education
- India
‘NEET papers sold for Rs 30-32 lakh, cops traced burnt documents’, admit mastermind, students
New Delhi/Patna: The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2024 paper leak fiasco saw a fresh twist on Thursday with the accused persons confessing before the police that question papers were arranged for certain…
- India
‘Bharat’, ‘India’ to be used interchangeably in textbooks: NCERT Chief
New Delhi: “Bharat” and “India” will be used interchangeably in NCERT textbooks as is the case in the country’s Constitution, National Council of Educational Research and Training Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani has…
- India
‘Some irregularities’ in NEET, admits Union education minister
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday, June 14, admitted that “some irregularities have come to light in two places” in the conduct of the 2024 National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG). While…
- India
NEET row: Bihar Police recover 6 post-dated cheques issued to ‘facilitators’
Patna: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police has recovered six post-dated cheques which were suspected to have been issued in favour of the mafia demanding over Rs 30 lakh from…
- India
National anthem now mandatory in J&K schools’ morning assemblies
The School Education Department of Jammu and Kashmir has issued a circular directing all schools in the erstwhile state to start the morning assemblies with a recitation of the national anthem. The…
- India
Assam announces monthly stipend for girls pursuing higher education
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday announced that his government would provide monthly stipends to all girl students from class 11 to post-graduation over the next five years, aiming…
- Telangana
Telangana govt to set up separate panels on agriculture, education
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, June 10, said the state government will set up separate commissions to handle education and farmers’ issues. “Our government has specially identified two areas.…
- News
Congress demands SC-monitored probe into NEET exam ‘irregularities’
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday, June 7, demanded a high-level investigation under the Supreme Court’s supervision into “irregularities” in NEET for medical courses and accused the BJP of cheating youngsters and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s Rainbow Homes transform lives of abandoned, abused girls
Hyderabad: Shruthi (name changed) was just a child born in an underprivileged household when she lost her father. Her step-father got her married when she was just 14. Her husband turned out…
- Hyderabad
No profiteering from school uniforms & books: Hyderabad DEO issues orders
Hyderabad: The District Education Officer (DEO) of Hyderabad issued orders against private schools profiteering through the sale of school uniforms, books, stationary etc. to students. The order dated May 30 asked all…
- Telangana
Telangana schools to reopen on June 12 after summer vacation
Hyderabad: The Department of Education has announced that schools in Telangana will reopen on June 12 for classes 1 to 12 for the academic year 2024-2025. The order said the academic year…
- Education and Career
BITS Pilani opens admissions for working professionals
Hyderabad: The Work Integrated Learning Programmes (WILP) division of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, has announced the opening of admissions for its comprehensive range of M.Tech, MBA, M.Sc, and…
- Business
Rajnish Kumar, Mohandas Pai to step down from Byju’s board
New Delhi: Embattled edtech firm Byju’s on Sunday said its two senior advisory board members – Rajnish Kumar and Mohandas Pai – have decided not to renew the contractual agreement scheduled to…
- News
Election 2024: Evaluating poll promises on education
The ongoing Lok Sabha elections in India will see nearly 970 million registered voters voting this year. Given that India has a median age of 27, the demographic dividend, the opinions, aspirations, and priorities…
- Education and Career
MANUU awards PhD to Maimoona in Education
Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University has awarded PhD to Amatur Rehman Maimoona in the field of Education. According to a press note from MANUU, Dr Maimoona is the daughter of M…
