Column | What’s Musk got to do with it?

These last few weeks, I have been watching with endless fascination the antics of two wildly rich men: Kanye West (or the artist Ye who was formerly known as Kanye West or whichever iteration of his ever-changing preferred moniker is appropriate) and Elon Musk. Since earlier this year, West has been on social media oversharing […]

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On the table: Higher education body with powers to impose penalty up to Rs 5 crore

THE PROPOSED Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), which will subsume the University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), is likely to have extensive penal powers, with the government considering to authorise it to impose fine of up to Rs 5 crore and also proceed against the heads of institutions […]

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Cut-offs gone, competition remains in DU’s popular courses and colleges

797.82/800 for BA (Hons) Political Science at Hindu College, 795.086/800 for BA (Hons) Psychology at Lady Shri Ram College for Women – sky-high cut-offs might have come to an end with the adoption of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) and a new admission process at Delhi University, but the marks-based competition for seats in […]

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23.9% students in Class 5, 12.15 % in Class 8 qualify for state scholarships

A TOTAL of 23.9 per cent students in Class 5 and 12.15 per cent students in Class 8 who appeared for the state scholarship exams held on July 31 have passed the test, declared the Maharashtra State Council of Examination. Among the 1.27 lakh students across the state who cleared the exams, 3.82 lakh students […]

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‘The supreme point is safety… the IIMA Board is very clear’

NEARLY two years after the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) faced opposition from various sections, including children of famous American architect Louis Kahn, for its decision to pull down dorms on its old campus, institute director professor Errol D’Souza Thursday announced that the institute will not take up any further restoration work but will […]

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Performing Grade Index: 6 states, Chandigarh attain level-2

Kerala, Punjab, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh have emerged as the best performers in school education across indicators such as learning outcomes, equity and infrastructure in the 2020-21 Performing Grade Index (PGI) of the Ministry of School Education. These six states and the UT of Chandigarh have been placed at level-II of the index, […]

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For day 1 of college, Delhi University rolls out the red carpet

On Wednesday, orientations and freshers’ programmes returned to Delhi University’s campuses after more than two years with the start of the academic year for the newly admitted first-year students. “Our journey to be here has been a roller coaster ride,” said Anamika, who was excited to begin at Miranda House in its BA (Hons) English […]

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NCERT proposal for ‘PARAKH’: Global bodies express interest in setting up school exam regulator

THREE GLOBAL educational non-profits — Educational Testing Services (ETS), American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) —have expressed interest in helping to set up India’s first national school-level examination and assessment regulator, according to sources. While ETS is internationally recognised for conducting TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign […]

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Ukraine-returned medical students: ‘It’s ok, not all dreams come true’

They wanted to become doctors, surgeons and super-specialists. They had dreamt of saving lives, of sitting in air-conditioned cabins with their degrees hanging on the wall. There’s very little left of these dreams and hopes now. The war in Ukraine, now in its eighth month, not only forced Indian students studying medicine there to return […]

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Online PhD programmes offered by edtech firms with foreign varsities not recognised: UGC, AICTE

THE UNIVERSITY Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) have issued a notice advising people against signing up for online PhDs offered by edtech companies in collaboration with foreign educational institutions, saying such programmes are not recognised by it. In the notice, the higher education regulators said students and the […]

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