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With 33% teaching posts vacant, Indian varsities continue to lag globally

Professors play a leading role in conducting academic research, apart from teaching duties but India is short of professors, with 5,606 posts vacant in central universities, a shortfall of 33%

Extension of vocational courses: UGC seeks proposals from institutions

The commission has sought proposals latest by September 6, 2018

DU has earned over Rs 30 mn from revaluation, rechecking fees in last 2 yrs

As per university rules, students have to shell out Rs 1,000 for revaluation of a single copy and Rs 750 for rechecking of the answer-script

SC stays SSC 2017 exam result, says system and entire test tainted

The top court said it cannot allow a person to benefit from this examination scam to enter government services

MHRD sanctions Rs 1.64 bn in schools to empower girls for self-defence

While an amount of Rs 1.02 billion has been sanctioned for training at elementary level in 134,000 schools

CBSE to hold CTET exam on Dec 9, 2018; check more detail on ctet.nic.in

CTET exam to be held in 92 cities in 20 languages

Delhi University set to revise UG programmes, bring it under CBCS

The overhaul may not be restricted to PG courses as BSc courses in maths, statistics and physics are also in line for approval of a revision

Adhyayan engages schools in self-review to improve education standards

The Adhyayan Quality Standard is a measure of quality for schools irrespective of their board affiliation, socio-economic status and geographical location

Can't throw students out of schools, grant re-admission: HC to Delhi govt

The court asked how could the authorities throw out students and where will they go

ICMAI CMA 2018 result declared: Here's how to download your results

Results for ICMAI CMA 2018 examination declared. Candidates can check results from its official website --icmai.in

CBSE wants to revamp Class X, XII exam pattern from 2020: Here's the plan

The questions will be shorter and stress would be on probing the critical thinking abilities of students

Ban sale of junk food on campuses, UGC directs varsities, colleges

The circular was issued after a directive from the HRD ministry, asking the UGC to ban the sale of junk food on premises of higher education institutions

MHRD announces entrance dates; JEE Mains to be held twice in 2019

All the exams will be computer-based except for NEET, which will be conducted in pen-and-paper mode

Medical entrance test NEET will be handwritten, to be held once a year

NEET will be conducted on May 5, 2019

In a first, IIM-Kozhikode creates 60 women-only post-graduate course seats

Though the IIMs have been trying to include more women in their classrooms, these top B-schools paint a stark picture of gender disparity

Publicise 'no homework, no bag' rule for Class I & II in media: HC to CBSE

According to CBSE affiliation bylaws, schools affiliated to the board must satisfy its advisory saying no school bag and no homework for students up to class 2

IITs, Prakash Javadekar veto HRD ministry's proposal to scrap JEE-Advanced

Only 18,138 candidated cracked JEE-Advanced this year compared with 51,040 in 2017

IITs will continue to offer BTech programmes; no reform in JEE: IIT council

There will be no revision in tuition fee charged from undergraduate students in IITs: Prakash Javadekar

Need mindset change & better school budget to improve govt schools: Expert

Simple non-legislative changes in the way government schools function can help improve learning outcomes

Microsoft builds digital solution for CBSE to prevent question paper leaks

At present, the solution is having its pilot run, but it has passed the first test with flying colours