India: Government set to launch National Mission on Education

The government is all set to formally launch the National Mission on Education and plans to leverage ICT as the medium for spreading literacy. Only 13% of India’s graduates are actually employable. India needs to focus on vocational education to develop skilled manpower that can be employed. Long distance learning, virtual universities, 10$ laptop and the demand to deregularize higher education featured in education news. Indian School of Business upped its ranking in the Financial Times Global MBA rankings.

-Chillibreeze Business Research Team

Trends
Right to education more rhetoric than action
Young engineers scale down ambitions
Economic slowdown: Campus recruitments dry up
Assocham seeks deregulation of higher education in India

Government Policy
Centre to make available low-cost computers
Shri Arjun Singh to Launch National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology on 3rd February
Omar secures an IIM for J&K
Proposal sent for 6 Govt schools’ development under RMSA

Plans-Academic Institutions and Corporates
Educomp bags Rs 120-cr orders from UP, Assam
Punjab Agricutural University signs MoU with IBM for agricultural informatics
Symbiosis to aid Malaysian varsity in developing course work
Cornell University and Sathguru announce the 10th edition of the Food and Agribusiness Management Program (AMP), 2009

Surveys and Reports
ISB moves up to 15th in top-100 B-school

Technology in Education
Indian scientists to unveil a $10 laptop!
Distance learning helps India address its voracious demand for managers

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