Education
New Delhi: Police have filed a case of abetment to suicide against unidentified persons after a 31-year-old M.Sc. Physics student at IIT Delhi died last week. Officials say he jumped from a building on the campus here on August 22. What happened that morning According to initial findings, the student entered the IIT Delhi campus…
Barabanki (UP): Police have registered a case against 10 people in connection with an alleged financial scam at Munshi Raghunandan Prasad Sardar Patel Girls Degree College in Barabanki, officials said on Saturday. The FIR was filed at City Kotwali police station following a court order, Station House Officer Sudhir Kumar Singh said. Those named in…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday announced that the state government will set up a centre of excellence at IIIT Bhubaneswar to support the growth of the semiconductor sector, with an investment of Rs 400 crore. The chief minister made the announcement while speaking at the valedictory session of Indocrypt 2025, India’s…
Chennai: Students with a strong grounding in traditional music can now take up engineering courses at IIT Madras, institute director Prof V Kamakoti has said, calling on parents to motivate children to learn music from an early age. Speaking at the inaugural session of the 93rd annual South Indian Music Conference and the Festival of…
Lucknow: The Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey Uttar Pradesh Sainik School has named Colonel Seema Mishra as its new principal, marking the first time a woman has been appointed to lead the 65-year-old institution. The announcement was confirmed by officials from the state education department on Thursday. Col Mishra’s two-year deputation was cleared after the Sainik…
Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU) on Saturday announced the postponement of all examinations scheduled from November 18 to 20, following mounting student protests demanding the announcement of long-pending Senate election dates. PU Controller of Examinations Jagat Bhushan issued a statement confirming that the revised schedule for the affected exams will be notified later. Students have been…
New Delhi: The Delhi government has announced that children must be at least 6 years old to be admitted to Class 1 in all government, government-aided, and recognised private schools from the 2026-27 academic session. The decision aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which recommends a uniform age for school admissions across the…
Kochi: Kerala education minister V Sivankutty has directed a private Christian-run school in Kochi to allow a Muslim girl student to continue her studies wearing a hijab (headscarf). The directive came after St. Rita’s Public School in Palluruthy suspended classes for two days following a dispute with the student’s parents over her wearing a hijab….
New Delhi: Delhi University’s Academic Council (AC) has approved the introduction of a one-year postgraduate (PG) programme under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. This programme will be available from 2026 to graduates of the university’s four-year undergraduate courses, while students with a three-year undergraduate degree can continue with the two-year PG programme. Under the…
BHUBANESWAR: The Higher Education Department of Odisha has issued revised guidelines for the Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Bhasabruti Scheme under the Mukhyamantri Medhabi Chhatra Protsahan Yojana. These updated regulations will come into effect from the 2024-25 academic year. This initiative aims to promote academic excellence in Odia language studies, encouraging meritorious students to pursue higher education…
