Education: News
31 Jul 2017
DelhiDU to organize special admission drive to fill up seats
With 1,500 seats still left vacant, Delhi University is all set to conduct special admission drive for applicants under reserved quota and will release two more cut-off lists on August 3 and August 7.
31 Jul 2017
DelhiDelhi govt stops funding to 28 DU colleges
The Delhi government has stopped funding to 28 DU colleges for allegedly not forming governing bodies. Twelve are fully-funded; the rest are partially-funded.
30 Jul 2017
LucknowCAT 2017: Examination to be held on November 26
The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 for admission into the top B-schools, will be conducted on November 26.
28 Jul 2017
IndiaLok Sabha passes IIM Bill seeking to remove Government interference
The Lok Sabha has approved the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) Bill, 2017 that grants functional autonomy to the institutions and allows them to award degrees.
28 Jul 2017
ExamsUPSC Prelims 2017: Results declared
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the result of the civil services preliminary examination on Thursday.
27 Jul 2017
IndiaBill passed: 15 IIITs can now award degrees to students
The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) have been declared "institutions of national importance". As of today, 15 of them can award degrees, including M.Tech and Ph.D.
27 Jul 2017
DelhiUP Government department duped, paid lakhs for fake study tour
A UP government department got hoodwinked by a company claiming to have been established by Delhi government; they eventually ended up paying lakhs of rupees after the former arranged overseas study tour for a senior official.
25 Jul 2017
KarnatakaKarnataka: Engineering colleges raise their cut-off ranks this year
Anxiety gripped engineering aspirants in Karnataka as several engineering colleges raised their cut-off ranks this year. RV College of Engineering, for instance, raised its cut-off rank to 310 from 450 in 2016.
24 Jul 2017
TransgendersIGNOU receives '100 applications' from transgenders, post tuition fees waiver
Who could have thought that a question would lead to a stupendous change for the transgender community. Well yes, it was just last month when IGNOU waived off tuition fees for the transgenders and since then the University has received over 100 applications from the community.
24 Jul 2017
Delhi UniversityCollege students to now receive 'free Wi-Fi', courtesy Reliance Jio
Reliance Jio is everywhere. After bombarding with free feature phones, Reliance Jio is all set to offer free Wi-Fi to around three crore college students across the country.
22 Jul 2017
Jammu And KashmirContinuous shelling by Pakistan hits education sector in Kashmir
Continuous shelling by Pakistan has hit J&K's education scenario. At least one school premise has been heavily damaged.
21 Jul 2017
MumbaiMumbai University: One lakh answer sheets sent to wrong teachers
Mumbai University students are scared of losing their seats in foreign-universities and in Indian colleges, as online assessment of answer sheets is nowhere near meeting its July 31 deadline.
19 Jul 2017
DelhiAt least 9 percent IITians dropped out in 2016-17
According to latest data released by the HRD ministry, IITs have seen about 9% students (889) dropping out in the 2016-17 academic year.
18 Jul 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaSC dismisses plea seeking minimum qualification for MLAs/MPs
The SC has dismissed a petition that sought to fix "minimum qualifications for becoming an MP or MLA", saying it was for the parliament to decide.
15 Jul 2017
Narendra ModiKendriya Vidyalayas introduce video and programming games in their curriculum
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is collaborating with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Laboratories to create an advanced education system.
15 Jul 2017
KarnatakaTeaching Kannada becomes compulsory in all Karnataka schools
After setting aside 5% jobs for state civil services, for aspirants who studied Kannada in school, Karnataka government has now made teaching Kannada compulsory in all schools.
11 Jul 2017
Narendra ModiNo yoga or other sports, no engineering degree!
The All India Council for Technical Education has now made it mandatory to be actively involved in yoga, sports or other socially relevant activities to be awarded a degree in engineering and technical colleges and institutes.
10 Jul 2017
University Grants CommissionGovernment teachers set to get pay hikes after a decade
After more than 10 years, teachers and staff in government institutes are set to get a hike in the range of 22-28%.
10 Jul 2017
IndiaSwayam: 24x7 access to educational content through DTH, mobile
Soon, thousands of academic courses will stream on mobiles, tablets and DTH channels for students from Class IX to post graduation in India.
09 Jul 2017
IIT-KanpurIIT Kanpur terminates 60 students for unsatisfactory performance
IIT Kanpur has terminated 60 students for unsatisfactory performance. The list includes six research scholars. Some were even in their final year.
08 Jul 2017
XMalala graduates from high school, Twitter applauds her
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who became a global face of girls education after getting shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012, recently graduated from Birmingham's Edgbaston school.
08 Jul 2017
Delhi UniversityGST to be introduced in DU's curriculum
Delhi University is soon to introduce GST as part of its curriculum.
04 Jul 2017
Firozabad15-year-old boy from UP's Firozabad could become youngest IITian
A 15-year-old boy from Firozabad has cleared the IIT-JEE (Advanced). He could become the youngest person to get admitted into IIT.
03 Jul 2017
MumbaiMaharashtra girl wins 1st Kalpana Chawla scholarship
Sonal Baberwal from Amaravati created history by becoming the first winner of Kalpana Chawla scholarship of the International Space University (ISU) in Ireland.
Indian teen uses MIT's tool to teach coding to orphans
17-year-old Jay Jaganaath simply wowed everyone when he started teaching coding to orphaned children in SOS Children's Village, an NGO in Faridabad.
30 Jun 2017
UttarakhandUttarakhand government schools to have 'English' as medium of instruction
In an ambitious move by the Uttarakhand government, over 18,000 government schools will now have 'English' as the teaching medium.
29 Jun 2017
JharkhandJharkhand ministers turn students, take lessons from IIM-A Professors
At least 9 Jharkhand ministers took management lessons at the premier Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad to deliver their pre-poll promises.
27 Jun 2017
Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentFormer ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan to head education policy panel
The HRD Ministry has formed a nine-member panel to work on a New Education Policy to transform school and higher education.
23 Jun 2017
IndiaWhy do so many IITians commit suicide?
During January-April 2017, there were four suicides at the prestigious IITs, three at Kharagpur.
22 Jun 2017
BiharBihar Class X results: Only half the students pass
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) declared results for Class X board exams today.
21 Jun 2017
ExamsFrom next year, CBSE board exams to start in February
From the next academic session, Class X and XII students of CBSE will have to sit for their board exams a month earlier, in February.
20 Jun 2017
PunjabPunjab: Free education for girls from nursery to PhD
The Punjab government announced a slew of social welfare measures for various groups. A major step was towards women empowerment: girls will now get free education in government institutions from nursery to PhD.
20 Jun 2017
IndiaScholarship of Rs. 1cr for UG programs in Australia
Good news for Indian students. Sydney-based Macquarie University is launching the second edition of 0the Big History International Student Undergraduate Scholarship.
12 Jun 2017
IndiaSuper 30 breaks its records, every student cracks JEE
Mathematician Anand Kumar runs an institution called "Ramanujan School of Mathematics" and every year this institution picks up 30 meritorious students from the backward sections of the society.
