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Parliamentary standing committee pitches for ramping up medical seats

Panel report recommends faculty development programs, institute for training medical teachers

JEE Mains Session 1 Result 2024 to be declared today, here is how to check

JEE Mains Session 1 Result 2024: NTA to release session 1 result of JEE Mains 2024. Candidates who appeared for the examination can check their results on jeemain.nta.ac.in

Education key to achieving equality transformation, says VP Dhankar

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said education is the most impactful transformational mechanism to bring about equality and cut down inequality. Addressing a function in Gondia district of Maharashtra, he said young parliamentarians with vision, mission, and talent have a big role to play in building Vikasit Bharat of 2047. Dhankhar also suggested that "value addition" to farm produce will bring qualitative improvements in the lives of farmers. "Today, the world is seeing the change in India and the change is imminent when the leader is aware of the ground reality and has the ability to change them. Today, we have the able leadership at the Centre and in the state who are well capable of bringing the change," Dhankhar said. He said India is fast emerging as a strong nation. "In 1989 when I became MP for the first time, it was a difficult time for our country. The country had to send its gold reserve by air to France where it was kept as a mortgage in two banks so that ou

BPSC TRE 2024: BPSC releases Bihar teacher recruitment notification

Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) released the third phase for Bihar teacher recruitment. Candidates can apply from February 10, check details here

PNB Recruitment 2024: Registrations for 1,025 Specialist Officer posts soon

Punjab National Bank (PNB) has announced a recruitment notice for the PNB SO posts on the official website. The registration process will begin on February 7 and go on until February 25, 2024

9,218 teachers fined Rs 1.54 cr for committing errors in exam assessment

More than 9,000 schoolteachers in Gujarat were slapped with cumulative fine of Rs 1.54 crore over a period of two years for committing errors in totalling marks during the evaluation of Classes X and XII board exam answer sheets, the state Assembly was informed on Tuesday. Responding to a query by Congress MLA Kirit Patel during Question Hour, state education minister Kuber Dindor admitted that as many as 9,218 teachers - 3,350 of Class X and 5,868 of Class XII - had committed errors in calculating marks during the assessment of board exam answer sheets in 2022 and 2023. As per the written reply tabled in the House, the state government had slapped a cumulative fine of Rs 1.54 crore on these teachers. The average fine comes to around Rs 1,600 per teacher. Of these 9,218 erring teachers, 6,561, including 2,563 who had examined answer sheets of Class X and 3,998 of Class XII, have already deposited a little over Rs 1 crore. As many as 2,657 teachers, including 787 of Class 10 and ...

180 days maternity leave for female cooks, helpers in edu dept: CM Sukhu

The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to grant 180 days maternity leave to about 17,889 female cook cum helpers working in the education department under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Tuesday. Earlier, there was no such provision of maternity leave for the above category and necessary directions in this regard have been issued to the concerned department, he said in a statement issued here. Sukhu said this decision of the government, which is working for the welfare of the vulnerable sections of the society, will fulfil the long pending demands of mid day meal workers. The government is working with the aim of holistic development of the downtrodden with special focus on child care and women empowerment, he added.

Delhi govt utilised taxpayers' money to prioritise education: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his government is utilising the taxpayers money to prioritise education, adding the students should make the country proud. He made the remark while addressing the students at the inauguration of a government school building in Pashchim Vihar. "When we (AAP) came to power, we doubled the budget for education. But it was not possible to build all these schools without the support of Delhi residents. It is the taxpayers money which has helped us to provide free education," Kejriwal said. "When you grow up and achieve something in life, remember the country paid for your education," he added. The chief minister said even if he dies he will be satisfied to have worked for the education of the kids from poor families. Kejriwal said he is doing a virtuous deed to provide free education to the children from poor backgrounds. The chief minister inaugurated the newly built building of Dr BR Ambedkar School of Specialized Excellence A6 i

India, Nepal sign MoUs for 3 Projects in education, health, culture sector

India and Nepal on Thursday signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for undertaking three High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) in Nepal, one each in education, health and culture sector at an estimated cost of NRs 122.52 million. The Embassy of India here and the Nepal's Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration signed the MoUs for the three projects for undertaking the three HICDPs under the grant assistance of the Government of India, a release from the Embassy here said. The three projects include the construction of school and hostel buildings for Shree Dang-Bang Secondary School in Airawati Rural Municipality in Pyuthan district; construction of Khamlalung Health Post Building, Aathrai Rural Municipality in Terhathum district and construction and infrastructure development works in Chandan Bharateshwor Mahadev Temple in Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu. These projects, which shall be implemented through local authorities of Airawati Rural ...

