Drawn from IOC, FIFA but still uniquely cricket-specific: Aussie doctor behind ICC's post-pregnancy guidelinesThe ICC has launched groundbreaking 'post-pregnancy return to play' guidelines, drawing from global sports bodies but tailored for cricket'...
23 Jun, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
UK warns universities of international student recruitment ban over visa abuseThe UK government is implementing stricter rules for universities recruiting international students, threatening institutions with high vis...
06 Jun, 2026, 02.03 PM IST
NITI report says India has solved school access challenge, retention remains a hurdleIndia has succeeded in bringing children to school but struggles to keep them enrolled in higher classes. A NITI Aayog report reveals a sig...
11 May, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
Drive in works to check dropout rate among those failing board examsFacing high dropout rates after board exams, the education ministry plans a nationwide drive to help students finish schooling through open...
22 Jan, 2025, 11.52 PM IST
In 2021-22, school dropout rate at secondary level was higher than national avg in 7 statesThis information was collated from the minutes of the Project Approval Board (PAB) meetings held under the Ministry of Education to discuss...
11 Jun, 2023, 04.40 PM IST
All is not well with India's elite higher education institutionsPressure to keep up with performance, intense competition, debts - including of the non-tuition kind - has led to many cases of stress and ...
24 Apr, 2023, 11.15 PM IST
Now, techies with chops are calling the shots in job marketRecruiters say there’s a tsunami of offers; company bosses say it is not the employer but the candidate they are looking to hire who is now...
07 Aug, 2021, 09.49 AM IST
IITs plan master’s makeover to arrest high attrition rateAt IITs in Ropar, Roorkee and Kanpur, one in five students enrolled for MTech dropped out this year.
09 Oct, 2019, 11.46 AM IST
Nearly 25% premium from new life policies goes wasteExtrapolating the lapse ratio to fiscal year nos indicate that premium worth over Rs 5,000 cr has lapsed for LIC.
07 Sep, 2018, 07.16 PM IST
In record mass exit, over 10 lakh examinees quit Uttar Pradesh board exams in 4 daysUPSEB secretary Neena Srivastava said that the reason for such a high dropout rate could be steps taken by the government to crack down on ...
10 Feb, 2018, 10.20 AM IST
Dropout rate remains high among girls in DelhiAt the primary level, the number of girls per 1,000 boys has fallen from 881 in 2010-11 to 867 in 2013-14.
17 Dec, 2014, 11.21 AM IST
State Bank of India looking into work from home option for women employeesArundhati Bhattacharya, the first woman to head the bank in 208 years, had said that she would be looking at ways to increase retention of ...
15 Dec, 2014, 12.00 PM IST
Around 2.9 lakh children left studies in 2011-13 across Karnataka: StudyIn the Shanti Nagar Assembly constituency alone, in the heart of Bengaluru, 5,886 children discontinued school in those years.
05 Dec, 2014, 06.45 AM IST
School dropout scenario in India 'extremely high': UNICEFThe school dropout scenario in the country is "extremely high" as over 80 million children are not completing the full cycle of elementary ...
11 Mar, 2014, 05.06 PM IST
No-fail policy in schools leads to falling standardsReplacing a teacher in the bottom 5% with an average teacher would increase the present value of a student's lifetime income by more than $...
01 May, 2013, 12.09 PM IST
- IIJT receives a loan of Rs 62 crore from NSDC
Indian Institute of Job Training has received a loan of Rs 62 crore from National Skill Development Corporation.
30 Jun, 2011, 11.21 PM IST
- Government to overcome skill shortage, develop integrated education system: Kapil Sibal
Outlining the roadmap to skill India on behalf of the government Sibal affirmed that skills are marketable only when they are certified.
20 Jun, 2011, 01.46 PM IST