DoE officials said the question paper being circulated on WhatsApp matches the original paper but the suspected leak has not been ascertained yet. Photo: PTI New Delhi: The Delhi Government on Thursday said that it has received complaints of class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) accountancy paper being leaked following which a probe was ordered, even as the board ... Read More »
The recruitment of around 9,000 teachers to the Delhi’s government schools has been put on hold by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, following the AAP government’s insistence that the work experience of guest teachers be given weightage in the process. The decision comes a day before the candidates could start applying online for the posts advertised by the Delhi Subordinate Services ... Read More »
As per the draft guidelines, as of 2015-16, at least 187,006 primary schools (Class I-V) and 62,988 upper primary (Class VI-VIII) schools were running with fewer than 30 students. Photo: HT New Delhi: The centre is looking to execute location-specific mergers of nearly 260,000 small government schools as part of a rationalization process to ensure maximum use of resources. In draft ... Read More »
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is considering a proposal to declare “no school bag day” on Saturdays in state-run schools. This was conveyed at a meeting chaired by deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma in Lucknow, an official release said. School kids will be allowed to come to school without their school bags on Saturdays so that they can enjoy themselves ... Read More »
NEW DELHI: The government won’t offer any special concessions to Apple but is reviewing its entire policy on mobile phone manufacturing as part of an effort to promote the ‘Make in India’ initiative, officials said. This could meet some of the demands that Apple has made apart from benefitting other phone makers as well. Apple had sought the concessions to ... Read More »
Representative image GURGAON: Your social mediaposts are under close watch. The Haryana government has decided to ratchet up its cyber policing with a centre for digital investigations that it will inaugurate on Wednesday in Gurgaon. The Digital Investigation Training and Analysis Centre (Ditac) will focus exclusively on social media content, picking up anything it feels is “inflammatory” or “illegal” in ... Read More »
The no-fail policy entails that no children in the 6-14 age group can be held back in any class up to Class VIII. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint New Delhi: The Union government is in a fix over whether to go ahead and scrap the no-fail policy in schools after at least six states, most of them ruled by the Bharatiya Janata ... Read More »
However, the health ministry has approved the establishment of 11 medical colleges for 2016-17. Photo: Rajendra Gawankar/HT New Delhi: The Union health ministry has turned down proposals for setting up of around 83 medical colleges based on the recommendations of Medical Council of India (MCI). The ministry has also denied permissions to 47 medical colleges in various states to expand ... Read More »
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 »
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 »
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