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Two Blackstone staffers win Rs 74 lakh in firm's charity contest

The award money will support Bal Gurukul, IDF's flagship project that provides supplementary after school education programmes to needy children

Adar Poonawalla sets aside Rs 10 cr to support students travelling abroad

He said that he has set aside Rs 10 crore to support students travelling abroad for studies, as a few countries are yet to approve Covishield as an acceptable vaccine for entry without quarantine

CBSE Class 10 result: Education Minister Pradhan congratulates students

A total of 750 schools have recorded a 100 per cent pass percentage this year

In a first for her tribe, girl passes matric exam in J'khand's Hazaribagh

A 16-year-old girl of the Birhor tribe, which is on the verge of extinction, became the first female from the primitive tribe in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh to pass the matriculation examination

55% of sanctioned OBC posts in central universities lying vacant: Govt

Nearly 55 percent of the sanctioned OBC posts in central universities across the country are lying vacant while the vacancies for the category at IISc, Bangalore, are above 89 percent

US lawmakers pilot bill to end plan allowing foreign students to stay back

A group of US lawmakers has reintroduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to eliminate a programme which allows foreign students to stay in the country for work

Unlock: Schools reopen for students of classes 10, 12 in Odisha

Though the schools reopened, it is not mandatory for students to attend physical classes

China outlaws for-profit school tutoring in a sweeping overhaul

Beijing on Saturday published a plethora of regulations that together threaten to up-end the sector and jeopardise billions of dollars in foreign investment

Sparked by Covid pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across the US

The surge has been confirmed by the US Census Bureau

Disaster management to be compulsory subject in colleges in Odisha

A course on disaster management will be taught as a compulsory subject during the first year at colleges in Odisha, the state's Higher Education minister Arun Sahoo said

Himachal Pradesh to open schools from Class 10 to 12 on Aug 2

It was decided that the coaching, tuition and training institutions would also be allowed to function from July 26

Percentage of STEM women graduates in India higher compared to US, UK: Govt

The percentage of women graduates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at tertiary level in India is higher compared to developed nations, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.

Blackstone invests $250 mn in edtech firm Simplilearn, gets majority stake

Indian startup company offers more than 100 programmes to help early to mid-career professionals

New academic session in universities, colleges to begin from October 1: UGC

The commission has clarified that the teaching-learning process must continue in offline, online or blended mode

Andhra Pradesh to implement 10% EWS quota in employment, education

The Andhra Pradesh government has issued fresh orders for the implementation of 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in education and employment

Made in Bharat

Mocking new health minister Mansukh Mandaviya's English underlines the political elitism Modi's India has rejected.

I'm grateful for providing AI education to so many students globally: Hadelin de Ponteves

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State education laws need change: Bengal has the most, Nagaland the least

Arunachal Pradesh has the most restrictive school education law with terms such as 'seize', 'punished', 'fine'.

SSLC exams to be held on July 19 and 22 in Karnataka: Minister

A child with COVID like symptoms will be asked to write in a separate exam hall whereas a COVID positive student can write exam from a COVID care centre

'India's gross enrolment in higher education rose marginally in 2019-20'

According to data, total enrolment improved on a year-on-year basis, but the pupil teacher ratio in universities and colleges fell from 29 in 2018-19 to 28 in 2019-20