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Australia is tightening English language requirements for foreign students. This is being touted as a bid to improve standards across the country’s 28 billion dollars ($22 billion) international education market. According to the government data, there are more than 5,50,000 international students in Australia. And this is listed as the lucrative sector as the country’s […]

Diwali bonanza for 800,000 university teaching staff with the Union Cabinet approving revised pay scales that will see their pay packets go up between 22% and 28%. The revision is as per the recommendations made by the 7th Pay Commission. The salary hikes, applicable from 1 January 2016, will cover teachers and professors in central […]

Several students had scored unexpectedly low marks in the exams held in the first half of the year and were hoping for better scores after reassessment of their papers. They have been left sheerly disappointed. While some claimed their scores were reduced to a single digit, a few claimed they got ‘zero’ after re-evaluation. Some […]

Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has been appointed as the chairman of Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. Anupam Kher has earlier headed the Central Board of Film Certification and National School of Drama. He replaces Gajendra Chauhan whose tenure ended on March 3 this year. Gajendra was appointed to the post in June […]

    Odisha government has asked all universities and autonomous colleges in the state to open Equal Opportunity Cells. This came after the University Grant Commission made it mandatory to set up Equal Opportunity Cells in universities and colleges to ensure equity and equal opportunity to all. What Eoc Will Do These cells will cater […]

  A University Grants Commission (UGC) panel has recommended removal of words such as ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’ from the names of Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University. The panel was formed to probe the alleged irregularities in 10 central universities. Panel made the recommendation in the audit report of AMU that these words be […]

ICAI Writes To Ministry Of Corporate Affairs Chartered accountants’ apex body the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has said that it has sought post graduation degree status for CA qualification. A press release added that the CA intermediate programme should be accorded the graduation degree status. In this regard, ICAI has recently written […]

Professors: Make education ‘all inclusive’ Echoing the plea of scores of students, professors from Delhi University want the Goods and Services Tax (GST) applicable on academic activities such as application forms, entrance fees and examination to be withdrawn. Duta Professor Writes To HRD Minister Aditya Narayan Mishra, former president of Delhi University Teachers’ Association and […]

  Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has approved the AAP government’s students higher education loan scheme. This was informed by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who is also the Education Minister of the national Capital. WHAT IS THE LOAN SCHEME The L-G has approved the higher education and skill development loan guarantee scheme under which […]

The HRD Ministry is learnt to have sought informal legal advice on who should act as the University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman. This is in the wake of the six-month delay in appointing a full-time chief. Ved Prakash retired as the UGC chairman on April 3. After this Commission member V S Chauhan has been […]