‘Thrive for excellence’: NAAC accreditation now in binary terms, 2 terms for institutions

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has decided that its accreditation will now be only in binary terms, wherein only two terms will be used for all educational institutions — either with an already accreditation or yet to acquire. “The idea is to eradicate the fear associated with the NAAC accreditation process, and to […]

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Allotted seats in most IITs exceed capacity, only 6 has few vacancies

At the end of the admission season at IITs, 16,635 seats have been allotted across the 23 institutes after six rounds of the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling process that ended last month. Even as a few vacancies are still left in smaller IITs, statistics show the cumulative seat allotment more than the capacity […]

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Maharashtra: Provisional seat matrix issued for medical UG courses; confusion remains

The Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell on Friday issued a provisional seat matrix for the Medical Under Graduation (UG) courses. However, instead of providing clarity over the number of seats available for admissions, it has led to doubts among candidates and parents as there is confusion over some seats. According to the seat matrix, […]

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Medical PG merit list: Candidates cry foul as number of seats allotted lesser than matrix

After the first merit list for the Medical Post Graduation (PG) admissions was out on Tuesday, candidates cried foul as the number of seats allotted are lesser than the seat matrix declared last week. According to the seat matrix declared by the Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell on Saturday, there are a total of 2,212 […]

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Candidates move Bombay High Court over 20% quota rule for in-service doctors in PG admissions

AHEAD OF admission to the post-graduation (PG) medical courses in Maharashtra, some candidates have approached the Bombay High Court against the newly introduced 20 per cent quota for in-service doctors. The candidates claim that the implementation of the new reservation is untimely as it was introduced after the admission process had already begun. The admission […]

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School education department: Filling over 67,000 vacant posts of teachers will be financial burden

With over 67,000 posts of teachers in government-run zilla parishad schools vacant, the state school education department has said that it will be a financial burden on the government to recruit teachers at such a large scale. In a letter to the commissioner and director of education, dated September 21, the department has said, “Out […]

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Students of IIT Bombay hold two-day virtual conclave to help aspirants choose courses in IITs

With just a week left for the declaration of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced results, students of IIT Bombay have arranged a two-day (September 3-4) virtual ed-conclave where a panel of professors from IITs across India will help aspirants make informed choices on which engineering branch to choose and from which IIT. Students at […]

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IIT-Bombay approves partial rollback of fee hike

The highest decision-making body at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay — the Board of Governors (BOG) — on Friday finalised the partial rollback of the hiked fee for the autumn semester 2022-23. A new revised fee circular will now be issued by the administration. Confirming the development, a senior IIT-Bombay official said, “The fee […]

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Strike completes 4 days; UG students steer clear of fee hike protest at IIT

While the focus continues to remain on protesting students of Post Graduate (PG) and PhD courses, those in Under Graduate (UG) courses have stayed away so far even though the fee hike is applicable to them as well. There is no protest by UG students whose tuition fee, which is the biggest component under the […]

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State exam council list: Teachers with invalid TET certificates barred for life

The Maharashtra State Examination Council has issued a list of 7,880 candidates from the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) 2019 ,whose certificates have been declared invalid and who have been barred for life from appearing for TET ever again to become a teacher. The 480-page letter by the Examination Council, dated August 3, mentions details of […]

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