Pune-based FLAME University becomes the first university in India to launch the Taiwan Studies Project.  Taiwan’s Ministry of Education initiated the Taiwan Study Project in 2003 to work with top universities in the world including Cambridge University, University of California – Berkeley, Boston University, Japan’s Waseda University, as well as other prestigious higher education institutions in the world. The project aims at expanding the knowledge of …

One of country’s oldest (1847 – 2022)and  best institutions will engage with Higher Education Institutions around Roorkee for the Creation of research capacity as part of celebrations To mark its 175 years, IIT Roorkee on November 25 launched its initiative of the Creation of Research capacity by engaging with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) around IIT Roorkee and inviting children from …

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) with the Tata Trusts as founding partner have launched the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE). An independent centre at TISS Mumbai, the establishment was inaugurated on Nov 12 by Santosh Kumar Sarangi, IAS, Chairperson National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) with Tata Trusts’ CEO, Srinath N, attending as …

HSNC University, Mumbai has launched its law school by the name of D. M. Harish School of Law (DMHSL). The law school is approved by the Bar Council of India and will offer five-year B.A. LL.B., five-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and three-year LL.B. courses to begin with. The courses go live from December 2021. The interested candidates can apply for …

After having faced a lot of criticism and Supreme Court scrutiny (Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 522/2021) over lack of an alternative examination policy during the pandemic academic year 2020-21 where the board examinations had to cancelled in the wake of deadly second wave of covid 19, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), has ushered in a major examination reform from …

Oxford University Press (OUP), in its newly published global report exploring the digital divide in education, has said that 68% of teachers rate poor access to the internet or a device as the biggest barrier to digital learning, 56% said it was held back by a  lack of digital skills among parents, teachers, and learners.  The report, Addressing the Deepening Digital …