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UGC, AICTE express reservation over proposed HEC

University Grants Commission and All India Council of Technical Education, both statutory bodies on Monday expressed their reservations to the proposal for setting up of a Higher Education Commission (HEC), replacing the regulatory bodies. At a consultation meeting held to discuss the major recommendations of Yash Pal committee on ‘Renovation and Rejuvenation of Universities’, heads [...]

End of academic career for ragging guilty; could be debarred

Ragging a fellow student can end ones’ academic career in the country with University Grants Commission (UGC) recommending debarring of a guilty student from getting admission for life in educational institutes. Stipulating that students can be expelled from an institute and debarred from taking admission to any other institute after found guilty of the offence, [...]

CBSE class 10th, 12th exams to begin today

The class 10th and 12th CBSE board examinations for over 14.5 lakh students across the country will begin from Monday. The examinations for the two classes would begin from 3rd March but 10th standard boards would end on 30th March and that of class 12th on 2nd April. The secondary examinations will be held at [...]

Scheme for providing modern education in madrassas

The government on Thursday launched a scheme aiming at providing advanced education to students in madrassas, which generally offer religious education. The Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madarasa (SPQEM) was launched by HRD Minister Arjun Singh in New Delhi. Under the scheme, madrassas will be provided linkage with the National Institute of Open Schooling [...]

Saraswati Samman for Assamese writer LN Bora

Noted Assamese writer Lakshmi Nandan Bora will be honoured with the prestigious Saraswati Samman this year for his novel ‘Kayakalpa’. The award, instituted by the K K Birla Foundation in 1991, is given every year for an outstanding literary work in any Indian language mentioned in the schedule VIII of the Constitution and published during [...]

Bill on Madarsa Board likely in Parliament’s next session

In a bid to standardise madarsa education system in the country, the Centre is likely to table a bill recommending creation of a Central Madarsa Board during the forthcoming session of Parliament. “We are planning to bring the bill on Madarsa Board in the next session of Parliament”, Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh told reporters [...]

IGNOU launches diploma course in BPO

IGNOU has launched a diploma programme in the domain of ‘business process outsourcing’ on finance and accounting, targeting more than 10 lakh students. The programme was launched in collaboration with Accenture on Tuesday. The hallmark of the programme is that it will reach out to the students of tier-two and tier-three cities left out of [...]