Archive for November 10th, 2017

Cabinet nod to special fund for secondary and higher education

The fund will cater to schemes such as interest subsidy on education loans, education credit guarantee fund, scholarship schemes, girls’ education schemes and a scheme that funds higher education in states. Photo: Nayan Shah/Mint New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of a non-lapsible corpus fund...
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Unaffordable dilemma of higher education

A few months ago, I listened in horror about parents who sold the house they live in to be able to afford an overseas college education for their child. They now live on rent. Sending children overseas for higher education has become part of dinner conversations among adults...
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NBFC Shiksha Finance raises funds from Dell Foundation

Incorporated in 2014 by V.L. Ramakrishnan and Jacob Abraham, Shiksha Finance provides school and student loans. Photo: Reuters Mumbai: Shiksha Finance, a non-banking financial company (NBFC) focusing on school and student loans, has raised $2.5 million (Rs16 crore) through a mix of debt and equity from Michael & Susan...
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Teachers at three Glasgow schools to strike over pay

Teachers in Scottish schools are to strike over pay, increasing pressure on Scottish ministers to offer public sector workers an above-inflation pay rise. The NASUWT said teachers at three secondary schools in Glasgow would go on strike for one day next week, followed by strikes at three more...
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No money to upgrade schools, says Tawde

Congress-NCP government’s 2014 scheme scrapped Maharashtra’s Education Department has said that it cannot afford to provide ₹10 crore promised to upgrade 100 schools, as the government’s financial condition is not sound. Education Minister Vinod Tawde, while replying to a point of propriety raised by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)...
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Gurugram schools closed for two days

Brick kilns, hot-mix plants and stone crushers have also been shut down In view of high levels of pollution in the Millennium City, the district administration on Thursday announced a slew of measures, including declaring holiday for schools for two days and intensifying public transport. Making an announcement,...
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