Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations for class X will commence from February 15 and finish by March 20. What is special about this year’s CBSE exam for class X is the introduction of two-level mathematics question paper—Basic and Standard. The paper is scheduled on March 12. CBSE, country’s national school administered by MHRD having over 22145 schools affiliated …
The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman along with the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur arrives at Parliament House to present the General Budget 2020-21, in New Delhi on February 01, 2020. 150 Higher Educational Institutions to start apprenticeship embedded degree/diploma courses by March, 2021; Special bridge courses for …
In a botched up financial reform, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration, has not only sullied its own competence but virtually brought country’s top university to the brink of a possible shutdown. The mid-session fee hike on October 28, 2019 approved without participation of students’ representation (JNUSU) at the Inter Hall Administration (HAL) meeting is turning to be one of the …
In a rerun of what was done to Prof A K Singh, a reputed IIT-Bombay scientist, who resigned as vice-chancellor of Allahabad University (a central univ. esb 1887) in 2014, the present VC, Prof Rattan Lal Hangloo was made to resign on January 2 by the union ministry of Human Resources Development, over alleged irregularities charges made by the National …
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which was passed on December 11 in the Parliament to provide citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, has evoked strong and large-scale protests as the enactment is seen an ‘assault’ on the basic preamble of the constitution and right to equality under Article 14. With students taking the lead in these …
The making of the New National Policy on Education (NPE) has moved into its final phase with finalization of a 55-page draft and all indications are that the new NPE could be announced in this month (December) before the end of this year 2019. The ‘final’ draft has not been released though it is widely in private circulation on social …
