CBSE IIT JEE Advanced results declared

The JEE (Advanced) results have been announced today, on June 12. This year, Aman Bansal from Jaipur bagged the fist position followed by Bhavesh Dhingra from Yamuna Nagar and Kunal Goyal from Jaipur who secured the second and third positions in the test respectively. A total of 36,566 candidates qualified the examination out of 1.47 lakh. Among the girls, Riya Singh...

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'No jeans at work places': Haryana government to teachers

Last week, the Haryana state education department issued an order asking the teachers to avoid wearing jeans in work places. The Director of Elementary Education, Panchkula in an order issued on June 4 also directed the teachers not to visit the director of Education in western attire. The Director Elementary Education in an order addressed to District Moral...

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Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya felicitated with Regius Professorship

Founder of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, who is of Indian origin, was awarded the prestigious Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Queen Elizabeth II.  He was honoured with this award for his outstanding contribution in manufacturing. According to The Quint, he has given recommendations to the UK government on manufacturing, innovation,...

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President Pranab Mukherjee gives reforms for university education

President Mukherjee attended the book launch of Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday, May 8, counting the importance of university education in Indian scenario. Why are universities so important for the President? One of the most well educated politicians, Mukherjee marked the importance of universities in his life: University tours helped in gaining more...

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PG seats unrecognised in government medical colleges

Students practice hard to crack the entrance exams to get into one of the preferred colleges of their choice but the saddening part is 30 per cent of the post graduate medical seats have remained unrecognised in government medical colleges since 2013. The matter came into notice when the Medical Council of India (MCI) gave a few seats to some students, which were not...

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JNU students protest outside MHRD to demand OBC reservation

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, along with their union president Kanhaiya Kumar, on Thursday, June 9, protested outside the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) demanding that reservation to OBC candidates be granted for appointments at associate professor level, following which 36 of them were detained. Earlier, on Wednesday, the students had...

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Delhi University's law faculty awaits BCI affiliation

Delhi University has only two weeks and a little more time left to upgrade themselves in all sense, including infrastructure and appointment of teachers of the law faculty. It is only after completion of the formalities that the Bar Council of India will affiliate them. Law Faculty of DU at present: The law faculty at DU is currently not affiliated by the BCI In 2014,...

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Mobile app to be launched for admission ease in six government colleges

In an attempt to make admission procedures and applications easier and more convenient for the applicants, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to launch a new mobile application for six government colleges in the city. The decision has been implemented by UT Higher education department for the government colleges in Chandigarh. About the mobile application...

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President Pranab Mukherjee gives reforms for university education

President Mukherjee attended the book launch of Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday, May 8, counting the importance of university education in Indian scenario. Why are universities so important for the President? One of the most well educated politicians, Mukherjee marked the importance of universities in his life: University tours helped in gaining more...

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DU teachers protest, threaten to quit admission process

Delhi University teachers have refused to participate in the process of admission for the commencing academic session so as to protest the University Grants Commission's (UGC)  third amendment. Why are they planning boycotting the admission process? The ongoing protest is a repercussion of UGC's notification which would snatch the jobs of 5,000 ad-hoc teachers...

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JNU students protest against OBC reservations for professors

Jawaharlal Nehru University students protested against University Grant Commission's rule of 27 percent OBC reservation for assistant professors in the university only. What do the students want? The fact that the reservation is applicable only to assistant professors was not acceptable by the university students The students want the reservation to be extended to those...

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Anna University announces admission dates for TNEA

Anna University in Tamil Nadu has announced admission dates for 2016 batch. The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) for the university will begin on June 26. Counselling dates for admission: Rank list will be published on June 22 Call letters can be downloaded from the official website of the university Admissions at Anna University will begin with counselling...

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Student suicides shake up officials

As the board results of various central and state boards are being declared, what would soon be hitting us are suicide reports. Letters left by students who committed suicides in Kota have shaken up numerous officials and experts, forcing them to think of preventive steps by addressing the root causes of student suicides. The middle-class Engineering Obsession: The national obsession of parents to thrust the engineering stream upon their children...

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Smriti Irani goes live on Facebook: 10 things the Minister stated on Board Results, NEET issue and other problems

In a live Facebook interaction today, on May 17, HRD Minister Smriti Irani talked about the new education policy, delay of state results and other related educational problems plaguing in this country. Here is the minister's reaction on some recent educational issues in India. On delay of board results: Irani said, "Last October 2015, under the chairmanship of Secretary School Education, we held a meeting with all the state board and decision...

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National Law University Assam students protest against authorities'

Students at National Law University and Judicial Academy (NLUJA), Assam have been protesting and holding a strike since Monday, as the facilities which they were promised in lieu of high fees charged, have not been provided to them. An indefinite strike has been called and the classes have also been suspended. What lead to the strike? According to livelaw reports, students started protesting only after the authorities gave a neglected response...

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NITI Aayog suggests use of private bodies to carry out accreditation of Indian institutes

The think tank of the government, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog suggested the use of private bodies to accredit higher education institutions in India in order to clear the current backlog. The idea was proposed in a meeting with the Prime Minister. Currently, in India, even internationally reputed Indian institutions are not permitted to accredit Indian courses. What officials have to say: "It would require nine...

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Dabi's score of 52 percent reflects the strict pattern of civil services exam

Tina Dabi, who topped the civil services exam this year, had scored just over 52 percent marks in the UPSC-conducted esteemed examination to choose the top-most bureaucrats of the country. Her score reflected the strict measures that the  Union Public Service Commission undertakes to ensure that the competitive exam is conducted in...

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Gujarat Board Class 12 (Science) Exam 2016

The board results of the Class 12 (Science) stream examination are expected to be declared tomorrow, May 17 on the official website, the link for which is, http://www.gseb.org/ The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) conducted the examination of Class 12 in the March, 2016.   According to reports, out of total 7, 93,684 lakh Class 12, around...

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Karnataka SSLC Class 10 Results delayed: Anxious students

Students are eagerly waiting for the Karnataka SSLC result, as the board was supposed to declare the result by today, May 13, on the official website, http://kseeb.kar.nic.in/. Every year, over 8.50 lakh students appear for this examination, and students, who fail in the exam, can appear for the supplementary exam in the month of June. About 1.50 lakh students have...

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Maharashtra Government to settle school fee row in panel

As specified under Maharashtra Educational Institutions (Regulation of Collection of fee Act 2011), the state government has regulated panels in each state division.  Parents and school authorities can now approach these fee panels in case of fee hike of 15 percent. The order to hike fees by 15 percent in schools was passed by the interim Bombay High Court on...

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