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CBSE inspects 29 schools for 'dummy' students, plans legal action

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted a series of surprise inspections at 29 schools in Delhi, Bengaluru, Varanasi, Bihar, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh to check enrolment of 'dummy' students, officials said on Thursday. According to CBSE Secretary Himanshu Gupta, a total of 29 teams, comprising a CBSE officer and a principal from an affiliated school, conducted the inspections. "Majority of the inspected schools were found to have violated the Board's Affiliation Bye-Laws by enrolling students beyond their actual attendance records, effectively creating 'non-attending' enrolments. Additionally, schools were found to be flouting infrastructural norms of the board," Gupta said. "CBSE has taken these violations seriously and is in the process of issuing show-cause notices to the schools found in breach of regulations. The Board is also considering legal action against the defaulting institutions," he added. The inspections were conducted on Wednesday and ...

NEET in online or pen-paper mode: Decision expected soon, says Pradhan

The Education and Health Ministry are deliberating on whether to conduct medical entrance exam NEET-UG in pen and paper mode or online mode and a decision in this regard is expected soon, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday. The Education Ministry has held two rounds of talks with the Health Ministry led by Union Minister JP Nadda. Currently, NEET-UG is conducted offline - in pen and paper mode - wherein students have to solve multiple choice questions on an OMR sheet. The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is the largest entrance exam in the country in terms of number of candidates appearing for the test. In 2024, a record over 24 lakh candidates took the exam. "The administrative ministry of NEET is Health Ministry and hence we are in talks with them about whether NEET should be conducted in pen and paper mode or online mode. We have had two rounds of talks with Health Ministry led by JP Nadda. Whatever option will be considered best suited for

NEET PG Counselling 2024: Seat allotment round 1 out at official website

The first round of provisional allocation results for the all-India quota (AIQ) NEET PG counselling 2024 has been released by the MCC. Candidates can visit mcc.nic.in to view their allocation results

NEET UG 2024 Counselling: Registration for round 2 to begin from today

The MCC will begin the registration process for NEET UG Counselling 2024 Round 2 on Sept 5, 2024. Candidates can find the direct link on the official website of MCC at mcc.nic.in

SC rejects plea against NMC's decision to not hold NEET-SS exam in 2024

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging a decision of the National Medical Commission (NMC) to not conduct NEET-Super Speciality examination this year, saying the postponement was "fairly equitable" and not "arbitrary". The top court, however, said the NMC must take an early decision on deciding the schedule of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Super Speciality (NEET-SS) which will be taken up early next year. "The schedule shall be announced not later than within a period of thirty days from today," a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said. The bench, also comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, was in agreement with the submissions of the NMC that every year, around 40 per cent examinees, who would take up the NEET-SS, belong to current batches of the post graduate medical courses. The counsel for the NMC said the PG medical courses, which started in 2022 instead of 2021 due to COVID-19, will conclude in January 2025 and if the NEET-

SC to hear petition seeking postponement of NEET-PG 2024 exam on Aug 9

The petitioners submitted that more than two lakh students are scheduled to appear in the examination

Private member resolution seeking repeal of NEET, NTA introduced in RS

A private member resolution asking the government to bring a law to remove education from the concurrent list, and repeal NEET and NTA to allow states to conduct medical entrance tests was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. DMK member from Tamil Nadu M Mohamed Abdulla moved the resolution during the private member business in the afternoon session of the Rajya Sabha amid opposition from the government, contending it would be against the Supreme Court's verdict on the NEET issue. The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions. The resolution sought that the Rajya Sabha urges the government to bring legislation to remove education from the concurrent list and move it to the state list in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. It also sought to repeal NEET and NTA and revert to medical admissions based on the criteri

News updates: Karnataka govt withdraws pre-show cause notice to Infosys, requests further response

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NEET PG 2024 exam city allotment date postponed, check the updated date

The NBEMS rescheduled the exam city slip allotment date for NEET PG 2024 to July 31. The exam is scheduled to take place on August 11, 2024

News updates: MHA constitutes committee to inquire into UPSC aspirants death in Old Rajinder Nagar

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News updates: DU hikes fees for all first-year students in UG, PG and PhD programmes

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"Call security..." CJI DY Chandrachud warns lawyer during NEET-UG hearing

Supreme Court's landmark decision on NEET-UG 2024

Oppn tried to create anarchy over NEET, SC verdict upholds truth: Pradhan

The revised final results of the exam will be announced taking into account marks of a physics question, which the NTA said had two correct answers

All-party meet: Congress demands discussion on NEET, UP eateries row

The Congress on Sunday asserted at an all-party meeting that issues such as the NEET 'scam', Uttar Pradesh government's order to eateries and internal security situation in Jammu and Manipur, be taken up for discussion during the Budget session of Parliament. Congress general secretary, in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh said that in the all-party meeting of floor leaders chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress' deputy leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi presented a host of issues on behalf of the party that should be taken up in the Parliament session beginning Monday. Gogoi called for discussion on governance issues relating to "NEET/NET scams, UPSC controversies, worsening railway safety and Agniveer", Ramesh said. He said the party also flagged that the internal security situation in Jammu and Manipur should be taken up for discussion during the session. According to Ramesh, Gogoi also asserted at the meeting that challenges on the borders with China and ...

News updates: Lok Sabha Speaker sets up the Business Advisory Committee for new session

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NEET 2024 'paper leak': Court sends key accused to 14-day CBI custody

A special court in Patna on Wednesday sent the key accused in the NEET-UG paper-leak case, who allegedly stole the exam paper from a trunk of the National Testing Agency (NTA) in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh, to the CBI's custody for 14 days, officials said. During its custody of accused Pankaj Kumar alias Aditya till July 30, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to question him on his alleged role, his linkages with other gang members, the payments received and his local contacts who were involved in the entire theft process, the officials added. Kumar's alleged accomplice, Raju Singh, was sent to the federal agency's custody for 10 days (till July 25) on Tuesday. The CBI has arrested Kumar, a 2017-batch civil engineer from the National Institute of Technology in Jamshedpur, for allegedly stealing the NEET-UG paper from the NTA's trunk in Hazaribagh, the officials said. Kumar, a resident of Bokaro, was arrested from Patna, they said. The agency also arrested Singh from .

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NEET's problems: Look deeper

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Scrapping NEET-UG not rational: Centre asks SC not to jeopardise med exam

NEET row: The central government told the Supreme Court that no widespread irregularities were found in the medical entrance exam