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GDP spend on higher education remains at 0.37% Despite all possible efforts and initiatives by the central government to promote spread of higher education in India, the percentage of its GDP spending on higher education in the last couple of years has remained stagnant at around 0.37% against 1.41%, 1.07% and .....

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Indian Students Courted By Italy

Friday, February 11, 2005 India is emerging as the top battleground for foreign universities looking for students. UK universities are rolling out their education road show for Indian students, the US is easing visa procedures to keep the flow of the "best and brightest" coming in. But the most interesting is .....

Higher education just got the best tutelage ever

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New Direction for the Higher Education

Inagurating the two day All Kerala College Principals Conference 2005, sponsored by the University Grants Commission, at Government College for Women at Vazhuthacaud, the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy called for two-pronged strategy for Higher Education in the state: raising the academic standards to international level while enabling the income generation .....

New qualifications through Air Hostess Academy

Edexcel International has introduced BTEC Higher National Certificate and Diplomas through the Air Hostess Academy (AHA). With these programmes candidates will be able to achieve the BTEC Higher National Certificate (BTEC HNC) and Higher National Diploma (BTEC HND) in aviation and hospitality management. BTEC vocational qualifications are recognised as a .....

UGC will keep an eye on higher education websites

To ensure that the promises made by the institutions providing higher education match reality, the UGC is framing guidelines to streamline the website information provided by these institutions. The rules will apply to both government funded and private unaided institutions. To internationalise education services and for transparency, we are laying .....

UGC will keep an eye on higher education websites

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Higher education spending: India at the bottom of BRIC

Higher education spending: India at the bottom of BRIC Despite an expected 150 per cent increase in central spending on higher education in 2007-08 (at Rs 6,354 crore over Rs 2,550.50 crore this year), the fact remains that India will continue to lag behind, compared to its asian counterparts. At .....

MoF against cess hike to fund higher education

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