EC to announce Gujarat Assembly poll schedule at noon | live updates

EC to announce Gujarat Assembly poll schedule at noon | live updates

The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Gujarat Assembly polls at 12 noon on November 3. The poll panel has convened a press conference to announce the schedule. The term of the 182-member Gujarat Assembly ends on February 18 next year. 11.40 a.m. Why was the schedule not announced earlier? Citing the convention […]

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75 students from Vadodara villages return to govt schools due to smart classes

75 students from Vadodara villages return to govt schools due to smart classes

AROUND 75 students from villages in Vadodara district have returned to government-run schools after the district administration launched a campaign to showcase quality outcomes of the smart classes in the current academic year. According to a release from the district administration of Vadodara, District Collector Atul Gor had initiated the drive to use technology to […]

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Applications for new pvt schools decade’s lowest in 2 yrs; courtesy Covid, new rules

Applications for new pvt schools decade’s lowest in 2 yrs; courtesy Covid, new rules

Applications for new secondary and higher secondary private schools in Gujarat have dipped to the lowest in a decade in the past two years owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and revised rules. The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB)–the state’s affiliating body for schools–have received nearly 350 applications for the current academic session […]

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Over 4,700 seats in engg, pharmacy, MBA courses reduced in Gujarat

Over 4,700 seats in engg, pharmacy, MBA courses reduced in Gujarat

Citing “lack of required number of faculties and laboratories”, the Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has reduced 4,775 seats across 38 institutes in the state for the academic session 2022-23. Further, nine colleges are placed in the “no-admission zone”— these colleges cannot admit students for the academic session 2022-23 . The move comes after an inspection […]

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Gujarat primary schools told to hold ‘Bharat Mata Puja’ from tomorrow

Gujarat primary schools told to hold ‘Bharat Mata Puja’ from tomorrow

In an attempt to “ignite the spirit of nationalism”, the Gujarat Primary Education department has issued directives to schools to organise “Bharat Mata Puja” from August 1, as part of the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav. The directive has met with stiff opposition from the minority community, who termed it a “one-sided, unreasonable and unconstitutional” decision. […]

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Token prohibition takes a toll in Gujarat

Token prohibition takes a toll in Gujarat

The hooch tragedy that snuffed out 45 lives in Ahmedabad and Botad districts again lays bare the hollowness of the State prohibition law. While the affluent access premium alcohol through a time-tested network of bootleggers, the system leaves the underclass, with only the ₹20 pouch at its disposal, most vulnerable, reports Mahesh Langa The hooch […]

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