Slamming the State Bank of India’s decision to sell the non-performing assets (NPAs) in the education loan portfolio to Reliance Asset Reconstruction Company, the CPI(M) asked the State Government to help students repay the loans. The CPI(M) organised an agitation here on Monday with the demand. The CPI(M) district secretary, ... Read More »
Members of Students Federation of India (SFI), along with an applicant of education loan, laid siege to the Bank of India’s Ganapathypalayam branch here on Friday, for rejecting the application without attributing any reason in writing. SFI district secretary R. Vimal said that R. Sabareesan, a resident of the same ... Read More »
The Madras High Court Bench here has directed State Bank of Travancore to consider a mechanical engineer’s plea to waive interest levied on an education loan of Rs. 1.19 lakh availed by him to pursue engineering in 2006. Disposing of a writ petition filed by the engineer, T. Jerin of ... Read More »
It is said that one must think out of the box to excel and stand out. Funnily enough, the key to out-of-the-box thinking today comes in the shape of a box – Pod Squad, a monthly subscription box for kids between three to seven years. It exposes them to nine ... Read More »
After its huge success, Anand Kumar’s Super 30, which helps underprivileged students crack JEE test for entrance into IITs, is set to be expanded this year to include students who have passed class X, in an extension of the existing programme involving class XII pass-outs. “We are planning to teach ... Read More »
Educational materials pack and instructional guide now available for free The company behind AppGameKit has expanded the software’s remit to target the education sector with the release of a free new add-on. The AppGameKit Education Bundle features materials aimed specifically at teachers as well as an instruction guide on how ... Read More »
RALEIGH, N.C., July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Best College Values (bestcollegevalues.com), an online resource that helps students find reputable and affordable degree programs, has just released a new ranking of online Master’s of Education in Early Childhood Education (http://www.bestcollegevalues.com/rankings/online/best-masters-early-childhood-education/). The ranking consists of 25 programs, all regionally accredited by one ... Read More »
Several hundred supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have gathered in Istanbul for the fifth straight day to rally behind the leader who survived the weekend’s military coup. The protesters on Tuesday called for the reinstatement of the death penalty. They chanted “we want executions!” Erdogan has said Turks ... Read More »
Noting that factors like globalisation, economy and technology have changed the entire landscape of legal education in the country, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said super-specialisation in law would be in vogue in times to come. “Between three-pronged factors — globalisation, economy and technology — the entire landscape of ... Read More »
DES MOINES — Agricultural education returns to the 2016 Iowa State Fair with activities on swine, dairy cattle, turkeys and more. “Nothing Compares” to My State Fair August 11-21. Back for another year, fairgoers can stop by the John Deere Agriculture Building to experience “It takes an Iowan,” an interactive ... Read More »
Many experts believed that education technology (EdTech) has the ability to transform the field of education. That’s why, many tech companies have been recently investing more on EdTech platforms including Apple, Google and Amazon. Despite the rise of education technology, RAND Corp. policy researcher Julia Kaufman revealed in an open ... Read More »
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today laid emphasis on the role of teachers and said education policies may be formulated and implemented after much discussion but it is they who put them into practice. “There is a lot of discussion about education these days. This reform or that reform, this system ... Read More »
