Over 140 universities approve credit transfer facility on SWAYAM Portal
New Delhi: SWAYAM, India’s flagship Massive open online course (MOOC) platform, has gained popularity among students and learning community during COVID 19 pandemic. It appears that New India has switched to e-learning mode during the pandemic. More than 140 universities have approved the credit transfer facility on SWAYAM during covid-19. These universities through their Competent […]
Read More →Find 14 programmes including Engineering, Hotel Management and PhD banned though Online mode: UGC
New Delhi: Amid COVID 19 pandemic, distance education and online education programmes are gaining popularity. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has alerted students to remain cautious while enrolling programmes offered under open & distance learning ODL and /or Online Learning mode. Students should take three precautions before enrolling distance education or online education: Ensuring recognition […]
Read More →UGC doubles credits allotted to SWAYAM online courses, asks colleges to prepare MOOCs
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission, the regulator for Higher Education in India, has approved the credit limits for online courses (on SWAYAM platform) from 20% to 40%. This step which will enable students to safely attend online courses and get it utilized while attending physical classes. With growing importance of online learning and online […]
Read More →IGNOU announces Admission for Online Programmes & New IGNOU SWAYAM Courses
New Delhi: IGNOU has announced admission for online programmes and new IGNOU SWAYAM courses. Giving details of the online programmes run by IGNOU, Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, Center for Online Education IGNOU and the meeting coordinator said that the admission for 10 programmes have been opened up today taking the total to 13 online programmes […]
Read More →BasicFirst announces its ‘Doubt Clearing App’ for students in India
New Delhi, April 16th 2020: With an aim to support the students in their academic pursuits amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, BasicFirst Learning OPC Pvt. Ltd. has come up with a new version of the BasicFirst Doubt Clearing App for students where the average response time for all queries is just 32 minutes via in-app chats. Teachers are available from 8:00 […]
Read More →Union Minister for HRD launches ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign for Crowd sourcing of Ideas for Improving Online Education
New Delhi, 10 April 2020: Union Minister for HRD Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has launched a week long ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign for Crowd sourcing of Ideas for Improving Online Education ecosystem of India in New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion Union Minister said that this campaign aims to invite all the best brains […]
Read More →Top Universities will offer Online Degree programs, apprenticeship embedded courses: Budget 2020
New Delhi, 01 February 2020: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the Budget 2020-21 today. The Budget allocates Rs. 99,300 crore for education sector and Rs. 3000 crore for skill development in 2020-21. In order to provide quality education to students of deprived section of the society as well as those who do not […]
Read More →McGraw-Hill Collaboration with Renaissance eServices Will Bring Online Medical Education Courses to Thousands of Students, Professionals in India
Noida, 27th June 2019: The leading education solutions company in India, McGraw-Hill, has signed an agreement with Renaissance eServices Pvt. Ltd to provide access to world-class online medical education courses to doctors, medical students and healthcare professionals in India. These award-winning online courses have been developed under the aegis of The National Health Service, UK, […]
Read More →ONLINE HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLMENT WILL GROW AT 14.5% CAGR AND REACH 63.63 LACS BY 2022: SCHOOLGURU REPORT
National, 30th April, 2019: ‘The UGC regulations for online programs allowing Universities in India to offer online degree programs and the government’s impetus on improving the gross enrolment ratio will boost the online higher education industry,’ states the latest report from Schoolguru Eduserve (a TeamLease group company). According to the report titled ‘Trends and opportunities […]
Read More →E-Learning Platform Bridging the Gap between Learning & Mastering Concepts
New Delhi, August 14, 2018: Selfstudy, an online learning platform for students, helps in bridging the gap between learning and mastering concepts. Founded in the year 2017, the platform has a powerful idea that any student can crack whatever exams they set their mind to. It provides a way to master concepts through explanatory and […]
Read More →Simplilearn Named a 2018 Top 20 Online Learning Library Company by Training Industry, Inc
Bangalore & San Francisco: Digital economy training provider Simplilearn announced today that it has been chosen as one of the top 20 online learning library companies of 2018 by Training Industry, for the second year in a row. Training Industry, the most trusted source for information in the business of learning, named Simplilearn to its […]
Read More →Landmark Reform ! UGC approves regulations to allow universities to offer online courses in line with their regular programs
New Delhi: In a landmark reform in the field of Higher Education, University Grants Commission has approved UGC (Online Courses) Regulations, 2018 in its meeting held on 24th May, 2018. Higher Educational Institutions can offer Certificate, Diploma and Degree Programmes in full-fledged online mode in only those disciplines in which it has already been offering […]
Read More →More than 30K students have registered for free online mobile app learning course offered by IIT Madras
Chennai: More than 30,000 candidates have registered for Modern Application Development (IMAD) course, a 5-week online course, which aims at teaching how to build a high performance and secure web/mobile application. The course is free, provided by Indian Institute of Madras (IIT Madras) in collaboration with Hasura, a core-tech startup, and NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning). The course commences from 5 September 2016. […]
Read More →NIIT.TV wins India Education Awards 2016 as the Best Education Online Platform
New Delhi: NIIT.TV, a disruption innovation of NIIT Ltd, was awarded as the Best Education Online Platform at the India Education Awards 2016 organised by Franchise India. PVD Ravi Kiran and Vijay Kumar Srinivasan received the award on behalf of NIIT.tv. Indian Education Awards are the most prestigious awards that recognize excellence in education sector. […]
Read More →NIIT & edX partner to boost online education space in India, will drive next level MOOCs
New Delhi: NIIT, a global leader in skills and talent development, and edX, the non-profit global leader in online learning co-founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), entered into a strategic partnership to boost the online education space in India. As per the partnership NIIT and edX aim to create high-impact […]
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