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Punjab has emerged as the top state in India in providing best infrastructure and facilities to primary and upper primary schools. Punjab education minister Upinderjit Kaur said Punjab has replaced Delhi, which is now behind it in second place in infrastructure index.

Having obtained permission from the Ministry of HRD, IIT Kanpur is set to start work on the proposed extension centre in Noida soon. According to Registrar of IIT Kanpur Sanjiv Kashalkar, the centre is going to be ready by 2012. 

Pune University’s recent move to set up its centre in the UAE has established a precedent of sorts among the government run institutions. Other colleges and universities in the country may follow suit and open their own centres abroad to expand their businesses in foreign shores. 

The human resource development (HRD) ministry was asked by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Sunday to submit a status report on the Right to Education (RTE). This development points to UPA Government’s eagerness to table the Bill in the forthcoming budget session.