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Calcutta High Court Directs Schools Not To Deny Promotion To Students Over Fee Payment

Taking up allegations of parents that a few schools were not adhering to its earlier interim order, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said none of the 145 schools in West Bengal covered in a PIL over fees during the Covid pandemic will deny promotion to any student to the next session or withhold report […]

Counseling task force set-up for ensuring well-being of students in Jammu

In order to undertake sustainable quality interventions for ensuring mental health, child protection and career development of students, Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) on Saturday nominated teaching staff having relevant qualification (psychology) and experience as district and zonal counselling coordinators. Twenty members of teaching staff having relevant qualifications have been nominated as district counselling […]

India’s NEP has given foreign varsities a license to innovate: Melbourne University’s official

India’s new National Education Policy (NEP) has given a “license to innovate” to foreign universities, according to Michael Wesley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne. “We see the NEP as a license to innovate. I think that previous to the NEP, the ability to do creative things with Indian partners was much more constrained mainly by […]

UGC enables students to enrol in two full-time academic programmes at the same time.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Tuesday announced that students will now be able to pursue two full-time academic programmes in physical mode. The commission has put together a set of guidelines regarding the same, which will be put up on the official website of UGC. Earlier, the UGC regulations did not allow students to […]

Move to make Hindi compulsory in North East up to Class 10 will create disharmony: Students’ bodies

The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), a conglomeration of eight students’ bodies, has taken umbrage over the Centre’s decision to make Hindi a compulsory subject till Class 10 in the region, contending that the move will be detrimental for indigenous languages and create disharmony. In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, NESO has […]