A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order for June 24 on a complaint filed against HRD Minister Smriti Irani for allegedly giving “false” information about her educational qualification in affidavits filed with the Election Commission. Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain heard the arguments advanced by senior advocate K K Manan, who appeared for the complainant Ahmer Khan, a freelance …

  Completing his Common Core U-turn, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) offered the explanation that the rigorous academic standards simply aren’t working. That’s news to much of his state’s education leadership, which embraced them as central to preparing students for college, career and life. When we asked the governor’s office in what way the standards are “not working,” no …

    Improving education and creating favourable living and working conditions are essential for India’s transition to a society with minimal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, said an expert who authored UNEP’s latest report on resource use in Asia-Pacific. A buzzword in climate negotiations, the concept of low carbon society or development, has its roots in the United Nations Framework Convention …

    The coalition government had allocated 24 per cent of the budget during the financial year 2014-15. However, Adviser to the Chief Minister Balochistan on Education, Sardar Raza Muhammad Bareech says more than 75 per cent of the budget was spent on non-development, whereas, only 25 per cent budget was spent on development of the education sector. The number …

A CONTEST for the least popular arm of the federal government would have many strong contenders. There’s the soft, cuddly Internal Revenue Service. Also the National Security Agency, America’s Peeping Tom. And let’s not forget the Environmental Protection Agency, seen by many manufacturers as one big, mossy, bossy paean to regulation run amok. But for politicians, in particular Republicans, another …

More than 12,000 faculty and staff of the University of the Philippines will get a one-time P15,000 Education Support Grant starting June 1, to help them cope with higher expenses at the start of the school year. The UP said on Monday the grant was approved by the UP Board of Regents in its meeting last May 28. “Full-time employees, …

    The trouble with the Conservative victory in the election is not only that we are stuck with a system of funding higher education that will burden graduates with debt while taxpayers continue to contribute almost as much as before – a lose-lose situation by any standard. The trouble is not even that the idea that higher education must …

  Education master’s and certification programs are among the most popular in online graduate education. In fact, two out of every nine online graduate students are specializing in education, according to a 2014 survey by Aslanian Market Research and The Learning House Inc., which provides custom-built online courses and other services to higher education clients. While that might suggest the road to an education degree …

  Despite being a former big wig at the Education Department, Nino Napoli cannot spell, an anti-corruption hearing has been told. False invoices riddled with spelling mistakes were presented as evidence on Monday at a public hearing into the alleged misuse of Education Department funds. Counsel assisting Ian Hill, QC, said he knew the allegedly fraudulent invoices were written by …

    GCTC, touted as one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the nation, offers targeted education in sought-after careers, such as manufacturing trades programs. Because of the degrees and certifications offered, GCTC is almost at capacity for these programs – however, that was not always the case. “When I started at GCTC 15 years ago, I had three students …