Education Sector

Margin contraction was on account of higher input cost and lower volumes

Which new, hallowed sector has Bengal corruption clawed?

Much of the credit for exposing this corruption of the Mamata Banerjee-led government goes to Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a Calcutta High Court judge who pursued the matter with zeal and courage.

Budget 2023: Sebi to be empowered to enforce norms, standards for education at NISM: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

While presenting the Union Budget for 2023-24, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Sebi will be empowered to develop, regulate, maintain and enforce norms and standards for education in the National Institute of Securities Markets and to recognize award of degrees, diplomas and certificates".

Singapore's Global Schools to invest $550 million in India's education sector

GSF, which already has a presence in Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad and Noida, has seen a massive post-Covid increase in demand for admission from domestic communities moving across cities within India as from families relocating from foreign shores to India and vice-versa.

In-depth: Lido Learning episode a hard lesson for the edtech sector, but the bull market is still on

Don’t look at the edtech sector through the prism of 5-6 companies that have made big headlines. The focus must be on quality education, fulfilling promises and managing finances better, say edtech players and experts.

Union Budget 2022: How does education sector read initiatives announced by FM Sitharaman?

Budget 2022: While most of the reactions Moneycontrol received were positive, a few believe that key steps that are needed to enable these initiatives have been missed out

Budget 2021 should boost the education sector to strengthen India’s economy

India is on its path to become a self-reliant US$5 trillion economy and to support this vision, a major responsibility rests with the current and potential youth.

Beyond Chalk and Talk: The tech boom in Indian education and the challenges to meet

Even post-COVID, a hybrid model of offline and online education will be the ideal template for the future of education. This presents the need to expand online learning and bring legal certainty to ensure the interests of all the stakeholders are safeguarded

Ramesh Pokhriyal, his UAE counterpart discuss bilateral cooperation in education sector

Pokhriyal invited students from the UAE to India under the Study in India Programme and invited more number of faculties to India for taking short-term courses in Indian universities under the GIAN in Higher Education.

3-Point Analysis | Here's how the educational sector is coping with COVID-19-led disruptions

Students and teachers are proactively adopting e-learning methods.

Future Wise podcast | Budget 2020: Govt allocates Rs 99,000 crore for education, but is it enough?

Shraddha Sharma and M Saraswathy talks about the Budget allocation for the education sector.

Future Wise podcast | More funding for education sector in Budget 2020?

Moneycontrol's Keerthana Tiwari chats with M Saraswathy to find out the expectations of the education sector from the Finance Ministry in Budget 2020.

Govt to promote education sector to increase services' share in GDP: Suresh Prabhu

In February, the Union Cabinet had decided to give focused attention to 12 champion service sectors and mandated the identified nodal ministries and departments to formulate sectoral action plans under the dedicated fund of Rs 5,000 crore.

Goa government likely to hike spending on education sector

Parrikar made this announcement during a press conference last evening where he had presented the detailed analysis of the spending of the state during the current fiscal.

Demand-supply gap to aid education sector growth: Ind-Ra

India Ratings (Ind-Ra) has given a stable outlook on the education sector for this financial year and said a huge demand-supply gap in the segment provides it an opportunity to grow.

We plan to grade schools, train teachers better: Education Secy

In that context lots need to be done. While examining all the aspect number of ways can be done. Our focus on the quality of teachers. If the problem of related to teacher can be solved education can be takeoff especially.

Jharkhand signs 8 MoUs for development in various sectors

The state has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Orient Craft Limited in the textile sector worth Rs 1,500 crore for construction of two parks across a 140-acre land, an official release said.

Education sector to reach Rs 7.8 lakh cr in FY17: Report

The education sector is estimated to reach around Rs 7.8 lakh crore in 2016-17 and has tremendous potential to grow due to a huge demand-supply gap, according to a report.

Worldwide Achievers Felicitated the Winners of Asia Education Summit & Awards 2016

Worldwide Achievers organised the Asia Education Summit & Awards 2016 association with India Today ...

PM Modi holds meeting with HRD and Niti Aayog officials

Sources told PTI, that in a meeting that lasted nearly two and half hours this evening, officials of the NITI Aayog gave presentations related to education from schools to higher education.

Hello GST: Pros and cons of GST on the education sector

Bipin Sapra, Partner – Indirect Tax & Regulatory Services at EY says the education sector benefits from lot of exemptions, which are likely to continue under the GST. However, he also hints at a possibility that the taxes paid on input and input services, which currently amounts to 6-7 percent, could increase under GST.

HDFC pitches for greater govt, investment in education

Terming spending on education as abysmally low at 3% of GDP, eminent industry leader Deepak Parekh called for "aggressive" investments by the government as well as corporates in the sector, saying it is the key to unlock India's demographic dividend.

Union Budget 2015: FM puts education sector on high growth path, says EY

The Union Budget has addressed some of the needs in the education space and has set the pace for new reforms to be introduced

'Need to end adverse selection of education entrepreneur'

A topic that has perhaps been on everybody‘s mind is whether For Profit institutions should be permitted at all levels – more importantly in the education sector. Madhav Chavan, activist and founder President of Pratham says "It is not a question of permitting, we have already permitted now it is a matter of legalizing it."

How can India's education system benefit from FDI?

This week CNBC-TV18's special show Emerging India Awards jointly hosted by ICICI Bank brings fore the state of the education sector in the micro, small & medium enterprises (MSME) space. The government‘s decision to bring in FDI has only hastened the growth in this sector.