In yet another bid to win over minorities ahead of the Lok Sabha elections,Samajwadi Party government will provide reservation in education to minority students. New colleges will be set up in districts with minority population and 50% seats will be reserved for students of the community. The current stint of SP government has been dominated by schemes meant to wooRead more

Cooperation in the sectors of industrial technology and education dominated summit talks Monday between President Park and President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter. The two leaders recognized the need to couple Switzerland’s top-notch technology in precision machinery, chemical, nano and bio industries with Korea’s advanced manufacturing skills, a crucial point of cooperation in realizing the so-called “creative economy.” “AsRead more

Not a single child belonging to weaker or disadvantaged groups is enrolled in class I in unaided primary schools in 46 districts of Uttar Pradesh. Another 26 districts do not have concrete information on the number of such children enrolled. Only three, out of 75 districts- Firozabad, Pilibhit and Badaun- have 26, five and 19 children studying in class IRead more

Invites comments on this scheme from all stakeholders, which should reach the central bank by February 5 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Tuesday, said that it would establish a fund to be called ‘Depositor Education and Awareness Fund’, which would comprise unclaimed funds of depositors. “Pursuant to the amendment of The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, Section 26ARead more

A Purdue University engineering student was arrested Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a fellow student on the West Lafayette, Ind., campus, officials said. The university said in a release that Cody M. Cousins, 23, of Warsaw, Ind., faces a preliminary murder charge in the shooting death of Andrew F. Boldt, 21, of West Bend, Wis. School officials said bothRead more

Kuwaiti Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Sabah met here Tuesday with Minister of Education, Universities, and Research Maria Chiara Carrozza, discussing with her and other Italian officials the opening of an Italian cultural office in Kuwait and means to develop bilateral relations in education.Carrozza told KUNA that she suggested during her meeting with Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled the opening ofRead more

Authorities in Tennessee say they have uncovered new evidence in the case of missing middle school teacher Shelley Mook. Mook, an eighth-grade teacher at Harris Middle School in Shelbyville, vanished Feb. 28, 2011, at the age of 24, WKRN-TV, Nashville, reported. Investigators said Mook dropped her daughter off at her ex-husband's home, and her car was found abandoned and burnedRead more

South Korea and Switzerland agreed Monday to build close partnerships in vocational education and science and technology and to work closely together to get North Korea to give up its nuclear program. South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Swiss President Didier Burkhalter reached the agreement during summit talks in Bern. Park was in the Swiss capital for a state visitRead more

A California high school basketball coach was present when team members were beaten and gagged in a hazing incident, an attorney for an alleged victim said. The incident allegedly occurred in early January when the Woodside (Calif.) High School boys' basketball team participated in a tournament during Christmas break in Newman. Attorney Christopher Dolan said two unidentified boys were attackedRead more

Total E&P Yemen announced on Monday the selection of eleven Yemeni recipients of TOTAL Scholarship Programme for the year 2014.In a press release, Total E&P Yemen said that the scholarship application process challenged more than 550 applicants to pass the scholarship examinations and interviews in which the students were also assessed in the way their expressed educational goals will reflectRead more