Union HRD Minister launches Prashikshak, a teacher education portal
New Delhi: Union Minister for Human Resource Development Mrs Smriti Zubin Irani dedicated Prashikshak – a teacher education portal, to the nation at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi yesterday (30 June 2016). ‘Prashikshak’ is launched to strengthen District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and bring quality teachers into the Indian school education system. Addressing the […]
Read More →Government to form a National Board for assessment and certification of skill development programmes
New Delhi: The government of India plans to form National Skill Certification Board, which will assess and certify skill development programmes across the country, where both government and industry will collectively enable a joint framework for quality skill training and certification. Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs […]
Read More →Retirement age of doctors of Central Health Services hiked to 65 years
New Delhi: The Prime Minister of India Mr Narendra Modi today approved the proposal of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for enhancing the age of superannuation of all doctors of the Central Health Service to 65 years with effect from 31st May 2016. This will enable the Government to retain experienced talents in […]
Read More →Centre for Innovation: NITI Aayog launches 500 Tinkering Labs for Schools and 100 Incubation Centres
New Delhi: NITI Aayog is inviting applications from eligible schools/ organisations and individuals to apply for the three major schemes under Atal Innovation Mission: (1) establishing tinkering laboratories in schools (2) establishing new incubation centres and (3) scaling-up established incubation centres. Important Dates: Atal Tinkering Laboratorie: Last date of submission of applications: 17th June 2016 […]
Read More →President of India advocates greater Indo-China cooperation in higher learning and academic space
New Delhi: The academic community in both China and India should collaborate for mutual benefit while these two countries are at the core of modernisation and upgradation of standards and content in institutions of higher learning, said the President of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee while addressing the Conclusion of the Roundtable at Peking University, China. […]
Read More →Union HRD Minister Launches Bharatavani Portal, the largest online repository of dictionaries in India
New Delhi: Bharatavani, the largest online repository of dictionaries in India, is a single point source for multiple language learning, content and technology. The Union HRD Minister, Smt Smriti Zubin Iani launched the multilingual knowledge portal www.bharatvani.in in Lucknow on 25 May 2016. The portal has been launched in 22 scheduled languages, which eventually will […]
Read More →Courtesy Meeting: CBSE 12th Class Topper meets Union Minister Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi: Sukriti Gupta, a Delhi student who topped all India in CBSE 12th class exam 2016, met the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, in New Delhi on Monday (May 23, 2016). On Sunday Delhi girl Sukriti Gupta has been declared CBSE topper 2016. Sukriti is a student of […]
Read More →Cleaning drive for Govt. offices: 15 day Swachh Office drive launched across the country
New Delhi: In a bid to improve working environment, the government of India has launched a 15-day special ‘Swachh Office Drive’ for ensuring cleanliness at all Government offices across the country. This mega drive is an intensive thematic campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission. Under Swachh Office Drive, the government of India issued Swachh Office Manual […]
Read More →Skilling the bottom of the pyramid: Skill development for domestic helps
New Delhi: In a bid to reduce skill gaps and upgade skills of domestic workers, the government of India has approved for a Sector Skill Council (SSC) for domestic workers. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that to understand skill gaps and streamlining training […]
Read More →Decoding education cess: 2% primary education cess and 1% secondary & higher education cess
New Delhi: Education cess is an additional levy on the basic tax liability and total education cess currently stands at 3%. The education cess comprises 2% primary education cess and 1% secondary & higher education cess. The primary education cess is credited to Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (PSK) and is used to meet part of expenditure […]
Read More →Piyush Goyal urges TISS to conduct training for ministers and babus in Social Sciences
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: Union Minister of State (IC) for Power , Coal, New & Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal opined the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to conduct social sciences training programme for ministers. “TISS should consider training programme in behavioural sciences, ethics and leadership for ministers and other public servants” he said […]
Read More →India’s Demographic Dividend: demand – supply in job market will worsen in next 35 years
Mumbai: Much has been talked on India’s democratic dividend. In the next 35 years India is going to dominate the world’s working age population as per UNDP’s recent released report on Regional Human Development Report on Asia-Pacific. However, the creation of job opportunities is limited in India to absorb the new additional working age population, […]
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