The HRD Ministry has asked IGNOU to restart the online education programme e-GyanKosh, which was stopped in 2013 allegedly by Vice Chancellor M Aslam who is now facing a probe into administrative irregularities and closing down of certain programmes. Asking the varsity to “reactive” the eGyanKosh repository, joint secretary in the Ministry S P Goyal…
Bengaluru based online education marketplace Cakart.in, has raised an undisclosed amount of angel funding led by Sunil Maheshwari (Co-Founder and CEO of Mango Technologies) and other unnamed investors. The proceeds will be utilize or geographical expansion and to scale up its education products. Founded in 2009 by IIT Mumbai alumnus Puru Mishra and NIT gold…
Delhi-based Earth Education Valley Pvt Ltd, which owns and operates the online education platform EduKart.com, has raised $1 million from United Finsec, Yuvraj Singh’s YouWeCan Ventures and early stage fund 500 Startups. EduKart will use the funds to further upgrade its marketplace by increasing the portfolio of courses available online, the company said in a…
Gone are those decades when heavy books, pens, chalk and blackboard defined education.The present day dotes on PCs, laptops, mobiles and tablets as the face of education.The changes are quite macroscopic. While the concept of online education has already influenced the learning institutions in full swing, education restricted to only traditional classroom learning is now…
Ithai Khunou government high school had appreciated M Okendro Education Minister towards fulfilling his commitment of providing adequate teachers to the school following a protest in May 5, 2015.The school authority has also thanked the director of education and other authorities for the same.
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Union Minister for Information and Technology and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said rural post offices across the country will also function as common service centres (CSCs) providing e-services. He said this while asserting that the postal department had a crucial role to play in bringing in digital revolution in the country. “Our vision…
In January 2015, it was revealed that the 700-million-plus users on WhatsApp were sending out 30 billion messages every day. In 2014, the messaging applications grew at a rate of 148%, adding 900 million users. The instant appeal of messaging apps is simple—they are faster and cheaper to use than email and they allow you…
Today, India is considered to be one of the main hubs for online education businesses and startups. Whether it is tutorials, courses, or skill training, online education is picking up at a fast pace in the country. With Narendra Modi’s skill up India campaign, there are more organisations venturing into the space of online education…
21 May 2015 – The United Nations education envoy told journalists in New York today that “shocking figures” relating to the position of children in emergency situations underlined the need for a new humanitarian fund to ensure the education of millions of children. “This is not the year of the child but the year of…
India is a young country on the move. More than half of the country’s population is under 25 years of age and every year 10 million people join the workforce. But despite these encouraging numbers, the country faces a potential shortage of 250 million skilled workers by 2022. A report from the UK India Business…