Opinion

As the June 21 re-examination of NEET-UG 2026 approaches, the National Testing Agency (NTA), seeking to restore public confidence and prevent any repeat of the paper leak controversy, has adopted...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) last week announced that a third language will now be mandatory for Class IX students from this academic year. By extension, as in...

By Steve Hardgrave, Wholetime Director and Executive Vice Chairman, Varthana   India’s higher education sector is at an inflection point. With nearly 495 State Public Universities and over 46,000 affiliated...

The Supreme Court of India’s strong objection to the portrayal of the judiciary in the new Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and...

The manner in which the inaugural MBBS batch of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) in Reasi district of Jammu & Kashmir was cancelled appears less...

The 10th edition of the India Rankings under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)—India’s official system for assessing and ranking higher education institutions—was released on September 4, 2025, after a...