Education

Image for representative purpose only | (Picture: Express) Director of School Education Puducherry, Priytarshny P, has cautioned people regarding admission of their wards in unrecognised private schools after 33 private schools were found functioning without recognition. “A scrutiny revealed 33 private schools are functioning in the Union Territory jurisdiction without proper recognition from the Directorate … Read more

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah | (Pic: Express) On Friday, December 22, the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that he had already directed the officials to lift the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutions. This statement of the CM brings to the fore the hijab issue at a time when political parties are gearing up for the … Read more

Pic credits: Edex Live Shockingly, a 19-year-old college student from the Coimbatore district died allegedly due to an allergic reaction after eating parotta. During the preliminary investigation, the doctors at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) who performed the postmortem confirmed that they found the particles of parotta (aaida) in his lungs which might have led … Read more

In the rush to compete with other universities, private universities are showing indiscipline in terms of evaluation, which is affecting number of students in government colleges, said Dr MC Sudhakar, Higher Education Minister on December 22, Friday. Further, he added it’s a case of ‘big fish eating small fish’.  The minister spoke about the challenges in … Read more

In an incident that has caused an uproar, Class VI students of Andrahalli Government School in Bengaluru North were allegedly forced to clean toilets and scrub the walls of the toilets. The headmistress of the school has been suspended after the videos went viral on social media and the authorities concerned were alerted about the … Read more

NMIMS Indore Smart India Hackathon | (Pic: NMIMS) Addressing the growing problem of unorganised parking in major urban centres of the country in their prompt statement at the Grand Finale round of Smart India Hackathon 2023, a team of six exceptional students developed a working prototype of an innovative application called, iPark. The application leverages … Read more

ISB | (Pic: ISB) The Indian School of Business (ISB) announces the setting up of Vidula Jalan Scholarship to be awarded on a need-cum merit basis to two Post Graduate Programme (PGP) students (one female and one male), commencing from the Class of 2025.  Instituted in memory of the Late Vidula Jalan, an alumna of … Read more

As per a recent notice from the Education Department of Bihar, the hiring for various teaching positions in the state’s universities and colleges would be outsourced to select private agencies.  The circular, issued by the Department’s Secretary Baidyanath Yadav, states different categories of teaching services for colleges, the prescribed remunerations for these services, and asks … Read more

A picture of the Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is instituting four new scholarships for the students of Chemistry and Law at the varsity. In a statement released by the university, it stated that it has received a donation of Rs 20 lakh under the Pratidana initiative to establish … Read more

Image for representative purpose only | (Picture: Express) In tragic news, two students were killed and 10 others sustained injuries when a private school bus they were travelling in overturned after colliding with a tree at Khajani Tehsil of Gorakhpur district on December 22, Friday, police said. The deceased were identified as Sakshi Vishwakarma (10) and … Read more