Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readIn line with the vision of making India the Skill Capital of the World by empowering its youth to be more employable and self-sustainable, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the "Indian Institute of Skill" in the country at Kanpur.Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, headed by Rajiv Pratap Rudy, in partnership with ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readStanford University describes the humanities as "the wide spectrum of subjects which explores how people process, document and think about human experience of the past and present to shape the future." This definition encompasses a gamut of majors that students can opt for at many universities overseas. Most courses fall under the umbrella popularly called ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readSingapore, named as the top rated country for maths and science in another ranking last week, is in first place in all the Pisa test subjects, ahead of school systems across Asia, Europe, Australasia and North and South America.The Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) provides education rankings based on international tests taken by 15-year-olds ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readMore than 1.95 lakh candidates took the computer-based test for admission to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other leading B-schools in India this year. Over 2.5 lakh aspirants had registered for the exam.Rajendra K Bandi, Convener, CAT 2016, said, "While 82 percent of the applicants took the test in 2015, this year the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readGovernment has availed a number of scholarships and other benefits for the under privileged students and some of them are not even aware of it.And to some, the requirements do not fulfill, such as producing appropriate documents, which is why Maharashtra CM came up with a one point solution.Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readMore than 72 million children from around the globe are growing up without the right to education – a good part of this number live in some of our country's poorest communities. Poverty and the lack of education make uneasy companions in many developing nations.In India alone, although almost every child enrolls in school, only ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readCipla, one of the top pharmaceutical companies in India, has announced that it has appointed Ireena Vittal as an independent director on its board with effect from December 1, 2016.Vittal, an MBA degree holder from IIM-Kolkata, was a former partner with McKinsey and Company and has over two decades of experience in management consulting and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readStudents in the most disturbed regions of the country prefer to continue their education outside the state, which are comparatively safe and peaceful.Since July 8, the day when Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani was killed, the beautiful Kashmir Valley is under the dark clouds of fire, hatred and blood.The Valley was pushed under curfew for ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readMarathon Group introduced the Big Picture Learning Concept to India with the launch of their first educational institute, NEXT School, in Mumbai.Big Picture Learning, supported by Bill & Melinda Gates' Foundation's for their novel education system, has been introduced by Marathon Group. The 20-year-old US based non-profit that has more than 150 schools in 10 ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readAn EdTech Startup VoLT has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from YMS Mobitech, a tech-based distribution company. VoLT (Vocabulary Learning Technique), a product of Edutainment Spearheads, simplifies vocabulary learning process using Creative Teaching Methodologies, 'Law of Association' of Psychology, Innovative approach of Mnemonics, Funny Stories, Anecdotes and Colored Pictures to increase retention.Since its ...