CBSE plans 3 languages, 7 subjects in Class 10 and 6 papers in Class 12

Students in Classes 10 and 12 would be expected to concentrate on six subjects, as opposed to the current five subjects. One of the two languages should be the Indian local language

KCET 2024: KEA extends registration date to February 20, click for more

Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has extended the registration date for KCET to February 20, 2024. Check here to submit the application form

CUET PG 2024: Everything you need to know about registration extension

NTA has indeed extended the registration deadline for CUET PG 2024, giving hopeful applicants with an additional opportunity to apply for the Common University Entrance Test

Assam Police Recruitment 2024: Apply online for 269 Constable posts today

The direct link to the online application form for the Assam Police Constable Recruitment 2024 can be found on the official website at slprbassam.in

IIMC granted deemed-to-be-university status, empowered to award degrees

The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), a leading institution for Journalism and Mass Communication, has been granted the status of a deemed university, empowering it to award degrees rather than just diplomas, officials said on Wednesday. "The IIMC has been declared as deemed-to-be-university under distinct category. The declaration extends to IIMC New Delhi and its five regional campuses located in Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir), Amravati (Maharashtra), Aizawl (Mizoram), Kottayam (Kerala), and Dhenkanal (Odisha). With this new status, IIMC is now authorised to offer degrees, including doctoral degrees," an official said. The institute established under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, on 17 August 1965, is one of the premier institutions of its kind in the country, providing quality training in journalism and undertaking meaningful research in the field of media and mass communication. The IIMC is also the training academy for Indian ...

NIIT Learning Systems Q3 results: Net profit rises 23% to Rs 57 crore

NIIT Learning Systems on Wednesday posted a 23.27 per cent rise in its consolidated profit after tax at Rs 56.7 crore in the third quarter ended December 2023. The company had posted a PAT (profit after tax) of Rs 46 crore in the same period a year ago, NIIT Learning Systems said in a regulatory filing. The company's revenue from operations increased by 7.7 per cent to Rs 391.32 crore in the December 2023 quarter from Rs 363.29 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. "Business saw an uptick in sequential growth on the back of continuing addition of new customers and 100 per cent renewals despite compression of spends. We are making a strong commitment to investing in AI for improving effectiveness of learning interventions and are getting positive response from our customers," NIIT Learning Systems Limited (NLSL) Executive Director and CEO Sapnesh Lalla said. NIIT MTS added two new MTS (Managed Training Services) customers during the third quarter of FY'24. At the end of the

CUET PG 2024: All about registration details at pgcuet.samarth.ac.in

The deadline to register for CUET PG 2024 is today, January 31. On December 26, 2023, the application form for Postgraduate Programs was made available by NTA

Modi 2.0 expenditure: Govt spend on education, health remains low

Interest payments, subsidies account for big chunk of outlays

CTET 2024: CBSE set to provide provisional January 2024 answer key

For the CTET January 2024 exam, over 27 lakhs students enrolled with 9.58 lakhs taking Paper 1 (Classes 1-5) and 17.35 lakhs taking Paper 2 (Classes 6-8). The test was conducted on January 21

Higher edu institutions to get accreditation status, grading system to go

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the country will no longer be given grades under the accreditation system, rather they will be categorised either as "accredited" or "not accredited", the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) decided on Saturday. In an executive council meeting held on Saturday, the NAAC also decided that the accredited institutions will be further given levels between one and five to encourage them to achieve the highest level. These sets of reforms will be implemented in two stages -- the binary accreditation (accredited or not accredited) system in the next four months, and Maturity-Based Graded Accreditation (level 1 to 5) by December. "There will be Binary Accreditation (either accredited or not accredited) rather than grades with an aim to encourage all the institutions to get on-boarded in the accreditation process thereby creating a quality culture in the higher education system," a senior Ministry of Education (MoE) official said. "Th

Need to focus on education, healthcare to become developed nation: Rajan

Former RBI Governor Rajan highlighted the fact that India has maintained an average growth rate of six per cent over the past 25 years, which is no easy feat for any country