Indian academics lead the world in publishing in fake journals – tarring the whole education sector

A UGC decision in 2010 making research compulsory for teachers to rise up the ladder prompted some to pay dubious publications to feature their work.

Pushkar Sinha

· Jan 21, 2019 · 08:00 am

NEET 2018: SC quashes order granting 196 grace marks to students who wrote exam in Tamil

The Madras High Court had awarded the marks after it was revealed that certain questions were incorrectly translated from English to Tamil.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 22, 2018 · 10:34 pm

Here’s why the Common Law Admission Test is going offline after four years of online exams

Over a third of this year’s candidates had to log in more than once to complete the test, yet the examiners ‘grossly underestimated’ the problem.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Nov 02, 2018 · 07:30 am

Fake degree: Delhi University has provided cover for lies of student union president Ankiv Baisoya

The administration also seems entirely unconcerned that someone without an undergraduate degree is a masters student at DU.

Anjali Mody

· Oct 28, 2018 · 06:30 am

JNU entrance test: Teachers object to ‘outside experts’, handing over answer keys before exam

The university has denied it is engaging experts from outside to set question papers, but minutes of Academic Council meeting has this decision on record.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Oct 03, 2018 · 07:30 am

IISc Bengaluru highest-ranked Indian institution in list of world’s top universities

IIT Indore came second, ahead of IIT Bombay in the Times Higher Education’s world university rankings.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 27, 2018 · 01:52 pm

‘Dalit view will be wiped out’: Teachers say new UGC quota policy will take away more than just jobs

The policy drastically shrank teaching posts reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes before it was put on hold by the Centre.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Sep 18, 2018 · 09:00 am

Supreme Court scraps Kerala ordinance regularising admissions of 180 MBBS students

The bench observed that the ordinance was an ‘abuse of process’ and an attempt to interfere with the judiciary’s powers.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 12, 2018 · 01:24 pm

Maharashtra Cabinet approves sops for institutions of eminence, Jio Institute to benefit

The state cabinet approved the construction of such institutions under the Integrated Townships Project.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 12, 2018 · 11:45 am

Union Cabinet approves over Rs 3,700 crore to set up permanent campuses for seven new IIMs

The campuses will come up in Amritsar, Bodh Gaya, Nagpur, Sambalpur, Sirmaur, Visakhapatnam and Jammu.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 05, 2018 · 11:00 pm

AMU says proposal to drop ‘Muslim’ from its name is preposterous: The Indian Express

A panel appointed by the University Grants Commission last year had made the recommendation to emphasise the university’s secular nature.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 04, 2018 · 09:53 am

‘Not normal’: Former officials puzzled by PMO’s undue interference in Institution of Eminence scheme

Was it a ‘premeditated effort to include Jio Institute’?

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Aug 30, 2018 · 10:30 am