NEWS NUGGETS

Vriti, an e- learning company has launched an education app, Vlearnsmart, enabling students to access course content on android services.

Educomp has won an order to set up ICT divisions worth 209 crore which would benefit 6,50,000 students admitted in government schools in Assam.

IIM Kozikode has planned to set up a satellite campus at Kochi with an infopark that will focus exclusively on executive education.

The government has launched the Central Scheme of Interest Subsidy on educational loans for the weaker sections of society.

An investment

worth 80,000 crore has been planned by the HRD ministry to double the enrolment ratio by 2020.