The Uttar Pradesh government announced on 02.09.2016 that the state’s private medical and dental institutes would have to offer 50% seats to meritorious students from economic weaker sections. The seats would be allocated on a subsidized fee
Decency, piety, patriotism, love: we’re all in favour of them, goodness knows. But when you have a business, an economy, or a nation to build, self-interest -and self-interest alone-is the cement that will keep it upright. Greed
While more seats in the government colleges are welcome, it should not be at the cost of quality. That would be a disservice to society. In the private sector, there is often a profit motive which is
The Dutch Society for Simulation in Health Care (DSSH — www.DSSH.nl) procured the first International quality labels for valid games in healthcare. This initiative is supported by academic medical centres in close collaboration with the gaming industry.
The Deputy Director, International Institute of Higher Education, Research and Capacity Building, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, pointed out that there a little over 14 lakh teachers in India. This makes it almost 1,900 teachers per
Thereby India will become the third largest country to employ contract employees globally. The Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) described an acceleration rate of 12,3 % over 2015-2018. They assume that flexi staffing is becoming the job creation
Doctors applying to get their Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) registration numbers and hence a license to practise are being given smart biometric cards in an attempt to eliminate quacks. So far, over one lakh doctors have applied
Despite having the most number of medical colleges in the world, and about 9,29 lakh doctors enrolled in the Indian Medical Register, India is much behind in achieving the targeted doctor-population ratio of 1:1000 as per WHO
A digital depository to be created by the Centre for safe storage and retrieval of certificates of country’s students will not allow an employer access to the documents for verification without permission of the student concerned. Employers
