Fee authority approves new hike in revised fee structure for UG medical courses

[ad_1] Ahead of medical UG admissions, the Fee Regulatory Authority (FRA) has approved the increase in fees for the undergraduate (UG) courses offered by various private medical colleges across the state for the 2022-23 academic year. According to the notification issued by the FRA, the fees for the UG medical courses in private colleges were […]

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IAS officer’s initiative scales up students’ learning level in Sangli schools

[ad_1] In November 2021, when the results of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) were released, the figures took 31-year-old IAS officer Jitendra Dudi, the Chief Executive Officer of Sangli district, by surprise. Students from Maharashtra, though better than the national average, still scored poorly – one in three students of Class III couldn’t answer basic […]

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Final-year B.Sc students at MU demand offline semester exam be postponed

[ad_1] While the Mumbai University has resumed the conventional offline mode of examinations post the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a growing chorus of opposition from students. On Thursday, final year B.Sc. Computer Science students from several colleges of the city wrote to the Mumbai University administration demanding that their semester V exam, which is scheduled […]

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Nagpur & Washim: Collect data of schools with less than 20 students, officials told

[ad_1] Even after opposition from teachers, the state government has begun the process of closing down schools having less than 20 students. On Tuesday, the education department issued notices to the block education officers (BEO) of Nagpur and Washim districts, asking them to collect information about schools in their regions that have less than 20 […]

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SCERT to stick to online mode of career guidance for now

[ad_1] EVEN AS the new academic year has started in a full-fledged offline mode, the Maharashtra State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has decided to continue its career guidance online, on its YouTube channel. The practice, which started during pandemic-induced lockdown, has proved to be more beneficial with larger reach. “We started this […]

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MHT-CET results: Mumbai boy among 13 to score 100% in PCM group

[ad_1] THE MAHARASHTRA Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell declared the MHT-CET result on Thursday evening. A total of 6,05,944 candidates registered for the exam of which 4,67,379 appeared for the exam. In the Physics Chemistry Mathematics (PCM) group, a total of 13 candidates scored 100 per cent. Whereas in the Physics Chemistry Biology (PCB) group […]

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Restricted access to library, no union set up at TISS, allege students

[ad_1] While the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) opened its campus for students in July, after a gap of two years, a section of students has claimed that the academic ambience on campus is still not back to normal as access to the library is restricted and student unions have not been formed. The […]

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Week after, aspirants fret over admission and fee

[ad_1] A week after the NEET result, aspiring medical students and their parents await clarity on the admission procedure, especially the fee-structure of private and deemed medical colleges. Due to indecision on the NMC’s recommendation on reducing fee structure for 50 percent of seats in private and deemed medical colleges by bringing it on a […]

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Study shows 7% of Class III children cannot tell time in Maharashtra, 19% can’t read calendar

[ad_1] Seven per cent of Class III students in Maharashtra cannot tell the time while 39 per cent can do so only with the help of a teacher. At least 19 per cent cannot read a calendar or will make mistakes in identifying the month, date or day but 20 per cent students can correctly […]

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Take 5 | There will be blank pages after each chapter. Students won’t need notebooks: Deepak Kesarkar, Maharashtra education minister

[ad_1] As part of plan to reduce the weight of schoolbags, Maharashtra’s new education minister, Deepak Kesarkar, has proposed dividing textbooks in three parts and attaching blank pages, where students can take down notes 1. What is the idea behind the initiative? The idea is to divide textbooks into three parts, a system where there […]

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