Despite more students showing up than in previous years, Tamil Nadu is falling behind in passing the NEET. When compared to the previous two years, the pass rate has decreased this year. According to the latest data, in comparison to last year, Tamil Nadu’s NEET pass percentage fell by 6 per cent this year. Last […]
Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said India needs to understand what the industry requires and educational institutions need to produce students capable of getting into industry to serve the country’s development goals. Sitharaman at an event here said India’s higher education was no less when compared to global universities and people who […]
The All India Democratic Students’ Organization on Saturday termed the launch of the Delhi Model Virtual School “anti-student” and said the move will “destroy the foundation” of the education ecosystem. Online classes can never be a “wholesome substitute” for classroom learning, it said in a statement. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday launched the Delhi […]
The Delhi University will commence launch the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) portal for admissions to undergraduate courses on Monday, September 12, officials have said. This year, the university is taking admission on the basis of the scores in Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2022, and not the class 12 ‘best of four’ marks. Admission to DU through the CSAS will be […]
The Delhi High Court Friday sought the response of the Centre and National Medical Commission (NMC) on a plea by five differently-abled MBBS students challenging a provision that restricts the maximum number of attempts to four to clear the first year of examination. A bench of Chief Justice S C Sharma and Justice Yashwant Varma […]
To improve the confidentiality of the NEET UG 2022 evaluation process, the National Testing Agency (NTA) assigned fictitious roll numbers to the OMR answer sheets of all examinees this year. According to a report in the Indian Express, it is for the first time that NTA has taken such a move. Although OMR answer scripts […]
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched a revamped curriculum on employability skills in association with Quest Alliance, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), and various other curriculum bodies within the MSDE ecosystem. This initiative is being supported by the Future Right Skills Network, a collaborative effort by Quest Alliance, Accenture, Cisco, and […]
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has pitched for incorporating ‘karuna’ or compassion as a subject in modern education system in India, saying it should be taught to students “not as a religious subject” but as a way to foster inner peace and learn greater human values. In a recorded video message played during an online […]
