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Approximately 8000 CCTV cameras have been installed in order to keep any malpractice during the exam in check. On his first visit to National testing Agency (NTA), Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar lauded the efforts of the newly minted agency in conducting transparent and user-friendly examinations. Approximately 8000 CCTV cameras have been installed in order […]

Addressing the issue of quality education, NITI Aayog has recommended spending more on education as a whole. Addressing the issue of quality education, NITI Aayog in its ‘Strategy for New India @ 75’ report, the government think tank has advocated spending more on education as a whole. In the report the advisory body has highlighted […]

The Haryana govt launches the Shiksha Setu app to provide students with information on attendance, fee, online admission, and scholarships.

Stressing on equality and the necessity of staying united, Mamata Banerjee tweeted,” Today is #MinorityRightsDay. We are all equal and united. Unity in diversity is our strength.” Over 1.7 crore minority community students have been awarded scholarship in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today. “You will be happy to know that in #Bangla, […]

The required training to students and faculty from Afghanistan would be imparted by MHRD, Government of India. Union Cabinet, yesterday, approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Afghanistan on cooperation in the field of Human Resource Development. The MoU between the two countries will facilitate students and faculty of Educational Institutions […]

The AIIMS in Tamil Nadu was announced in the Budget Speech of Finance Minister in 2015-16 and Ministry of Finance conveyed its in-principle approval for establishment of AIIMS in Telangana in April, 2018. The Union cabinet has today approved establishment of two new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Tamil Nadu and Telangana. […]

University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a new notification in regard to the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) for minority students for the year 2018-19. University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a new notification in regard to the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) for minority students for the year 2018-19. According to the latest announcement, […]

UGC has in last week invited applications for awarding 1,000 MANF scholarship for minority students for the academic year 2018-19 after an interval of 2 years. Latest UGC notification on research fellowships for minority candidates has run into trouble after several researchers and student organisations raised questions about the criteria advertised by the Commission. The […]

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar Saturday said there would a separate ranking process for small universities in the country in future. Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said there would a separate ranking process for small universities in the country in future. He said since the ‘no detention policy’ might spoil the education, the government plans […]

The Central Government might rope in private agencies for accreditation of educational institutes. The Central Government might rope in private agencies for accreditation of educational institutes. The Union Minister for HRD, Prakash Javadekar said on Friday that the government had approached IITs and IIMs too in this regard. The Union HRD Minister had earlier also […]