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A group of employees from Byju’s on October 25 met Kerala labour minister V Sivankutty, accusing the company of forcing more than 170 staff to resign, as it plans to discontinue operations in Thiruvananthapuram. Minister stepping in The group approached Prathidhwani, a welfare organisation of techies for help. Prathidhwani requested Sivankutty to step in and […]

The government told the Supreme Court that Indian students who were studying in Ukraine but had to return home due to the war cannot be accommodated in Indian universities. There was no provision for it in the National Medical Commission Act. Background Thousands of Indian students studying MBBS in Ukraine had to abandon their studies […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has named 24 “self-styled” fake universities and has found two more in violation of norms. The state-wise details are available on UGC’s website ugc.ac.in. Delhi Delhi has the highest fake universities at eight. They are- All India Institute of Public & Physical Health Sciences Commercial University Ltd. Daryaganj United Nations […]

The Assam cabinet has decided to convert all all-girls government schools in the state to co-ed schools. Turning co-ed This is reportedly a step to ensure gender equality. Education minister Ronoj Pegu said that except a few schools with historical background, all government-run girls-exclusive schools in the state will be converted into co-educational ones. Math […]

The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 for UG Admissions will be held in two phases between July 15 and August 4. Admit cards The admit cards for those appearing in phase one have been issued. Admit cards for phase two will be issued on July 31. Phase two will start on August 4. University […]

On June 29, the QS Best Student Cities Ranking was released, placing Mumbai as the highest-ranked city in India. London has emerged as the best city for students looking to study abroad in terms of affordability, student facilities, and university standard among other factors, according to the QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2023.  SQ Best […]

Education Minister of Maharashtra Varsha Gaikwad has said that schools in the state will reopen from June 15 after a long summer and COVID-19 break. Return After A Long Gap She said that students in Classes 1 and 2 have not been able to go to schools due to the pandemic for the last two […]

The United Kingdom has introduced a new High Potential Individual (HPI) visa path. Applicants won’t need a job offer or sponsorship. The High Potential Individual (HPI) visa is aimed at attracting high-skilled foreign university graduates. How It Works Graduates from the top 50 non-UK universities will be able to stay and work set up as […]

The QUAD fellowship is going to sponsor 25 students each year from every QUAD country to pursue masters and doctoral degrees at leading Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) universities in the USA.  On Tuesday, the leaders of QUAD countries launched the QUAD Fellowship. This fellowship is a one-of-its-kind scholarship programme created in order to […]

Gujarat Government has announced that it will promote all students from Classes 1 to 8 regardless of the marks they scored due to disruptions caused by the pandemic. Pandemic Struggles This is in spite of the offline exams already being conducted this year. However, for a majority of primary and upper primary class students, classes […]

Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) M. Jagadesh Kumar said that postgraduate admissions will soon be conducted through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET). The CUET was introduced last month as a single window for admissions to undergraduate programmes in central universities across the country. Since then, many other non-central universities also opted to […]

The latest QS World University Rankings are out and for the tenth year in a row MIT has received top honors.  The rankings this year feature 1,029 universities. IIT-Kharagpur IIT-Kharagpur is among the top ranks, recognised for the study of several subjects in the domain of engineering. It ranked 37th, an improvement from its 44th […]

The Tamil Nadu government announced that it will transfer a monthly deposit of Rs 1,000 in the bank accounts of girl students. Education Without Interruptions This is to encourage them to pursue and complete higher education without worries about financial constraints. Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan told the Assembly that approximately six lakh girls are […]

Medical education minister of Madhya Pradesh Vishwas Sarang has said that MBBS will now be taught in India’s mother tongue, that is, Hindi in the state. First State In India This makes the state the first to offer the MBBS course in Hindi. The state government will offer the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of […]

The Delhi High Court wants the Centre’s response on a plea challenging certain provisions of the Right to Education Act, 2009. Irrational Education Provisions It is challenging the provisions for being arbitrary and irrational and wants a common syllabus and curriculum for children across the country. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and […]

The Central Board of Secondary Education or CBSE will release the Term 1 Result on the official site of CBSE and CBSE Results. However, the result date and time is not announced yet.  Where To Check The Class 10, 12 result will be available on the official links- cbse.gov.in and cbseresults.nic.in. Apart from the two […]

Schools throughout the country are being closed in the advent of the pandemic’s third wave fueled by the Omicron variant.  Curbing transmission and surge in cases by any means necessary is the need of the hour, and schools are no exception. Read on to find out the states which have given the order. Delhi The […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has said that educational documents issued on the DigiLocker platform are valid documents. DigiLocker Docs Treated As Valid It has issued the notice to Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) to accept documents like degrees, mark sheets in digital format. The UGC has been designated as an authorized body by the Education […]

The Supreme Court has rejected pleas made by students that wanted the 10th and 12th exams to be conducted in hybrid mode. Board exams of both CBSE, ICSE will take place exclusively offline. The Case For Hybrid Mode The petitioners said that it was unwise to conduct the exams in person since it could spread […]

The Supreme Court has allowed school managements to take legal action if students do not pay the fee instalments on time. On May 3, the court had said that states cannot undermine the autonomy of private unaided schools to fix and collect “just” and “permissible” school fees especially in the name of the pandemic. Challenging […]