Non-repayment of education loan can now affect one’s credit score, a top official of Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd (CIBIL) has said. “The education loans have to be paid once one completes his/her course and gains employment. Also, like any other loans and credit cards, education loans are also reported to CIBIL and get reflected in the borrower’s CIBIL Report …
The Hindu in School for 2015-16 launched
The fourth edition of The Hindu in School – the newspaper in a condensed form for students – was launched in Mangaluru on Friday at the The Manipal School, which has been associated withThe Hindu ’s Newspaper in Education programme for the last four years. The launch of the student’s edition for the new academic year turned special as it …
The AKP’s election promise: Presidentialism a la Turca
Turkey’s parliamentary elections will be held on June 7, 2015. Competition for the elections is between four parties: the AKP, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and lastly the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) — which is expected to pass a 10 percent threshold in order to enter Parliament. The four parties reflects Turkey’s polarization, which …
Which of today’s orthodoxies will be tossed out tomorrow?
It is now an article of faith that domestic wages were depressed for years in Singapore because of the too-easy access to a rapid influx of low-wage foreign workers. So workers in low-wage sectors like cleaning and security have seen wages rise, as the Government tightened the tap on growth in foreign worker numbers after 2011. On the …
Mysteries of science reach rural students
Buoyed by their success in teaching science through experiments to government high school students in the villages for more than two years, a motley group of professionals from Dakshina Kannada now want to offer scholarships to poor meritorious students. The group, comprising college teachers, research scholars, doctors and postgraduate students, will select some class 10 students, who show a keen …
All for education
Education is a subject close to Taapsee Pannu’s heart. That’s perhaps why the actress recently visited the P&G Shiksha School in Chennai and spent some quality time with the children. TheAadukalam star narrated a lot of interesting anecdotes from her childhood to the students, who in turn asked her some general knowledge questions. The actress is quoted as saying, …
What will you be doing in 2022? Hottest jobs for grads
Figuring out what you want to do with the rest of your life is typically no easy task, no matter what your age. The question can be especially vexing for high school and college students, who often have no real-world work experience from which to draw. The good news is that today’s high school and college students have …
Labour was too timid to hand real power to the people
Labour lost the general election because we lost touch with the country. Too many people felt Labour didn’t understand their lives. They didn’t believe the economy or their taxes would be safe in our hands. We talked about what we would do for people and they didn’t believe us. We talked about what we would do to them and …
The Hindu Education Plus EAMCET counselling today
The Hindu Education Plus EAMCET Career Counselling session is all set to be held on Wednesday at Siddhartha Academy, Main Auditorium, Siddhartha Nagar, Mogalrajapuram. The event will begin at 10 a.m., but participants are requested to be present by 9 a.m. The entry to the session is free, and students who intend buy the handbook that contains detailed information about …
Money remitted abroad for education taxed
The government was already charging 5 percent tax on fee exceeding Rs200,000 for those who are studying in local educational institutions. “In order to remove anomaly and for the purpose of broadening the tax base, the FBR has now proposed 5 percent advance tax on amounts remitted abroad for education purposes,” said the official. The FBR, according …