Education

27 Jun

NEET-UG row: President Murmu says govt will investigate on paper leaks

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The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha began, President Droupadi Murmu addressed the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Addressing the 18th Lok Sabha for the first time, President Draupadi Murmu addressed recent NEET-UG paper leak incident. She said, "If due to any reason there is obstruction in examinations it is not appropriate. Sanctity, transparency are a must in government recruitments and examinations. The government is committed to conduct fair investigation and ensure the most stringent punishment to those guilty in the recent incidents of paper leak." Additionally, the President has also congratulated the…

11 May

Vocational courses to be removed from Assam Higher Education syllabus

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The Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA) has recently celebrated Golden jubilee where Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu too attended the event. During his speech, the education minister has informed about the plans to remove vocational courses from higher education syllabus and integrate the vocational branch into Arts, Science, and Commerce streams. He said, "The vocational courses will be soon integrated with the Arts, Science, and Commerce streams. Each student will be given skill training. When knowledge and skills are imparted together, it results in a holistic form of education, preparing students for real-world challenges." Further he added saying, "We…

10 May

Assam board finds maximum no. of students absent during English exam

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Amidst Higher secondary examination results a shocking news has come up about students being marked absent. As per reports, in different Assam's Cachar district institutes students were marked absent in several papers and most of them were in English papers despite their presence during their respective exams. The school sources has informed that the students who were marked absent were present and also appeared for the exam. Further, the board have ensured to look into the matter and corrective measures to be taken as soon as possible.

04 May

Assam HS board 2024 (AHSEC) to declare 12th result

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Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu has informed about completion of the 'HS 2nd Year Result 2024' drafting process. Following it is expected that, Higher Secondary results are to declare soon. Earlier, Education Minister said that results might get declared before May 5. To check the results, students can visit the given link below: Assam Higher Secondary Educational Council will activate ahsec.assam.gov.in 2024 and resultsassam.nic.in 2024 by using their HS roll number and roll code, students can check their respective results. Detailing the procedure below: Open the official website of Assam Higher Secondary Educational Council: ahsec.assam.gov.in 2024 or resultsassam.nic.in 2024. Find the ‘AHSEC HS result 2024 link’ on the homepage…

06 Apr

Contractual teachers will not be granted permanent posts, Assam

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The Assam Government has recently spoke on plans to transit contractual teachers into permanent status within the recruited schools. According to the reports, about 4,500 contractual teachers are working in various high schools and have the same pay scale as regular employees. The Director of Secondary Education in Assam, Mamata Hojai said, “The contractual teachers who have been working in schools were given the benefits of permanent teachers. They can continue their jobs till they are 60 years of age along with other benefits like a regular teacher of the high school. The state government provided these facilities around three…

21 Mar

Semiconductor facility under Skill Development Centre

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The Assam Government and Tata is going to collaborate to set up a Skill Development Centre within the premises of the semiconductor facility for youths in Assam. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "Today during my deliberations with the Tata leadership we agreed to create a Skill Development Centre that will be co-located within the premises of the semiconductor facility in Jagiroad." According to the sources, the Centre is emphasized to offer courses in Artificial Intelligence, semiconductors and electronics and help them in securing jobs.

21 Feb

Lucknow student preparing for Board exams lands up on hospital bed due to ‘anti-sleep’ pill overdose

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A Class 10 student from Lucknow, Prajakta Swarup had gone under a major brain surgery due to a clot that led to damage of nerves, last week. The reason behind this was intake of excessive sleeping pills along with steaming cups of coffee. Prajakta had been staying up all night preparing for her board examinations. Prajakta collapsed one evening and was hospitalised. Her parents later found a bottleful of pills in her drawer and when they handed them over to the doctor, they were shocked to know that their daughter had been on anti-sleep pills. "Shocking though it may sound,…

17 Jan

Pratik Dalal has been appointed by Unacademy as CFO of offline centres

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Recently Edtech Company Unacademy has appointed Pratik Dalal as the Chief Financial Officer of its offline centres business, according to an internal message sent by Co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal to employees. Actually Dalal is a seasoned finance professional with more than 20 years of experience in leadership positions spanning multinational corporations and startups. This is actually good news as Unacademy is doing business and making changes to become better. Today Unacademy is very trusted brand and many student get advantage from them. Actually Unacademy is doing business mainly in education and they know many things in this area. In…

08 Sep

Reliance foundation scholarships open for applications, apply by Oct 15

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The Reliance Foundation led by Nita Ambani has started accepting undergraduate scholarship applications form for the academic year 2023-24. Students pursuing undergraduate and are in first year are eligible for availing scholarship. Students from any stream can fill the form. The last date to apply is 15th of October 2023. Students will be selected based on their 12th marks, their score in aptitude, household income and other specified qualifying requirements. Total of 5,000 students will be selected for the scholarship who will get upto rupees 2 lakh for studies and an opportunity to be part of an enabling support system…

08 Jul

First IIT Campus Outside India To Be Set Up In Tanzania’s Zanzibar

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The Ministry of External Affairs has recently revealed about the set up of a campus of IIT Madras in Tanzania's Zanzibar. This initiative will not only strengthen the relationship between the two countries but it will also help to promote Indian education system at international level. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Zanzibar's President Hussein Ali Mwinyi. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommends that "high performing Indian universities will be encouraged to set up campuses in other countries", said MEA.