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Oct 15, 2018

The IIT – PAL- Helping Stud. Prepare for JEE Advanced Exam Extended & Made Available by SWAYAM Portal 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will mentor at least 5 engineering colleges located in its vicinity, in order to improve quality & standard of engineering education in country.

  • Decision was taken during 52nd Meeting of Council of IITs, which was held under Chairm…

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Jul 23, 2018

CBSE Lowers Pass Criteria 

The CBSE Board has relaxed the exam pass criteria for the students who are set to appeared for Class 10th exams in 2018. The relaxation is just a temporary measure for Class X students appearing in 2018. This fresh criterion will only be applicable for this year.

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Jul 10, 2018

🌟 NIRF India Rankings 2018 for Higher Education Institutions (Important) 

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is released by MHRD. This framework outlines methodology to rank institutions across the country. Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in Bengaluru became overall best institution in India by HRD Ministry՚s NIRF.

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Jul 7, 2018

List of 24 Fake Universities 

University Grants Commission has released list of 24 “self-styled” & fake varsities across country including 8 in national Capital. Universities are declared as fake & are not entitled to confer any degrees.

  • Following 24 self-styled & unreco…

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Jun 22, 2018

Indo-French Knowledge Summit Ends with Mutual Recognition of Educational Qualifications 

The first ever Indo-French Knowledge Summit ended successfully in New Delhi. Jointly organized by the French Institute in India, along with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research & Innovation (MESRI) , Republic of France and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) ,…

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Jun 20, 2018

🌟 HRD Ministry 75 National Resource Centres for Online Refresher Programmes for Education (Important) 

Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched initiative of online professional development of 1.5 million higher education faculty using MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) platform SWAYAM.

  • In 1st phase of initiative, 75 discipline-specific Nation…

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Jan 9, 2018

MEA՚s SAMEEP Will Take India՚s Foreign Policy to All Students & Classrooms 

Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched SAMEEP (Students and MEA Engagement Program) to take Indian foreign policy and its global engagements to students and to look at diplomacy as a career option.

Objectives of SAMEEP (Students and MEA Engagement Program)

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Dec 3, 2017

Union HRD Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar Inaugurates Chintan Shivir 

Two-day National workshop Chintan Shivir was organized by Department of School Education and Literacy to discuss holistic education relevant for 21st century India with key stakeholders from various NGOs, private sector and individuals.

Focus of Chintan Shivir

  • Learn f…

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Sep 5, 2017

Zero Tolerance Policy Given by UGC 

University grants commission, has drafted a new policy to control the menace. The name of the policy is Zero Tolerance Policy. The new policy drafted as a part of researcher effort towards plagiarism. Authorities of HEI (Higher education Institution) also take notice of an action…

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Aug 11, 2017

Science Scholarship to Women 

The Women Scientist Scheme of the Department of Science and Technology, provides career opportunities with fellowship to unemployed women scientists and technologists for pursuing research in frontier areas of Science and Engineering.

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