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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved a set of regulations aimed at decentralising power. This will allow central universities such as Delhi University to launch new departments, programmes, schools and centres without the regulator’s approval. The UGC, the country’s higher education regulator, will extend the privilege to top-performing state universities as well. The UGC […]

According to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2016-17, the number of college teachers in Maharashtra has dropped by around 15,000 in the past one year while the student enrolment has been increased marginally. WHAT SURVEY SUGGESTS: –As per the survey by AISHE, the state now has one teacher for every 27 students […]

Jawaharlal Nehru University has tied up with Busan University of Foreign Studies(BUFS), Republic of Korea to jointly organise programmes under its first ‘Academia-Industry Initiative’ undertaken by BUFS and the Centre for Korean Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. This 4-week special programme consists of various academic and cultural activities of the Korean students […]

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has opened the facility removal of discrepancy in picture facility for Joint Entrance Examination, JEE mains 2018. As per the schedule, JEE (Main) 2018 in pen and paper mode will be held on April 8, 2018, whereas the computer-based exam will be conducted on April 15, 2018 and […]

Seventh-century mathematician Brahmagupta discovered the law of gravity a thousand years before English scientist Isaac Newton did. This is the beleief and statement of the Rajasthan Education Minister Vasudev Devnani. And he did not stop here and also wondered why the education curriculum in India ignored this. WHAT MINISTER ASSERTED “We studied that Newton came […]

As many as 16 tricity students have made it to the top 1% in Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017. PEC graduate Vipul Kukkar, 22, scores 99.99 percentile, just behind Pramod Beri at 100 Meanwhile, 15 other students from the tricity have also managed to score above 99 percentile. Pramod, who hails from Phagwara, said: “Guidance […]

IIM Lucknow has released the score card for candidates who appeared in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017. Candidates would need their login id and password to login to their account and download their score card. CAT result is declared in the form of percentile score with 100 percentile being the maximum. How to check […]

Good news for students who love to learn through educational video prohrams. Yes, you heard it right. Educational channels launched by the human resource development (HRD) ministry will now be available on Reliance Jio mobile app and TV. According to our reports in 2016, the government launched 32 educational channels through DTH, but now, students […]

CAT 2017 result are out and as has been the trend, 20 candidates have scores a 100 percentile this year as well. The results were officially declared on the CAT official website and candidates were individually notified also through SMS on their registered mobile numbers. THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES However, bucking the trend this year, candidates […]

  A parliamentary panel has recommended to accord statutory powers to the National Council for vocational training (NCVT). This is being done so that NCVT could play the role of a regulator for skill education, on the lines of bodies like the UGC and the AICTE. The panel chaired by Kirit Somaiya is of the […]