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Franchise India Bureau Jul 10 2018 - 1 min readThe Maharashtra government has formulated a scheme for electrification of schools in the state, Education Minister Vinod Tawde said today. Under the scheme, state-run schools will be provided electricity at government rates and the bill amount will be directly deposited in their accounts, he told the assembly. Tawde's statement came after Shashikant Shinde (NCP) raised ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jun 29 2018 - 2 min readThe Centre has decided to repeal the UGC Act, 1951 to replace the apex higher education regulator body University Grants Commission (UGC) with Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. "In a landmark decision, a draft Act for repeal of #UGC & setting up #HECI ...
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Franchise India Bureau May 05 2018 - 1 min readHuman Resource Development Ministry has launched digital open learning platform for bettering the teaching and learning environment in the country. Using the Massive Open Online Courses platform SWAYAM, the central government intends to update the teaching technique of 1.5 million higher education faculty with a focus on new and emerging trends. ...
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Franchise India Bureau Mar 09 2018 - 2 min readOn the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) launched a portal for women entrepreneurs of India: www.udyamsakhi.org. The portal was unveiled by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of MSME, Giriraj Singh, in a program on Thursday at the Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi.
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readThe Union ministry of human resource development has appointed a new nine-member panel, headed by space scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, to work on National Education Policy (NEP), sources said.The Prakash Javadekar-led HRD ministry has chosen experts and educationists from wide-ranging backgrounds to be part of the panel that is expected to recast India's education policy.Besides Kasturirangan, ...