IIM-Calcutta faculty opposes proposed regulations, tells Centre it will hurt institute’s autonomy

The faculty association urged the Centre to ensure that flaws in the proposed regulations were addressed before being tabled and notified in the Parliament.

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· Dec 24, 2020 · 09:53 pm

‘Not shocked or surprised,’ says Arundhati Roy after TN university withdraws her book from syllabus

‘Walking With The Comrades’, a book based on Roy’s visit to Maoist camps, was part of the university’s syllabus from 2017.

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· Nov 12, 2020 · 12:24 pm

Goa law college refuses to sack professor over ABVP complaint on her ‘anti-religious’ teaching

The professor said the ABVP had conveyed its reservations about her bringing up topics such as Rohith Vemula and activists who were killed in her lessons.

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· Nov 03, 2020 · 01:40 pm

Kejriwal asks Centre to scrap provisions in Delhi University Act that obstruct starting new colleges

He said that according to the Delhi University Act brought in during British rule, any college started in Delhi has to be affiliated with the university.

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· Oct 16, 2020 · 06:22 pm

JNU cuts academic spending, increases legal and security costs, shows report

Seminars, workshops, journals, teaching aids and research activities have been affected due to the reduced costs.

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· Oct 06, 2020 · 01:36 pm

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