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Maha announces free higher education for girls from EWS, SEBC, OBC groups

The Maharashtra government on Monday said higher education for girls of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) and OBCs will be free, the announcement being seen as a major women-oriented sop ahead of the assembly polls later this year. In the cabinet meeting headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, a decision was also made to waive tuition and exams fees for orphan students (male and female), as per a government resolution (GR). The decision will be implemented from academic year 2024-25 and is expected to cost Rs 906 crore, it added. A GR said female students seeking admission to recognised vocational courses through Centralised Admission Process in government colleges, aided private colleges and semi-aided private colleges and non-aided colleges, polytechnic, autonomous government universities, open universities can avail the facility. These include courses run by higher and technical education, medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, ..

CUET-UG: Several candidates allege errors in NTA's answer key responses

Several candidates, who appeared for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG on Monday alleged the responses in the answer keys announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) are incorrect. The claims came a day after the NTA announced the answer keys. The agency also said it will conduct a retest for CUET-UG candidates from July 15 to 19 if any grievance raised by them about the conduct of the exam is found correct. The candidates can now challenge the answers online till 5 pm on July 9 by paying Rs 200 per answer. "Sir i found multiple errors in cuet ug answer key and know if I challenge all error (that I think those are errors ) the cost of challenging is much more than my CUET application," Rishabh, a candidate, wrote on X. Another candidate Bishal Bhowmik said, "when I checked my Geography OMR sheet with the CUET(UG) answer key. I am shocked because 80 pc of the answer key was wrong. When I calculated the number with the wrong answer key that NTA provides,I only got 26 b

CUET UG 2024: Answer key released by NTA at exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the provisional answer keys of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG 2024 at the official website on exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG

NTA to conduct retest for CUET-UG candidates if grievances found correct

The National Testing Agency will conduct a retest for CUET-UG candidates from July 15 to 19 if any grievance raised by them about the conduct of the exam is found correct, officials said on Sunday. The NTA also announced the answer key for the undergraduate entrance exam, paving the way for the announcement of the results, albeit delayed. "The candidates can submit their challenges for the answer key by 6 pm on July 9," a senior NTA official said. "The NTA is also addressing public grievances regarding the exam conducted for CUET-UG that were received up to June 30. If a grievance is found genuine, the NTA is committed to redoing the exam for these candidates at selected centres any day between July 15 and 19," the official added. While the NTA officials did not comment on the grievances received by the agency, candidates claimed there was loss of time at certain exam centres and technical issues. "Challenges made by the candidates will be verified by a panel of subject experts. B

BITSAT 2024: Session 2 Result out at website; download scorecard by July 11

Birla Institute of Science and Technology (BITS), Pilani, has announced the BITS Admission Test 2024 (BITSAT) results for session 2 on the official website at bitsadmission.com

FMGE 2024: Admit Card to be out soon at natboard.edu.in, details inside

The Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) admit cards for the June 2024 session will be released today, July 3, 2024 by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS)

AIAPGET 2024: Admit Card released at exam.nta.ac.in, details inside

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the All-India Ayush Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET) 2024 admit card on the official website at exams.nta.ac.in

Unacademy gives pink slips to 250 employees in another round of layoffs

Unacademy has had multiple rounds of layoffs since 2022. Its workforce is down to below 3,000 as against 6,000 in the early part of 2022, according to sources

UPSC CSE Prelims 2024: Results out at upsc.gov.in; know how to check yours

The UPSC has declared the results of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Exams 2024. Candidates who showed up for the exam can view their results on the official UPSC website at upsc.gov.in upsv

NEET UG 2024: Re-exam result, rank announced at exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the NEET UG re-exam result today, June 30, 2024 on the official website. Students can view their results at exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/

TISS withdraws termination of staff members after Tata Trust's intervention

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has not renewed the contracts of more than 100 teaching and non-teaching staffers, claimed some faculty members, inviting sharp criticism from the teachers and a students' body. The contracts of the teaching and non-teaching staff at four TISS campuses -- Mumbai, Tuljapur, Hyderabad and Guwahati -- were due to end on June 30, some faculty members on Sunday told PTI on condition of anonymity. A bulk of them worked on the TISS campuses other than Mumbai, they said. A faculty member said these contracts had been issued for the teaching and non-teaching staff from grants received from the Tata Trust. "It is over the last 10-15 years that we have been receiving the grants for employing additional faculty to teach various courses. That funding was to be renewed. The no-cost extension and renewal of grant doesn't seem to have happened in a timely manner," the person said. "We were apprised on June 28 about the non-renewal of contracts. We told

ICSI CSEET 2024: Admit card 2024 for July 6 exam released on icsi.edu

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has released admit cards for the CS Executive Entrance Test (CSEET 2024) for July 6. Candidates can download their admit cards from icsi.edu

JEECUP 2024: UP Polytechnic results to be out soon at official website

The Joint Entrance Examination Council Uttar Pradesh (JEECUP) is set to declare the UP Polytechnic Results 2024 anytime today, June 27. The entrance exam was held from June 13 to June 20, 2024

KEAM 2024: View results of Engineering and pharmacy at cee.kerala.gov.in

The Kerala Engineering, Agriculture, and Medical, or KEAM 2024 entrance exam results have been posted on the official website at cee.kerala.gov.in by the Commissioner for Entrance Examination (CEE)

CET Haryana 2024: HSSC declares revised CET results for Group-C posts

The Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has announced the revised Common Eligibility Test (CET) 2022 results. Candidates can view their results at official website on hssc.gov.in

SAMS Odisha 2024: Round 1 seat allotment result out at samsodisha.gov.in

The Higher Education Department of Odisha has announced the first round of seat allotment results for SAMS Odisha +3 Admissions 2024 on the official website at www.samsodisha.gov.in

TS CPGET 2024: Schedule announced at cpget.tsche.ac.in; exam from July 6

Official announcement says the TS CPGET exam will be held from July 6 to July 15. A week before the entrance exam, the hall tickets should be available on the official website

IISER IAT 2024: Result declared on official website at iiseradmission.in

The IISER has announced the IISER IAT 2024 results on the official website at iiseradmission.in. By logging in with their registration number and date of birth, candidates can view their scores

Chhattisgarh govt to open 33 schools from next session in maoist heartland

For the village elders, school accessories remained a subject of curiosity. For the first time, they will see children in school uniforms with bags on their shoulders

813 of 1,563 candidates awarded grace marks in NEET-UG appear for retest

As many as 813 of the 1,563 candidates who were earlier awarded grace marks in NEET-UG appeared for a retest on Sunday, officials said. The retest was conducted at seven centres following an order from the Supreme Court. The grace marks were awarded to make up for the loss of time at six centres where the examination started late on May 5. "At least 52 per cent -- 813 out of 1,563 candidates -- appeared for the retest on Sunday," a senior National Testing Agency (NTA) official said. Amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam, the NTA on Sunday debarred 17 candidates who had appeared for the exam on May 5 at centres in Bihar. The agency had earlier debarred 63 candidates for adopting unfair means in the exam. On Saturday, 30 additional candidates from Gujarat's Godhara were also debarred.