Kapil Sibal bereaved over father's demisePunjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal expressed profound grief and sorrow over the demise of the legal luminary, Hira Lall Sibal.
29 Dec, 2012, 04.06 PM IST
- Life skills should become central focus of education: Kapil Sibal
Noting that values like wisdom and character should be inculcated among students, HRD minister Kapil Sibal today said life skills should be...
10 Sep, 2012, 09.33 PM IST
- Kapil Sibal asks parents to focus on vocational education for kids
Favouring a change in the education structure, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today asked parents to change their mindset and focus on vocational...
03 Sep, 2012, 04.24 PM IST
Centre to regulate entry of foreign educational providers: Kapil SibalUnion HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said the Centre seeks to regulate the entry of foreign educational providers to ensure that only recog...
02 Sep, 2012, 03.28 AM IST
- Sibal favours 'flexibility' in education system
Kapil Sibal favoured removing boundaries between science, arts and commerce disciplines to enable children pick the subjects of their choic...
13 Jul, 2011, 02.33 PM IST
- RTE Act will take 3 more years to show results: Sibal
Many hurdles have to be overcome for effective implementation of the Act as the states don't have the necessary "wherewithal and infrastruc...
28 Jun, 2011, 03.35 PM IST
- Sibal for norm-based funding for universities
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal batted for norm-based funding for universities to ensure "equitable distribution" of grants and development of a m...
26 Mar, 2011, 10.51 PM IST
- Union Budget 2011: Common man has been taken care of
Welcoming the increased allocation for education as well as telecom sectors in the Budget, Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said the in...
28 Feb, 2011, 02.45 PM IST
- National Broadband plan to connect 160m homes
Telecom minister Kapil Sibal said that the National Broadband plan will connect 160 million Indian households with high-speed Internet conn...
20 Jan, 2011, 07.21 AM IST
- Get political on education, Mr Sibal
The biggest challenge in education, as in much else in this country, is governance.
04 Nov, 2010, 04.49 AM IST
- PM compliments Sibal's dedication on handling HRD ministry
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signalled his full support and confidence in human resource development minister Kapil Sibal in his Teacher's...
05 Sep, 2010, 12.38 AM IST
- Innovation varsities unlikely to have seat reservations
The universities are HRD ministry’s radical higher education experiment.
26 Jul, 2010, 05.28 AM IST
- India will have world's most educated people by 2030: Sibal
India will have the most educated people by 2030, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said stressing on the use of technology to spread education to d...
19 Mar, 2010, 01.23 PM IST
- Grading system for CBSE schools approved
From the coming academic year (2010-11), the Class X board exams will become optional in all CBSE schools. Vital facts of foreign study loa...
31 Aug, 2009, 07.59 PM IST
- Cong backs Sibal’s grand plans, calls for consensus
Cong finally found way to rally behind Kapil Sibal's educational reform plans.
27 Jul, 2009, 02.26 AM IST
- Access, quality Kapil Sibal's guru mantra
Higher education will be a top priority of the UPA government. In line with Prime Minister's 100-days initiative, HRD ministry has drawn up...
03 Jun, 2009, 02.54 AM IST
- India to open up education sec to foreign varsities
India will soon open up its educational sector to foreign universities, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal has said.
08 Jun, 2007, 06.10 PM IST