NEW DELHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Tuesday said it is striving to make learning a seamless process through digital libraries.

Punjab to provide 70 acres for Indian business school

CHANDIGARH - The Punjab cabinet Tuesday approved in principle transfer of 70 acres of land in the Knowledge City in Mohali town adjoining Chandigarh for setting up Indian School of Business (ISB) in the state.

Orissa seeks Rs.16,000 crore to work right to education

BHUBANESWAR - The Orissa government Tuesday sought Rs.16,000 crore from the central government to implement Right to Education (RTE) Act in the state from April.

Class eight to shift to primary slab in Gujarat

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat government proposes to bring a bill in the state assembly’s budget session, opening Wednesday, that will transfer class eight from the secondary slab of education to the primary one.

Univision and the Obama administration join forces to improve Hispanic academic achievement

Court restrains school from seeking hiked quarterly fees

NEW DELHI - Restraining a school in the capital from demanding hiked fees on quarterly basis instead of monthly, the Delhi High Court Tuesday directed it to stop this practice.

More funds to safeguard foreign students’s fees in Australia

NEW DELHI - Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard Tuesday announced funding of A$5.1 million to further strengthen the country’s international education industry and “safeguard the course fees of international students”.

Students should sign undertaking on sexual harassment: Professors

NEW DELHI - Just like they do in case of ragging, university students should be made to sign undertakings against sexual harassment in order to curb such cases on campuses, said professors of prominent varsities in the capital Tuesday.

China tells schools to cut ties with relief agency Oxfam, says it has hidden political agenda

Liberia ex-fighters told government cannot pay college fees as promised, forcing drop-outs

More adolescents suffer cyber bullying now

LONDON - Around 10 percent of all adolescents in grades 7-9 are victims of Internet bullying, says a new study.

China rejects report schools linked to hacking, criticizes suggestions government involved

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Sssh, sleeping is helping the baby learn

WASHINGTON - Anyone who grew up in a large family probably remembers hearing “don’t wake the baby”. Latest research confirms that sleep is an integral part of how infants learn more about their new world.

Kids only trust adults, when it comes to rules

LONDON - Children don’t trust other kids when it comes to learning a new game and will turn to adults to learn them instead, says a new study.

Music helps kids process speech more accurately

WASHINGTON - Playing musical instruments helps youngsters process speech more accurately in noisy classrooms and interpret nuances of language that are conveyed by subtle changes in the human voice, says a new study.

China orders schools to shun British relief agency Oxfam over alleged political agenda

China tells schools to shun British agency Oxfam

Reticent Toyota president typical for Japan Inc., where harmony reigns not wherewithal

Reticent Toyota president typical for Japan Inc.

UC San Diego freezes media funding after student TV show mocks blacks’ outrage to ghetto party

Few people survive 5 heart attacks; Cheney illustrates peril and progress in heart disease

Ark. lawmakers refuse to give up $2.9M in local project money for budget needs

Health Care REIT, Forest City form joint venture over Cambridge, Mass., project

Ralph Remington is named director of the NEA’s theater and musical-theater division

Salman Rushdie visits Atlanta’s Emory University for opening of his literary archive

New teacher contracts in Minn., Conn., Philly support reforms in failing urban schools

Student found dead at suburban NY college; police say campus safe, killing was ‘family matter’

IGNOU pushing for seamless flow of knowledge