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Indian Embassy, Nepal govt sign MoUs for projects in education, healthcare

The Embassy of India and Nepal government's Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration signed a Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for undertaking three projects in Nepal

700,000 appear in TET exam; education minister denies paper leak report

Nearly seven lakh candidates on Sunday appeared in the TET examination conducted by the WBBPE to fill up around 11,000 vacancies for primary teacher posts in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools. The West Bengal Board of Primary Education Board (WBBPE) conducted the Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) examination after a gap of five years in 1,460 examination centres across the state amid tight security arrangements, officials said. West Bengal Education minister Bratya Basu on Sunday denied there has been any question paper leak in the TET examination and alleged "some people" wanted to disrupt the examination process to discredit the Mamata Banerjee government by circulating fake question papers on WhatsApp. Basu told reporters that he was satisfied the exams could be conducted smoothly despite attempts by "some people" to derail the process and give a bad name to the Mamata Banerjee government. Asserting there was no question paper leak in the exams, the minister said

10, 12 exam date sheets on social media fake, says CBSE; schedule out soon

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday said purported date sheets for class 10 and 12 exams doing the rounds on social media are fake. The board is yet to announce the exam date sheets, and officials said it will be done soon. "The multiple versions of datesheets doing the round are fake. The exam schedule will soon be announced and the students and parents should wait for official information," a senior board official said. The board had earlier announced it will conduct theory examinations for class 10 and 12 for the academic year from February 15, 2023. "The practical examinations will begin from January 1 and schools have been directed to complete the syllabus for these till then. The practical examinations for Class 12 will only be conducted by external examiners appointed by the board, while for Class 10, these will be conducted by internal examiners, the official explained. The board has also released the subject-wise CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 sample pap

Odisha to host G20 sub-committee meet on education, culture, energy next yr

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said three G20 sub-committee meetings on education, energy and culture will be held in Odisha next year. Pradhan was speaking during an anniversary celebration of a regional media house here. The Union Education minister and G20 sub-committee meetings on education, energy and culture will be held in Odisha in April next year. State's Heritage town Konark and Bhubaneswar are likely to be among the venues for 200 such meetings to be held in the run-up to the main summit. On December 1, India assumed the presidency of the G20 forum, taking over from Indonesia.

upGrad's acquisition of test-prep provider Exampur may hit roadblock

Disagreement over valuation of Noida-based company which wants more from the deal, says source

Elite US colleges try to navigate a world where the SATs are optional

As deadlines loom for the Class of 2027 - Jan. 1 is the big day at many top institutions - American higher ed is in the middle of a grand experiment in "test-optional" admissions

PhysicsWallah, the unassuming underdog among edtech firms in India

While its rivals battled to stay afloat, PhysicsWallah has recorded consistent growth since the pandemic

Just when things look…: Beware the surprise that catches you unprepared

As the system emerges from the Covid trauma and India shifts its sights to long-term targets, attention must turn to the underlying weaknesses that may scupper ambitious aspirations, writes T N Ninan

Special emphasis on education infra in state under PM Modi: Tripura CM

Tripura CM Manik Saha inaugurated the Asgar Rahmanpur High School in Belonia and said under the leadership of PM Modi, special focus is being given to infrastructure development in education sector

Bureau of Indian Standards signs MoU with 6 engineering institutes

Institutes will set up 'BIS Standardisation Chair Professor' as part of agreement

Indian edtech major Simplilearn trains its sights on boot camps

The Indian edtech major is gearing up to compete with global majors in the space

upGrad-backed Harappa launches in US, to upskill 55,000 managers in 3 yrs

Harappa founders cite huge scope as 82% Americans are likely to quit their jobs because of a bad manager, while 44% managers feel they are unprepared for their jobs

AAP focussed on expansion of liquor vends than education: Anurag Thakur

Top BJP leaders on Saturday slammed the AAP over the issues of corruption and pollution, with Union minister Anurag Thakur alleging that the Arvind Kejriwal government focused more on the expansion of liquor vends than education. Campaigning for the upcoming civic body polls here, Thakur claimed that Delhi is suffering due to the Kejriwal government's "corruption and false claims of development". Elections for the 250 wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will be held on December 4. "This is the first government in the country that has focused more on expansion of 'thekas' (liquor vends) than education and its minister, who is in jail and getting a massage there, has not yet been removed from his post," Thakur alleged while campaigning for BJP candidates in Shastri Nagar, Kamla Nagar and Rajendra Nagar wards here. He said the way Satyendar Jain was retained as a minister despite being in jail for nearly six months, showed that the Arvind Kejriwal government was not just ...

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Amazon to shut down its edtech platform in India, refund customers

Edtech offering was launched last year to cater to students preparing for engineering colleges' JEE

Sourav Ganguly roots for sports as part of education to improve life skills

Former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly, on Friday called for making sports an integral part of school education in the country as it can improve their life skills. In a video message before World Children's Day on November 20, Ganguly who is also also an ex-captain of the Indian cricket team, advocated the rights of education for every child. "On behalf of children, I request that all children are provided opportunities to play and also to include sports as an integral part of their school education. Children's participation in sports can improve their learning and life skills, Ganguly said in the message released by UNICEF on social media platforms. UNICEF organises week-long programmes on young achievers starting on National Children's Day on November 14 and the events continue till November 20, World Children's Day. The UN body has dedicated the year 2022 to sports, particularly to children's achievement in sports. "Every child shoul

AEEE 2023 registration to start online on Friday; here's how to apply

The AEEE 2023 examination will be conducted in CBT (Computer Based Test) mode across 140 cities in the country

SSC CGL admit card: Application window opens, here's how to check status

The exam will be held from December 1 to 13

Complaints against ads up 14%, highest came from 'education' domain: Report

Among the total 3,340 complaints processed, about 55 per cent of the objectionable ads were spotted in the digital domain, while 39 per cent were in the print domain: ASCI

Over 200,000 students went to US for higher studies in 2021-22: Report

More than 2 lakh Indian students chose the United States as their higher education destination in the 2021-22 academic year, a 19 per cent increase over the previous year, according to a report released on Monday. Nearly 21 per cent of the over one million foreign students studying in the United States are Indian, according to the Open Doors report published by the Institute of International Education (IIE). For the second consecutive year, a record number of Indian students went to the United States to pursue higher education, it said. "Congratulations to India on leading the globe in the number of students choosing the United States," Gloria Berbena, minister counselor for public diplomacy at the US embassy here, said. "It's clear Indian students and their parents recognise the value of a US education, one that prepares them to leverage their newly gained know-how to tackle the world's challenges and readies them for future opportunities, whether that's in artificial intelligence