5 Nov : The setting up of the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) could spell death knell for deemed universities which would now be required to pass through tough entry barriers to become full-fledged universities.

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal had earlier said that the government wants to put an end to the practice of conferring deemed university status to institutions.
The step assumes significance in view of findings of several committees that many of such institutes do not deserve the status.
The committee on ‘Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education’ …

19 Oct : The eligibility criteria of 60 percent marks in class-XII for appearing in IIT Joint Entrance Examination will be raised from next year to make students pay more attention to the board exam.
In a significant move to check the growth of coaching centres, which are thriving on imparting coaching to students for IIT-JEE, the government on Monday decided to change the criteria, so that students’ attention will be more focused on the board exam at Class-XII.
“The present criteria is that students need to secure 60 percent at class-XII …

7 Sep : In a path-breaking move that will cheer lakhs of students across the country, Govt on Monday announced that Class X examinations of the CBSE will be optional from the next academic year (2010-11) while the grading system will be introduced this year itself.

Over eight lakh students appearing for their class X exams in March 2010 have to take Board exams for which the results will be declared through grading system.
From 2011, the grading system will continue but the Board exams will become optional.
The Class X examinations of …

Sanjay Sardana, Director of manav mangal Smart School, Mohali and Principal of Manav Mangal High School, Chandigarh was awarded the ‘CBSE National Award 2008’ in New Delhi on Teacher’s Day. The award was presented to him by Sh. Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. Sh. Sibal was accompanied by Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Smt. D.Purandeswari and CBSE Chairman,  Sh. Vineet Joshi. The felicitation function was organized today to honour 14 eminent personalities in the field of education in the …

30 Aug : The Centre plans to set up over 2,500 model and 200 central schools on public-private- partnership (PPP) basis in the country in two years, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said today.
The minister also asked corporate houses to invest in a big way in the education sector.
The proposed model schools will be set up in the backward areas with an aim to provide primary education to all as “higher education has no meaning unless primary education was strengthened,” Sibal said, inaugurating the much-awaited central university …