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Beware of fake news on grace marks in class 12 accountancy paper: CBSE

The development came a day after CBSE decided to award full marks to all students for accompanying questions of a comprehension passage which was dropped

IIT Madras ends phase-1 placements with record 1,085 offers from 226 firms

With this, the premier institute has seen 73% of students who registered for placements receive job offers in phase-I of campus placements that began on December 1

CBSE drops controversial passage from Class 10 English exam amid outrage

The Central Board of Secondary Education (SBSE) had referred the matter to subject experts on Sunday and sought their feedback.

IIT Guwahati establishes advanced facilities for its Nanotechnology Centre

According to officials, the institute has been working in the field of nanotechnology since early 2000 and has a proven record in multiple areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

IIT KGP gets more than 1,600 placement offers, highest salary Rs 2.4 cr

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur students have received more 1,600 job offers, the highest placement among all IITs, a statement issued by the premier institute said

Will turn Gorakhpur into a 'Special Education Zone': Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said Gorakhpur will be developed as a 'Special Education Zone'(SEZ) to groom students as global citizens.

Bill to enhance status of 6 institutes of pharma edu, research gets Parl OK

The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed by the Lok Sabha on December 6, was cleared in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday with a voice vote

Over 9,800 teaching posts vacant in central universities, IITs: Govt

Over 18,500 non-teaching posts are vacant

IIT Kanpur records 150% surge in international campus placements

Out of 773 students placed so far, 55 per cent are graduates and 45 per cent are undergraduates

No plan to rename IITs after great leaders of respective states: Centre

Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar provided the information in response to a written question in Lok Sabha

The learning curve: Why college education for women matters

The correlation between districts with college-educated women and multidimensional poverty was very high for 10 of 12 indicators

Panel recommends common entrance test by DU for undergraduate courses

The committee analysed the data of admissions which are cut-off based and saw that it showed the highest intake of students from the CBSE Board

At 530, offers in first two days up by 50% at IIT Guwahati placements

The premier institute also saw a jump in international offers made in the first two days from a total of four offers last year to 28 this year

Schools in 4 districts neighbouring Delhi to remain shut in Haryana

The Delhi government had on Thursday announced the closure of all schools in the national capital till further orders because of an increase in the air pollution levels.

Newer IITs too see record placements with pay rises, offers from top firms

Average salary at IIT Mandi up 13%, Uber offers highest package of Rs 2 cr at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, while Roorkee bagged highest international CTC of Rs 2.15 cr in first session

Harvard University adds caste as protected category for student workers

Harvard University has added caste as a protected category for all graduate and undergraduate student workers.

Students scoring over 95% increased 58 times in the last decade

Nine-time increase in those who secured over 90% between 2010 and 2021

ADB approves Rs 3,752 cr funding to govt for enhancing school education

The loan supports the Integrated Scheme for School Education (Samagra Shiksha) and the new Exemplar School Initiative of the Ministry of Education (MOE)

IIT Delhi placements: At least 60 offers above Rs 1 cr made on first day

Over 350 national and international organizations offering above 750 job profiles across multiple sectors have already registered for hiring students as of now, they said

At Rs 2.15 crore, IIT Roorkee bags highest international salary

IIT Roorkee scored with highest domestic offers for three students: ranging from Rs 1.30 cr to Rs 1.80 cr, with 11 students getting a Rs 1 cr-plus salary package