July 26, 2012 |
NEW DELHI: Keen to ensure that by 2020 at least 30 out of every 100 person in the age group of 17 to 22 receive higher education , the government has turned its attention to sprucing up and increasing offering in the open and distance learning sector. This includes providing engineering courses through this route, making open and distance learning degrees equivalent to conventional university degrees and setting up an independent regulatory regime. A government-appointed...
May 6, 2013 |
JAMSHEDPUR: The Kolhan University would introduce the National Assessment and Accredition Council (NAAC) assessment for colleges under the institution to improve the quality of higher education in tribal-dominated region, Pro-Vice Channcellor of the institution Dr. Shukla Mahanty said. Mohanty, who recently joined as Pro-VC and herself a member of NAAC and National Council of Educational and Research Training (Eastern Regional Committee), said as Kolhan was an extremely backward area she...
May 7, 2008 |
NEW DELHI: If you have failed to make it to an Indian Institute of Technology, don't lose heart. You can still access it through distance education. Premier institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology will soon be able to offer its post graduate courses through distance learning. Some of the IITs are examining the patterns of foreign universities to design the course module. The Human Resource and Development Ministry has prepared a...
January 8, 2013 |
MUMBAI: In the not-too-distant future, you could become an engineer or get an MBA degree sitting at home. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the apex body for professional courses, will allow colleges to offer engineering and MBA via distance education, overturning the tough stand it has maintained for years. It had said that professional courses required intensive practical training and programmes such as an MBA ought to have several hours of classroom discussions...
September 1, 2012 |
BANDARSINDARI: Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said the Centre seeks to regulate the entry of foreign educational providers to ensure that only recognised providers have access to students in the country. "Considering unprecedented expansion and changes in higher education sector, we seek to regulate the entry of foreign educational providers so that only reputed and recognised providers have access to our students," the Union HRD and...
No comments:
Post a Comment