With a lot of economists, industrialists and experts emphasising the need to improve the provision and standards of education in the economy, the Union Budget 2012 is being looked at provide a major boost in that direction. The government has set a huge target of achieving a Gross Enrollment Ration (GER) of 30% by...
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Experts expect incentives to private firms for investing in Education : Budget
Pitroda for early passage of higher education Bills
It seems like none of Prime Minister’s advisers are happy with state of education in the country. Sam Pitroda, Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations adviser has expressed his unhappiness with the delay in implementation of higher education reforms at the FICCI Higher Education Summit. A few days back economic adviser Raghuram Rajan had slammed...
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Montek for foreign faculty in Indian Universities
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, planning commission has supported changing laws to allow universities to hire foreign faculty. Addressing the FICCI Higher Education Summit he said, “Indian universities must have an international flavour, international students, international staff. This would not happen unless the government removes the restriction on employment of international faculty. “ Under the current...
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