martial Arts.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to provide career counseling and education to the commerce students in Punjab, at school, college and university level, the School Education and Higher Education Departments today signed an MoU with Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi (ICAI).

AMRITSAR:Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday said that the ‘Punjab Model’ of his government is based on ensuring quality education and employment opportunities for all.

LUDHIANA: College of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana started a Continue Biotechnology Education (CBE) lecture series in association with IIT Roorkee and the DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance.

PATHANKOT:Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced to provide high quality free education to the children of Punjab in government schools, if his party forms the government.

SANGRUR: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Youth Wing on Tuesday gheraoed the residence of Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla in Sangrur in support of ETT-TET pass and contractual teachers and staged a protest.

CHANDIGARH: Under the direction of Punjab Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, the Directorate of Education Recruitment has completed another phase of recruitment process by conducting written test today to fill the backlog of various posts in Master Cadre in Border Area.

PHAGWARA: In collaboration with Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC)-the Division of Ministry of External Affairs (Government of India); Lovely Professional University (LPU) organized a five-day long ‘New-Era Education’ Course for 100+ participants from 27 countries.

CHANDIGARH: Ridiculing the Delhi deputy CM’s atrocious allegation of a political conspiracy of the Centre and the Punjab government in the matter of school education ranking, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday termed it a clear case of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) crying foul in the face of its imminent wipeout from Punjab in the 2022 Assembly polls.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has directed the school heads to ensure the participation of the students on the occasion of International Yoga Day.

NEW DELHI: India's enrollment in higher education stands at 3.85 crore in 2019-20, as compared to 3.74 crore in 2018-19, registering a growth of 11.36 lakh (3.04 per cent).

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to keep pace with the changing times, the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday emphasized the need to offer an opportunity to the students desirous of learning foreign languages as optional subjects in the government schools.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara  Parbsndhak Committee will soon complete   the  work of gallery being  constructed  in the memory of those  those  killed in military  action  at Golden  Temple  on June  1984. The work of gallery assigned to Damdami Taksal is lying incomplete. The bullet hit Guru Granth  Sahib would  be made  public from time  to time.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has congratulated the School Education department for being accorded No. 1 ranking, among all the States/UTs in the Performance Grading Index (PGI), by the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India (GoI) for the year 2019-20.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab school education minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Sunday, said that it was the result of sustained and concentrated efforts of the Congress led state government that Punjab has clinched the title position in the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 for States and Union Territories of India.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Mrs. Aruna Chaudhary, on Friday, informed that the department has found total 23 children of the state, who have lost both their parents to the COVID-19 Pandemic between the period of March 31, 2020 to May 31, 2021.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla today handed over appointment letters to 34 newly-appointed employees in the education department.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Tuesday, said that the union government should provide required COVID vaccines to all states before taking decisions on examinations of class XII students.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Sunday, said that the union government should ensure safety of students before taking decisions on examinations of class XII. While presenting his views during a virtual meeting with Union ministers, Mr. Singla said that during difficult times, safety and security of students and teachers must be on the priority of the government and every possible step should be taken in this regard.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla said that as many as 13,48,632 government school students will be receiving free uniforms at their homes for the academic session i.e. 2021-22 as grants of Rs. 80.92 crore have been released by the education department.

MOHALI: Founder President, Punjab Unaided Technical Institutions Association (PUTIA); Chancellor, Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo; Chairman, BIS, Moga & Vice Chairman SUS, Tangori, Mohali, Dr. J. S. Dhaliwal took his last breath at Paras hospital Mohali, yesterday after his prolonged illness.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has decided to conduct the station selection process of the newly selected Center Head Teachers through direct recruitment on May 10, 2021.

CHANDIGARH: Moved by the plight of 10-year-old Vansh Singh, whose video of selling socks on Ludhiana roads to support his family had gone viral, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday announced full government financial support in his education, besides Rs 2 lakh in immediate assistance for the family.

PHAGWARA: AICP in Association with GNA University organized a Webinar on NEP2020 & its Implementation in Higher Education over a virtual platform. Under AICP decision, there will be total 12 Webinars happening every month, and GNA University is the first in Punjab that has taken the initiative of the series. The sole objective of the Webinar was to discuss in detail the NEP2020 and its supposed role in Higher Education.

CHANDIGARH: To ensure smooth functioning of the schools, Punjab School Education Minister, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has given approval to change the blocks of 27 primary schools.

CHANDIGARH: The school education department has warned of strict action against private schools inviting parents of students in schools for parents- teachers meeting.

CHANDIGARH: Following the approval of Punjab School Education Minister, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, the School Education Department has transferred and posted 10 Block Primary Education Officers (BPEOs).

CHANDIGARH: To curtail the loss of education of students due to closure of schools, Punjab Education Minister, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has given the consent to conduct online classes through D D Punjabi.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday constituted a committee of vice chancellors to work out examination reforms and review curriculums, to scale up the quality of higher education in the state in line with the advances taking place across the world. The Committee, under the chairmanship of VC GNDU, will also look into Introduction of new courses and digital education and will submit its report within 60 days.

CHANDIGARH: Following the resolve of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to strengthen and consolidate the school education in the state, Punjab Chief Secretary, Ms Vini Mahajan, approved a proposal of Rs 2,941.83 crore for upgrading the infrastructure, modernisation, and strengthening allied facilities at the government schools under the annual work plan and budget (AWP&B) for the current fiscal 2021-22.

CHANDIGARH: On the directions of the Punjab school education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla the school education department has re-launched an awareness campaign on Corona-19 epidemic.

CHANDIGARH: Coming down heavily on the private schools for violating government instructions during the Covid-19 pandemic, the school education minister Punjab Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has cancelled No Objection Certificates (NOC) given to a school in Fazilka district. While divulging details, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla said that he has been personally monitoring complaints against such schools and after reviewing the case of Shiwalik Public School Chakk Araian Wala (Jalalabaad), he has decided to cancel the NOC for defying government directions.

NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus. At present, he is in home quarantine and following the Covid protocols.

CHANDIGARH: Keeping in view the interests of temporary employees, Punjab school education department has given approval to continue their services for one more year.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday decided that all educational institutions of the state would be closed till May 1.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has taken new steps to renew its strategy to expedite the enrollment drive for the new academic session.On the instructions of Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, to expedite the enrollment drive, center head teachers (CHT) have been directed to held regular meetings with school heads. CHTs have also been asked to organize separate review meetings with the Pre-primary and primary teachers and to encourage them through phone calls.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has decided to start Gender Sensitisation Project in government schools across the state. The aim of this project is to sensitize students in various ways.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Secretary, Ms Vini Mahajan, has said that the technology was playing a significant role in improving the quality of education in the country and also the way it was making education more accessible to the masses.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Secretary, Ms Vini Mahajan, has said that the technology was playing a significant role in improving the quality of education in the country and also the way it was making education more accessible to the masses.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has directed the school principals to prepare the students under 'Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat' and 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan'.