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UGC announces revised academic calendar for first year of UG, PG students for Session 2020-21

The classes of fresh batch will start from November 1

Rajya Sabha passes IIIT Amendment Bill, 'National Importance' tag for 5 new IIITs

There are 25 IIITs in the country out of which five are purely run by the central government, and 15 operate under public private partnership mode.

Apex court cancels NLSIU Bengaluru entrance exam NLAT-2020

Directs admissions to all 22 National Law Universities to be conducted in accordance with CLAT-2020 which is scheduled to be held on September 28.

Demand to regulate school fee raised in Rajya Sabha

A demand to regulate the fee charged by private schools was made in Rajya Sabha on Sunday by a Congress MP, who said schools were also charging high ...

TNSDC, Coursera tie up to train 50,000 unemployed youth amidst Covid-19

With this, Tamil Nadu joins geographies around the world using Coursera to offer job-relevant online learning to unemployed workers

BYJU’S acquires Unitus-funded edtech start-up LabInApp

Edtech company BYJU’S has acquired LabInApp, a Unitus Ventures investee company, for an undisclosed amount.LabInApp offers science lab-like ...

Delhi University cut-offs likely to go up with many students scoring above 95% in CBSE exams

With the St Stephen’s College pegging its highest cut-off at 99.25 pc for BA (Hons) Economics, Delhi University officials on Wednesday said cut-offs ...

BYJU’S announces social initiative to empower 5 million children by 2025

Launches ‘Education for All’ initiative and has signed MoUs with mission-aligned partners

ICFAI Law School signs MoU with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India

ICFAI Law School, a constituent of The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, declared as a Deemed-to-be University, Hyderabad, has signed MoU with ...

Govt releases schools’ alternative academic calendar for next 8 weeks

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday released the eight-week alternative academic calendars - developed by NCERT- for students, parents and teachers ...

Facebook partners with Coursera to launch Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate

In the five-course program, learners will explore social media marketing basics for various social platforms, inside and outside of the Facebook ecosystem

UAS-B to offer distance learning course in apiculture

Taking up beekeeping will help improve farmers’ income

Covid-19: UGC-NET exam postponed, to be conducted September 24 onwards

The Ministry of Education’s testing agency on Monday postponed the National Eligibility Test (NET) after its dates were clashing with Indian Council ...

Great Learning ropes in Virat Kohli as brand ambassador

Great Learning, an ed-tech company for professional and higher education, has roped in Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli as a brand ambassador.

UK Immigration Minister streamlines visa route for Indian students amidst Covid-19

Indian students will now be able to progress onto their studies without returning home to apply for a new visa

Zyter launches digital platform for school campuses

Zyter Smart Universities facilitates smart classroom-based teaching

Masks, sanitiser and staggered entry: NEET conducted amid precautions in view of Covid-19

Medical entrance exam NEET was conducted on Sunday amid strict precautions in view of the Covid-19 pandemic at over 3,800 centres across the country ...

JEE (Main) Exam: 24 candidates score 100 percentile

A total of 24 candidates scored 100 percentile in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2020 examination conducted in January and April-September by ...

24 toppers score perfect 100 in JEE Main 2020

The result for JEE-Mains was announced on Friday with 24 students scoring 100 percentile in the engineering entrance exam which was postponed twice ...

‘Startups should develop teaching aids for blended learning’

Startups should develop aesthetically appealing teaching aids for teachers to enable blended learning in the post-Covid scenario. There should be ...

With NEP, British institutions are eyeing the undergraduate market in India: UKIBC CEO

Imperial College, Cambridge are looking to enter the 3.7-crore student market in India under the NEP

NEP 2020: Not mandatory to teach students in mother tongue: Modi

Education must be imparted in a language the student can easily learn, says PM

Health Ministry comes up with revised SOPs on conducting exams

The revised guidelines by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on conducting exams said that the educational institutions and examination ...

Free VLSi webinars by Springbok Technologies

Springbok Technologies, in association with IEEE BLP & Sevalaya (an NGO), is conducting a webinar series themed Campus 2 Corporate VLSi Webinar ...

Manipal Universal Press launches e-book on Covid

Manipal Universal Press (MUP), a constituent of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), has launched an e-book titled ‘COVID-19: A ...

IISc to conduct Joint Admission Test for Masters

The JAM qualifying exam is conducted for admission to various masters programmes and will be conducted on February 14, 2021.

Disbursal of study loans hit as banks insist on final-year certificate

Lending seen picking up in Nov, if exams happen

SC dismisses petition seeking postponement of NEET (UG) exam

The NEET is due to be held on September 13.

Govt issues SOP for partial reopening of schools for classes IX-XII

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday came up with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) for partial reopening of schools for ...

Govt working tirelessly towards ‘Education for All’ mission: Amit Shah

The International Literacy Day 2020 focuses on ‘Literacy teaching and learning in the Covid-19 crisis and beyond’, especially on the role of educators and changing pedagogies.