Assam: Lessons on Nehru, Ayodhya dispute, 2002 riots dropped from Class 12 syllabus, says report

The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council secretary said the decision was taken to reduce exam stress for students amid the pandemic.

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· Sep 24, 2020 · 11:15 am

West Bengal says it will not implement National Education Policy for now

Meanwhile, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren alleged that the NEP encourages privatisation and commercialisation of education.

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· Sep 07, 2020 · 10:20 pm

New Education Policy attempts to impose Hindi and Sanskrit, says DMK chief MK Stalin

West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee also criticised the NEP, claiming it was formulated without taking the state governments into confidence.

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· Aug 02, 2020 · 01:24 pm

Historian Ramachandra Guha appointed professor at Krea University in Andhra Pradesh

The appointment will be active from August 1, the college said in an email to its academic council members.

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· Jul 30, 2020 · 12:27 pm

Centre’s new National Education Policy aims to make board exams easier, promote multilingualism

The new policy also proposes greater autonomy for educational institutions.

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· Jul 29, 2020 · 06:42 pm

Academics petition CBSE against deleting chapters from Class 11, 12 curricula

The CBSE has removed chapters on federalism, citizenship, nationalism, and secularism, gender, religion and caste for Class 11 and Class 10 from the curricula.

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· Jul 15, 2020 · 08:29 pm

CBSE declares Class 12 results, HRD minister wishes students good luck

The results can be accessed at cbseresults.nic.in.

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· Jul 13, 2020 · 01:05 pm

Centre allows universities to conduct final year exams, UGC says to be concluded by September-end

However, at least seven states have cancelled their college and university examinations.

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· Jul 06, 2020 · 10:04 pm

Karnataka government cancels online classes for students till Class 5

The Madras High Court did not grant an interim stay on online classes for school students in Tamil Nadu.

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· Jun 11, 2020 · 02:16 pm

NEET has led to greater transparency, will not be scrapped, says health ministry

Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey told Parliament that the exam has reduced the burden on students.

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· Mar 18, 2020 · 11:39 am

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