In major move, the technical education regulator, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has asked states to ensure that diploma students are not turned away by engineering institutes from taking admission to B.Tech courses. The regulatory body…

In a major move, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected NLSIU Bengaluru’s notification for a separate entrance exam, the National Law Aptitude Test-2020 held on September 12, for admission to its five-year integrated BA LLB (Hons) programme. While cancelling…

The CBSE Board is all set to commence the CBSE 10th and 12th Compartmental Exams 2020 from today. The CBSE Board Compartmental Exam 2020 is being held for students who were unable to qualify in the exam held earlier for which results were declared in the…

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Chairman and the UGC chairman to coordinate meetings with regard to the date of the CBSE compartment results. The directive was issued by the union minister…

In a huge relief to Delhi Universities, the Delhi government has released a grant-in-aid of Rs. 32.1 Crore to six of the affiliated colleges. However, the Delhi University Teachers Association has called the grants inadequate to the needs of the colleges.…

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has called for submission of proposals from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in order to offer online and distance learning courses from January 2021. The UGC introduced Open and Distance Learning Programmes and…

Providing relief to students, the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) will conduct compartment and improvement exams for class 10 and 12 from October 6 to 9 2020. The results will be declared on October 17,2020. “Candidates must reach…

To provide employment opportunities for youth, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched an online Portal ‘U Rise’. The portal is expected to benefit over 20 lakh students, getting vocational and technical education, as well as technical experts.…

With the examinations being conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic situation, Indian Institute of Technology, the conducting body of the examination has released a set of guidelines to be followed by the students appearing for the exams. The JEE Advanced…

According to reports, Delhi University’s new academic session will commence on November 18, while admissions for undergraduate courses under the first cut-off list will begin from October 12. The premier varsity announced the admission schedule for undergraduate…

Mumbai-based ed tech startup Genius Teacher, has raised a $2 million angel fund from Whiteboard Capital and VKG Venture LLP. The quiz based firm is founded by Housing.com’s co-founder Advitiya Sharma. The company aims to use this funding to create products…

While addressing the centenary convocation of the University of Mysore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted that the Central government has established a number of higher education institutes, including IITs, IIMS, IIITs and AIIMS across the country.…

The Odisha govt said all educational institutions will remain closed in Odisha till November 30 and classes for 9th to 12th standards will reopen from November 16. “In pursuance of the revised guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government…

According to the Annual State of Education Report (ASER) 2020, West Bengal occupies the top position in the decline of dropout rate among school students during 2018-2020. The school dropout rate in the state declined from 3.3 per cent to 1.5 per cent while…

The Shiv Nadar University has been set up near Chennai. It will be the first private varsity to be legislated in Tamil Nadu in nine decades. The University has become the first private university to be legislated in Tamil Nadu after 90 years since Annamalai…

Start-up Edutech Udayy announced that it had raised $ 2.5 million as part of the funding round led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) and InfoEdge Ventures. Better Capital, Kunal Shah and other angels also participated in the seed capital round, according to…

The Education Ministry said Tuesday that it would relax the admission criteria for NITs and centrally funded technical educational institutions by removing the 75% requirement in grade 12. “Taking into account the decision on IIT JEE (advanced) and in accordance…

The Punjab State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) announced the schedule for evaluating all classes in public schools beginning February 8. This year, not only the council classes (5, 8, 10 and 12), but all grades 1-12 must be considered…

A recent post on social media made the rounds in which the Ministry of Education announced that the criteria for passing the CBSE Class 10, 12, 2021 exam had been revised. Many students who would be taking the board exams this year panicked for this new update.…