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Test-prep industry is seen as much bigger than the estimates by the industry or rating agencies. Photo: Mint The government is looking to curb unaccounted cash transactions in a largely overlooked and unregulated sector—the multibillion dollar test-prep or coaching industry. The human resource development (HRD) ministry has initiated talks with the revenue department and the corporate affairs ministry to explore and ... Read More »

A file photo of the IIT Bombay campus. Of the total 36,566 rank holders, 31,996 were male and 4,570 were female. Photo: Mint New Delhi: Indian Institutes of Technology, the country’s most prestigious engineering and technology schools, have announced the results of joint entrance examination—Advanced (JEE-Advanced), giving ranks to 36,566 candidates for seats in 22 IITs across India. Of the ... Read More »

Authorities say the HRD ministry has also decided to withdraw the contentious extra six hours of practical work as well. Photo: Bloomberg New Delhi: The human resources development (HRD) ministry on Wednesday reduced the minimum working hours for university professors, following protests by the teaching community. “The direct teaching workload has been restored to 16, 14, and 14 hours per ... Read More »

HRD minister Smriti Irani said permission to open off-campus centres will only be given to highest ranked deemed universities. Photo: PTI The human resources development (HRD) ministry on Thursday rolled out incentives for private entities to set up deemed universities, approving the University Grants Commission’s (UGC’s) recommendations in this regard. The ministry said the new deemed universities regulations would go ... Read More »

Though IISc and IITs lead the pack of India in the Asian rankings published earlier this week by British ranking agency QS, they still lag behind their Singapore and Chinese counterparts. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint New Delhi: India has 17 institutions among the top 200 universities in Asia, led by the Indian Institute of Science or IISc in Bangalore (33rd rank), ... Read More »

On 24 May, the court ruled that V.G. Jasmine, a second-year graduate student of Kannur University, cannot take her examination as she missed 52 out of 93 classes during her advanced stage of pregnancy. Photo: iStockphoto New Delhi: Can students claim exemption from attendance requirements due to pregnancy? A recent ruling of the Kerala High Court answers with a negative. ... Read More »

The outlay on education should be raised to at least 6% of GDP without further loss of time. Photo: Bloomberg New Delhi: The T.S.R. Subramanian committee, entrusted with preparing a new education policy for India submitted the report to the government in May suggesting measures that the country must take to improve the sector that caters to over 300 million ... Read More »

File photo. St Stephen’s offers honours courses in Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Chemistry along with the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) pass courses. Photo: Sonu Mehta/HT New Delhi: Delhi University’s prestigious St Stephen’s College on Saturday announced the first cut-off list for the 2016-17 academic session with the highest requirement being for English honours ... Read More »

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has signed an MoU with state-run RailTel and BSNL for providing Wi-Fi facilities at its various monuments and sites. The service will be free for the first half-an-hour and thereafter chargeable on usage basis. Currently, ASI has 116-ticketed monuments and sites and the services would be available wherever “technically feasible”, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said ... Read More »

The global phenomenon Pokemon Go has made its way onto the US presidential campaign trail with the staff of both major candidates appealing to users of the smartphone game to catch voters. The viral game uses smartphone satellite location, graphics and camera capabilities to overlay cartoon monsters on real-world settings, challenging players to capture and train the creatures for battles. ... Read More »