27 Aug : Singapore has welcomed the Indian Parliament’s approval to a bill to revive the ancient seat of learning at Nalanda in Bihar by establishing an international university there.

“With this Act of the Indian Parliament, Nalanda International University is legally established and the Mentor Group becomes the Interim Governing Board, which will draw up the statutes and appoint key office bearers to the University,” Singapore’s Foreign Minister George Yeo said in a statement.
Notably, Yeo is a member of the Nalanda Mentor Group, chaired by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
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24 July : Observing that youths can play a vital role in making India one of the largest economies and the most influential nations, President Pratibha Patil on Saturday said there was a need for strong school education system.

“Stronger the foundations of school education, the greater the possibilities of progress…Our country stands at the threshold of becoming one of the largest economies as well as one of the most influential countries in the world…it is the youth, who will play a critical role in taking India to its promised destiny,” …

Barinder Saluja, Chandigarh,June 28 : An 11-year-old girl, the youngest witness to depose before the court in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case, was denied admission in a private school. An 11-year-old girl, the youngest witness to depose before the court in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case, was on Monday denied admission in a private school which fears that it would become a terror target if she was admitted.

“My daughter (Devika Rotwan) has been denied admission in New English High School at suburban Bandra. The school authorities say they …

By PDBHATIA (Bhayander,Maharashtra) The Right to Education(RTE)has come in place,but schools are run without proper facilities making mockery of the Education system,no proper playground for kids,no proper seating arrangement,fees are charged,no proper teachers to teach is this what RTE means.where lives of children are put in to schools which are not even having proper facilities why have such schools who are just money making business,A pathetic situation of the Education system in our country.Why are such schools given license by the Education Department,who is checking if such schools should be …

27 June : The HRD Ministry wants to give students the flexibility of having multi-disciplinary subjects from streams of Science, Arts and Commerce together at Class-XI, XII and graduation.
The move has been initiated by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal who has been insisting on making education more student centric and promoting creativity.
The ministry has set up a ten-member panel, headed by S. C. Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, to suggest on allowing flexibility in subject combinations to students at senior secondary and graduation level.
CBSE Chairman Vineet Joshi …