Complying with the guidelines laid down by the University Grants Commission (UGC) over the recruitement of permanent faculty, universities across Karnataka have decided to hire guest lecturers. Citing
India ranks 158th out of the 195 countries for its investments in education and health care as measurements of its commitment to economic growth, says the first-ever scientific
The Lancet reported that every year nearly 16 lakh Indians die due to poor quality care. That’s about 4,300 deaths every day due to poor treatment. Out of
The higher education department will soon issue a circular asking all government universities in the state to switch to Information Communication Technology (ICT) software, which is developed by
Lakhs in dire need of blood donors, a social networking giant and a volunteer collective eager to fill the demand-supply gap. Twitter launched a unique social initiative hash-tagged
Under revised accreditation norms, universities and colleges will have to ensure that at least 10% of their students give their feedback to the NAAC teams on the quality
A major effort will have to be made to strengthen the IT structure of the scheme that will automatically detect fraud and trigger an alert against malpractice. Corporate
With medical colleges facing a huge shortage of educators, lawmakers have asked the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the health ministry to allow “renowned doctors” to teach.
The Union Health Ministry has received an alert on a potential public health crisis due to the sudden disappearance of “qualified” personnel to sign lakhs of pathology reports
Narendra Kumar Shyamsukha, chairman ICA Eduskills described: On one hand, India has a large number of educated unemployed, and on the other, industry is desperately short of
