Hyderabad: Telangana has one of the highest college enrolment rates in the country, but far fewer of those students are pursuing research. While over 14 lakh are pursuing undergraduate degrees and another 2.43 lakh are at postgraduate level, only 9,347 are registered PhD scholars, according to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24…
Hyderabad: Commenting on the quality of education during an interaction programme with teachers, chief minister Revanth Reddy criticised engineering graduates who lacked basic skills.“Every year nearly 1.1 lakh graduates pass out from engineering colleges. Many of them, if you ask them to write an application for a job on a plain paper, they cannot write…
The programme is intended to enhance employability, promote entrepreneurship and strengthen academia-industry linkages Panaji: State govt has decided to provide Rs 34 crore to Maharashtra-based Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (TMV), Pune, to implement a skill development, technical training and employment generation initiative at the electronic manufacturing cluster (EMC), Tuem, for three years.The directorate of skill development…
Orientation programme on building global careers held at AISSMS Pune: A delegation from Japanese industry recently interacted with students of AISSMS College of Engineering (AISSMS COE), outlining career opportunities, workplace expectations and the skills required to secure jobs in the country, as demand for skilled engineers continues to grow in Japan.The orientation programme, titled Building…
The scheme will be implemented through the BOCW Welfare Board Jaipur: The labour department is preparing to roll out a large-scale skill development scheme to train about 14 lakh registered construction workers and their dependants in construction-related and non-construction skills.The department will use up to 10% of the annual labour cess collected under the Building…
City campuses embrace foreign languages to provide better career prospects to students Chennai: Megeshwaran A, a BE civil engineering graduate from a city college, was offered a job at a Japanese company that pays ₹30 lakh per annum. He also got offers from Indian companies willing to pay ₹10 lakh a year. What attracted employers…
T’puram: Digital University Kerala (DUK) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kerala-based commercial satellite company HEX20 to jointly design and implement a specialized hands-on training programme in satellite technology, aimed at preparing students for careers in the rapidly expanding space sector.The partnership seeks to provide selected students from India and abroad with practical training…
Chandigarh: As UNESCO marks World Youth Skills Day 2026 on July 15 with the theme ‘Skills for a Shared Future’, highlighting the importance of equipping young people with AI, digital and green skills, a visit to Chandigarh’s vocational training institutes reveals an ecosystem attempting to adapt to a rapidly changing world of work, one where…
Students practice English language skills in a newly established Comprehensive English Language Laboratory (CELL) at a Tambaram City Municipal Corporation school Chennai: The Tambaram City Municipal Corporation will set up comprehensive English language laboratories (CELL) at corporation schools at a cost of ₹1.2 crore to improve grammar, pronunciation, writing, communication and presentation skills using Computer…
Lucknow: Moving beyond conventional degrees, many Class XII students in the city are opting for niche undergraduate courses, driven by passion and a clear intent to become entrepreneurs.Amrita Singh of Lucknow Public College has applied for a BVoC in Beauty and Wellness in Noida, among the few courses offering specialised training in nail art and…
