Haryana plans to shut kindergarten in private schools, minister claims it affects ‘mental abilities’

However, officials of the state’s education department said there were no such plans yet.

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· Dec 05, 2019 · 01:03 pm

CBSE exam fee was increased for Classes 10 and 12 on ‘no profit, no loss’ principle: HRD minister

The minister said it was up to the state governments to decide on implementing the revised fees.

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· Nov 22, 2019 · 07:49 am

IIT-Madras student suicide: DMK chief Stalin demands ‘fair, transparent and independent’ probe

Fathima Latheef’s father alleged that the alleged suicide was the result of religious discrimination by a faculty member.

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· Nov 14, 2019 · 01:55 pm

Children in pre-schools should not be made to take oral or written exams, says NCERT

The council described the practice as ‘harmful and undesirable’, one that arises out of ‘parental aspiration’.

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· Oct 14, 2019 · 01:58 pm

Hiked MTech fee at IITs is only for new students, meant to deter those who are not serious: Centre

The HRD ministry noted that the fee for the MTech courses in IITs had not been revised in a long time, but the cost per student had risen significantly.

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· Sep 30, 2019 · 04:34 pm

UP: School books to be available in local dialects as part of pilot project in four districts

Books in Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Braj and Bundelkhandi will be introduced for students in Classes 1 and 2 in 10 schools.

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· Sep 12, 2019 · 05:56 pm

Centre grants Institution of Eminence status to five universities, including two IITs

Apart from IIT-Madras and Kharagpur, the Banaras Hindu University, University of Delhi and University of Hyderabad were accorded the tag.

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· Sep 05, 2019 · 04:52 pm

Delhi government school students won’t have to pay CBSE exam fee: Manish Sisodia

The deputy chief minister said the government would bear the entire cost for all categories of students.

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· Aug 14, 2019 · 04:04 pm

CBSE exam fee: Delhi SC/ST students to continue paying Rs 50, government to pay rest

The board said a deficit of Rs 200 crore in conducting Class 10 and Class 12 exams had forced it to revise the fee.

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· Aug 13, 2019 · 09:52 pm

CBSE refutes reports on steep fee hike for SC/ST students, says fee was low earlier only in Delhi

The board said that until last year, the Delhi government paid Rs 300 out of the Rs 350 of the examination fee paid by the reserved category students.

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· Aug 12, 2019 · 11:30 am

Pratap Bhanu Mehta resigns as Ashoka University vice chancellor, will be replaced by Malabika Sarkar

Mehta has decided ‘to focus on his academic ambitions’, the institution said.

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· Jul 20, 2019 · 09:28 pm

DMK appoints nine-member team to review Centre’s draft National Education Policy

MK Stalin said allocation of funds in the Budget to appoint Hindi teachers in non-Hindi speaking states contradicted clauses in the revised draft.

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· Jul 14, 2019 · 06:15 pm