Government lowers higher education spendings by 13%

Central Government has decided to cut the budget of Higher Education by 13% this fiscal year owing to fund crunch. This move by the government is likely to hit two most important projects enacted by Central Government - newly established IITs and IIMs and National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Aakash Tablet was part of NMEICT.

"The Planning Commission has informed the HRD ministry officially about the cut in the budget," informed one of the officials of Ministry for Human Resource and Development (MHRD)

The Aakash project has total budget of Rs 700 crore - but will be cut by half. And this will certainly affect the NMEICT mission.

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Finance Minister Jaitley: AIIMS in all states, 5 new IITs, 5 new IIMs

While presenting the Union Budget for the year 2014-2015, the Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitley has announced several new institutions to boost higher education in India. He announced new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be in all states of India. 5 new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will come up along with equal number of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).

MHRD plans to increase funding for State Universities

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is proposing to introduce a Bill to increase funding for State Universities, informed M M Pallam Raju, Union Minister for HRD. The Bill is expected to be introduced in Budget session of the Parliament. India has 285 State Universities and as per survey by MHRD, they are facing fund related problems. The shortage of teaching staff is one of the main side effects of fund problem.

ICSE reduces Class x and Class XII examination fees

The council for the Indian School Certificate Examination which runs around 2000 schools (CISCE) across the country has decided to reduce the examination fees by over 50 percent. Its a good news for the student appearing for class X and XII in march 2013 Jose Aikara the chairman of CISCE said "We have decided to reduce examination fees from Rs 2100 to Rs 1000 this time"

Bengal Government decides to increate 10% seats in Bengal colleges

Students from state board are finding it very difficult to complete with ISC and CBSE students. Admission to Higher Secondary is based on marks obtained. The cut-offs of many colleges end up in 90s. "We will soon send notifications to all colleges and inform them about the 10% increase in seats in all the departments," said education minister Bratya Basu.