Need to reverse declining trend in higher education: President

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 16:11

India is witnessing a decline in standards in the quality of higher education and the trend needs to be reversed, President Pranab Mukherjee said.

It`s official: Indian students shunning Britain

Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2013, 20:50

There has been a 24 percent drop in the number of Indian students coming to Britain to study during the 2011-12 academic year, latest official figures show.

Focus to provide high quality higher education in the country

Last Updated: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 15:56

The focus of the 12th plan would be to provide quality higher education for children, Union HRD Minister Pallum Raju said on Sunday.

`Universities not producing well-educated graduates`

Last Updated: Monday, November 5, 2012, 14:55

The university system was not producing "well-educated" graduates to meet needs of Indian companies, Minister of State for Higher Education Shashi Tharoor Monday said.

Raju promises to carry forward Sibal`s good work

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 17:17

New HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju said he would reach out to "everybody" to build a consensus on passage of pending bills on higher education in Parliament.

DU VC bats for revolutionising higher education

Last Updated: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 22:51

Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh on Thursday made a strong pitch for revolutionising higher education.

HRD ministry assures Bar Council on proposed Bill

Last Updated: Monday, August 27, 2012, 14:12

The Human Resource Development ministry has assured the Bar Council of India that its powers will not be affected by the proposed Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

Two key related bills on higher education delinked

Last Updated: Sunday, August 26, 2012, 12:04

Two key related bills on reforms in higher education have been delinked to ensure that the delay in passage of one of them does not affect the other.

Sri Lankan government shuts down universities

Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 14:57

For decades, university campuses have been a source of turmoil in Sri Lanka, where academics have been on strike for nearly two months.

Diluting eligibility norms will not help BC students: HC

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2012, 22:39

The Madras High Court said, `diluting` eligibility norms for admission to engineering colleges was perhaps being done to benefit private institutions instead of students from backward classes and the rural areas.

Court works hit hard by lawyers protest against HER Bill

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 17:49

The judicial proceedings in various courts across the country was paralysed today as the lawyers, responding to the Bar Council of India`s call to protest against the government`s Higher Education and Research (HER) Bill.