Board exams to be held twice a year, students can retain best score

Subjects in Classes 11 and 12 under the new curriculum framework will not be restricted to streams and students will have the flexibility to choose from them.

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· Aug 24, 2023 · 09:33 am

Bihar government schools do not meet RTE norms, says survey

The study said most public schools have dismal infrastructure and amenities.

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· Aug 04, 2023 · 08:06 pm

‘Propaganda’: Minister defends removal of Darwin’s theory of evolution from school textbooks

The NCERT had announced last year that the chapter ‘Heredity and Evolution’ will be replaced with ‘Heredity’ in the Class 10 science book.

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· Apr 30, 2023 · 03:27 pm

53% teachers say most primary students in Jharkhand forgot to read, write after Covid-19: Survey

An acute shortage of teachers was also noticed in the state, a report prepared by Economist Jean Dreze stated.

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· Dec 19, 2022 · 07:49 pm

Number of schools in India declined by 20,000 in 2021-’22, shows government data

The Union ministry of education said that the decline was mainly due to the closure of ‘private and other management’ schools.

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· Nov 04, 2022 · 07:12 pm

Why Assam’s policy of ‘merging’ schools has many critics

Activists and education experts say it could affect the quality of education offered by government schools.

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· Oct 07, 2022 · 09:00 am

‘Targeted over caste,’ says Dalit lecturer who was sacked from service for his Navratri post

Mithlesh Kumar Gautam had advised women to read the Constitution and the Hindu Code Bill instead of fasting during Navratri.

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· Oct 02, 2022 · 11:40 am

SC asks Centre to set up portal with details of foreign universities for Ukraine-returned students

Ukraine has offered an academic programme under which Indian medical students who fled the European country can finish their studies in foreign universities.

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· Sep 16, 2022 · 06:17 pm

Ukraine-returned medical students cannot be enlisted in Indian medical universities, Centre tells SC

Their enrolment would hamper the standard the medical education in India, the government said in an affidavit.

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· Sep 15, 2022 · 06:19 pm

UGC declares 21 universities as fake, says they do not have power to offer degrees

Eight such higher education bodies from Delhi and four from Uttar Pradesh are on the list released by the University Grants Commission.

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· Aug 26, 2022 · 05:52 pm

HC seeks Gujarat government’s reply on plea against making Bhagavad Gita part of school syllabus

The petitioner, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, has argued that the resolution grants preferential treatment to one religion over another.

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· Jul 12, 2022 · 05:52 pm

NEET PG: Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking to extend internship deadline

The petitioners said completing their internship, which is mandatory to be eligible for the exam, was delayed as they were performing their Covid-19 duties.

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· Apr 06, 2022 · 11:14 am