IDP Education India, the leading student placement service provider, yesterday organized the Australian education fair in Gurgaon at the Crowne Plaza for students aspiring to pursue higher education in Australia. The fair, spread across 14 cities, brought together prominent universities and educational institutes from Australia under one roof. The fair ... Read More »

Former Cabinet Secretary and head of the committee on the new education policy, T.S.R. Subramanian tells The Hindu that the government published only extracts of the report submitted by the committee , as the report was critical of India’s journey in education. The title of your committee on the new ... Read More »

In the last and third part of the series, we are going to discuss with you about the advantages of vocational education and training: Advantages: Low-Cost Education: Not everybody can meet the expense of college to do a four-year degree programme, with the additional cost of various other expenses during ... Read More »

ernment gives funding to states for vocational education ends in the middle of next year. Last year the number of vocational education students funded by government fell by 12 per cent compared to 2014. The report blames a “regulatory oversight” and “poor decision-making” for the VET FEE-HELP student loan scandal ... Read More »

U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) and its Green Strides outreach initiative share promising practices and resources in the areas of safe, healthy, and sustainable school environments; nutrition and outdoor physical activity; and environmental and sustainability education. To bring additional attention to honorees’ practices, ED-GRS has conducted an ... Read More »

It’s back-to-school season for much of the country, but for some students, school is never out. For some, classes are in session all year long: About 3,700 K-12 public schools across the country operate on a year-round calendar — approximately 4 percent of all U.S. schools in 2011-12, according to ... Read More »

AMMAN —  Donor countries have pledged close to $100 million to help Jordan enroll all Syrian refugee children in the kingdom in schools next month. In the previous school year, 145,000 Syrian children in Jordan attended school, while 91,000 didn’t, in part because of overcrowding. Jordan is now adding a ... Read More »

New York City’s Department of Education on Monday recommended renewing its contract with Pearson PLC, a six-year deal worth up to $13.4 million in which the education company would continue providing entrance exams for the city’s specialized high schools. Every year about 30,000 eighth-graders take the admissions test in the ... Read More »

In a move to get with the times Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced school-aged children will be able to do all their learning online. The sweeping change will allow any school, tertiary provider or an approved industry to apply to be a “community of online learning” (COOL). NZ First has slammed ... Read More »

Education Minister Hekia Parata has brought a bill to parliament which she says sets clear school objectives for the first time. The Education (Update) Amendment Bill provides for a National Education and Learning Priorities statement (NELP). Source: ONE News “For the first time, early childhood education providers, schools and kura ... Read More »

The Delhi government informed the Assembly Monday that the powers and authority related to education lie with the Lieutenant Governor. The government’s position comes at a time when it is entangled in a power tussle with the LG’s office. A list of nearly 19 functions-cum-powers vested with the LG and ... Read More »

(Amman) – Jordan’s education minister has instructed public schools to allow Syrianchildren to register in the fall semester even if they lack government-issued documents that were previously required, Human Rights Watch said today. Carrying out this and other announced policy changes could help thousands more children attend school this semester. ... Read More »