Hiring at B-schools off to a flying start with more offers, better pay

• Sectorally, consulting firms are top recruiters at management schools
• The number of offers given to students of the Indian School of Business (ISB) went up by 46% compared with last year

IIT placement season sees 1,500 job offers in the first two days

IITs said up to 25% more companies have registered with them for hiring their engineering and tech graduates

Forget India’s Ivy League. Teach your children well

Expecting children to attain quality education without key learning skills is like wanting a child to run even before she learns to walk

Coursera launches global MBA for APAC learners

New programme hopes to bridge the skill deficiency gap in the labour market by shifting the focus to problem solving and soft skills

Like IITs, ISB sees huge jump in job offers

Graduates of the Indian School of Business (ISB) have bagged 1,194 job offers in the first week of their campus placement

Azim Premji University, Shiv Nadar University, BHU and 15 others recommended for IoE status

HRD ministry said an empowered committee has suggested 12 names from the private university space and seven from the government university space for final consideration

UGC to fund over 10,000 colleges for starting women studies

• Eligible colleges will get a grant of ₹25 lakh per annum and universities ₹35 lakh per annum
• UGC will monitor and engage in both teaching and research activities on issues related to women

Online education push reformative but policy lacks clarity, structure

• Adoption of online courses is welcome, but a lot needs to be done
• Only 60,000 of the 3.9 mn learners enrolled in 1,600 online courses as of 31 Dec. have completed the courses, according to official data

Is ‘online’ the missing dot that defines the future of education?

• The delivery in online education must be truly interactive to be effective
• A certain accreditation score does not always guarantee the success of delivery of online education

Online platforms a step towards democratizing the education sector

• Govt is urging colleges to offer online courses in rural India so that education reaches all
• Online programmes are set to grow and we will see lots of innovation in the coming years

Cabinet clears ordinance on reservation roster for faculty posts in universities

• A college or university will be taken as one unit for reservation in teaching posts
• The University Grants Commission announced in March last year that an individual department should be considered as the base unit

Govt to ease norms for technical institutes from coming session

• Better performing schools can increase their class size and offer new courses in keeping with demands
• The move looks to be an extension of the human resource development ministry’s initiative to relax regulation in higher education

Beware of rumours on social media ahead of exams: CSBE to students, parents  

• The CBSE said fake videos and messages are being spread through the social media
• CBSE Class 12 exams began on February 15 and will conclude on April 3

No more plastics! The new project for IIM-B, MDI, other B-School students

• Students looking to keep campuses, housing societies plastic free
• Moves include preparing case studies on plastic pollution, creating awareness in campuses, among others

Khan Academy aims to invert labour pyramid with education for all: Salman Khan

• Salman Khan discusses what the future holds for education in developing countries like India
• We will see a shift from fixed-paced instruction to personalized instruction helping students learn at their own pace, says Salman Khan

How students will plan their own lessons: Byju Raveendran on future of education

• Students will be able to decide ‘what’ they learn, ‘how’ they learn and ‘when’ they learn, charting their own path to achieve excellence 
• The use of tech will bring down the cost of delivering and accessing quality education, and create an equitable education system

Placement season: Who’s hiring and at what salaries at top B-schools

• The placement season in leading Indian B-schools is getting a robust response from consulting and financial firms
• The average annual salary in this year's placement season at top B-schools has crossed the ₹20 lakh mark

Five years on, India’s new education policy still a work in progress

• The policy was part of BJP’s manifesto for the 2014 general election
• The NEP will likely not see the light of day during the present government

Procrastination of new education policy kills reform’s intent

• The policy needs to be student centric allowing all to pursue higher education
• Skills without adequate employment opportunities can degenerate and wither

Hope the proposed education policy focuses on measurable outcome

• It is critical to recognize private schools’s contribution and provide them support
• There is a need to set up teacher education programmes in high performing, innovative schools