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Here's what ASCI's guidelines on education sector advertisements say

ASCI's latest update wants advertisers to keep the students' mental and physical well-being in mind

MP Board Class 10, Class 12 Results 2023: Everything you need to know

The MP board class 10 exam was held from March 1 to March 27 while the MP board class 12 exam occurred from March 2 to April 5, 2023

NEP 2020 aims to strengthen institutional capacity: Minister Subhas Sarkar

Sarkar further said that the COVID-19 pandemic ushered innovative digital reforms to traditional learning methods

Bihar BEd Result 2023: Check B.Ed Entrance Exam Result, Login Link

On April 8, 2023 (Saturday), the Bihar B.Ed exam was held at 301 examination centres in Patna, Hajipur, Gaya, Arrah, Chhapra, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Munger, Purnia, Bhagalpur, and Madhepura in Bihar

Denying admission under EWS category frustrates right to education: HC

Denial of admission under EWS or Disadvantaged Group category by a school even after allotment by the authorities frustrates and undermines the noble objective of the law on right to education and violates the fundamental rights of children under the Constitution, the Delhi High Court has said. The court's observation came on a petition by a minor boy who sought a direction to a private school here to give him admission in the Economically Weaker Section (EWS)/ Disadvantaged Group (DG) category. The school's objection before the court was that the petitioner's residence was not within the 0-1 km radius and so he was not eligible for admission. The Delhi government, however, took a contrary stand and said the child was staying in the school's vicinity. Ruling in favour of the petitioner, Justice Mini Pushkarna accepted the scrutiny carried out by the Department of Education (DOE) with respect to the petitioner's place of residence and said the noble object of providing good educatio

More funds for social sector in Budget: Pain points & what's on offer

Health spending dipped in 2022-23

More Muslim women than men in higher education, shows AISHE data

Total estimated enrolment across categories rose 7.4% in 2021 with growing share of women, AISHE data shows

Enrolment of ST students in higher education up by 47% since 2014-15: AISHE

The enrolment of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) students in higher education institutions has increased notably between 2014-15 and 2020-21, with ST students registering a nearly 47 per cent growth, according to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21. The report released by the Ministry of Education showed that of the 4.13 crore students enrolled in 2020-21, 14.2 per cent belonged to SC category, 5.8 per cent ST category and 35.8 per cent to OBC category. The remaining 44.2 per cent students were from other communities. "The growth in enrolment of Scheduled Caste students in 2020-21 as compared to 2019-20 is 4.2 per cent, whereas the growth in 2019-20 over 2018-19 was 1.6 pc. Further, overall increase in SC student enrolment since 2014-15 is 27.96 pc. Enrolment of Scheduled Tribe students has increased to 24.1 lakh in 2020-21 from 21.6 lakh in 2019-20," the report said. "This increase (11.9 pc) is significantly higher th

Story in numbers: School was out, but class was on, shows ASER data

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) phone surveys of 2020 and 2021 found that parents' belief in the importance of education was strong even when schools were closed

TMS Ep351: IBC overhaul, ASER alarm, Adani FPO, World Economic Forum

Will the IBC overhaul make it more effective? Is the ASER report a wake-up call for the govt? Should you subscribe to Adani Enterprises' Rs 20K-cr FPO? What is the World Economic Forum? Answers here

Arunachal has recorded over 95% school enrolments in past 15 years: Report

Arunachal Pradesh recorded over 95 percent enrollment of children in schools in the past 15 years, in the age group of 6-14 years, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)

Govt school admissions score high, but learning levels fail to make grade

The proportion of children in standard VIII having the ability to read standard II level text declined from 76.5 per cent in 2012 to 69.6 per cent in 2022

Foreign varsities to set up campuses in India: A new phase of tranquillity

The proposal that foreign universities be allowed to establish campuses in India was opposed by RSS affiliates until recently. However, they seem to be reviewing their position

Explained: What is the purpose of UDISE plus in India's education system?

The UDISE+ system collects information from all recognised and unrecognised schools imparting formal education from pre-primary to Class XII

4 in 5 undergrad students in India want industry experts in their faculty

Around 55.5 per cent of students are even ready to pay a higher fee for online degrees if the courses are taught by qualified, skilled, and reputed faculty, says the TeamLease Edtech survey

Delhi University launches 100% fee waiver scheme for EWS students

The Delhi University has started a scheme of fee waiver for students from an economically weak background to provide the benefits of equity, access and quality with excellence to everyone, an official said on Wednesday. The waiver includes all components of the fees paid by the students except the examination fee and the hostel fee. Students from an economically weak background can get up to 100 per cent fee waiver, depending on their family income. A full-time bona fide student studying in the university is eligible to apply for it. December 12 is the last date for applying. "The University of Delhi celebrates diversity and is deeply committed to holistic and inclusive education. Understanding the need for affirmative actions as mandated in the Constitution of India and to extend the benefits of equity, access and quality with excellence, both in letter and spirit, to the financially weak students, it proposes to begin a financial support scheme," the DU official told PTI. The sch

19 Indian universities among top 200 in QS Asia Universities Ranking 2023

QS Asia Universities Ranking, 2023 was released on Tuesday by the International Ranking agency

MAH CET MBA 2022 final merit list out; here's how you can download

MAH CET MBA 2022 final merit has finally been released. Candidates who appeared for the exam can download the list from official website-cetcell.mahacet.org

Lawmaker Karti P Chidambaram asks ICAI to investigate Byju's finances

Says nearly 81% of Byju's operating revenue for FY2021 constitutes sale of products like tablets, SD cards and laptops, which is a blatant misrepresentation of facts to classify hardware as edutech

Byju's to lay off 2,500 staffers, targets profitability by March

The company is also realigning marketing spending to enhance its global footprint