LITERACY HIGHER EDUCATION

The budget is not just about finances; it is a reflection of a country's priorities. Investing in education, health, and women's empowerment is crucial for economic growth. With the right allocations, India can boost literacy, healthcare, and female...

Indian households traditionally prefer fixed deposits, gold, and real estate for investments. However, equities, mutual funds, SGBs, InvITs, and REITs offer higher returns over the long term. StockGro aims to educate and empower investors in the equ...

India's young population of 1.4 billion with a median age of 28.2 and urban population of 36%. Diverse investment landscape with BSE Sensex reaching 75,000. Strong financial planning for the future with a focus on asset allocation and growth-oriente...

Drawing from our data, these are mostly the Nordic countries, Canada and the UK. They have a strong educational system and do well in financial literacy. This does matter — studying microdata across countries, we’ve found people with greater financi...

Countries aim to achieve UN SDGs but struggle due to lack of focus. Malawi prioritizes tablets for learning, India uses class shuffling, and Colombia focuses on literacy. Ghana digitizes revenue, and e-procurement reduces corruption for efficient go...

At around 2,000 this year, the number is still just a fraction of the Indian students enrolled in traditionally popular destinations such as the US, UK, Canada and Australia. But the East Asian technology hub is fast emerging as an alternative desti...

Bihar's economy has grown faster than the national economy, but it remains India's poorest state in terms of per-capita income. It faces challenges such as low urbanization, gender disparities, and low enrollment in higher education. Improving these...

Ashish Singhal of CoinSwitch expresses optimism regarding India's evolving regulatory landscape for innovation in the digital ecosystem. He further discussed efforts to educate beginners and promote financial literacy, the interest of businesses in ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) released regulations for foreign campuses, but there are concerns about the 10-year permit duration and lack of financial benefits. The upcoming budget announcement presents an opportunity to address these conc...

The 2023 ASER report explores the educational status of 14-18-year-olds in India. The report reveals that 85.6% of the cohort are enrolled in school or college. However, a significant number of youth lack foundational literacy and numeracy skills. T...

AI development, for instance, relies on maths, engineering and science. But creating an AI application product or service requires heuristic (where rules are only loosely defined, such as in frontier technologies), not just deductive, thinking.

As parents, we tend to shield our children from thinking too much about money. This is a grave mistake. Spending on children is good, but teaching them about money should not be ignored. This is the most important thing about personal finance that m...

Each individual will possess a unique APAAR ID, linked to the Academic Bank Credit (ABC), a digital repository housing information about the credits earned by students throughout their educational journey. With the APAAR ID, students can digitally s...

The IT/ITeS sector has been investing heavily in internal training and upskilling. Upskilling programmes are not only for young students, but also for mid-career professionals who want to enhance their skills and remain up-to-date with industry chan...

Senior IAS officers Amit Agrawal and Subodh Kumar Singh have been appointed as CEO Unique Identification Authority of India and director general of the National Testing Agency. As many as 13 senior officers have been appointed in different central g...

Policymakers and teachers must reboot so that the education system does not merely produce human chatbots.

By empowering women with financial education and resources, we can bridge long-standing gaps and help drive economic growth on a national level. When women progress, India progresses, and therefore, it is crucial to prioritise and invest in women's ...

The commerce and industry ministry said that "a whole of the government approach" is being adopted, for better decision-making, and planning of projects such as comprehensive mapping of schools, hospitals, services and public utilities.

The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on Wednesday said it has signed a partnership agreement with Adobe to accelerate digital creativity skills across the country.