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Face must be visible, then hijab, burqa, dupatta or attire of choice permitted to TET candidates: MCSE
This clarification from the Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) came days after the council’s directive for the June 28 examination; the initial instructions stated that candidates will not be allowed to wear items such as dupattas, burqas, masks and caps inside examination centres which triggered a debate among teachers and various social groups
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Over 300 schools run by Falah-e-Aam Trust to be shut in J&K
Students of the Jamaat-e-Islami affiliated organisation’s schools to be absorbed in nearby government schools, but no word on future of teaching and non-teaching staff
Open letter to Sharda University Vice Chancellor
Discarding a question on linkages of Hindutva with Nazism/Fascism is blatant Academic Dishonesty!
Education in India being ‘edited’ to suit a right-wing syllabus… one chapter at a time
Communalising classrooms is no longer a mere threat; the process began a while ago, and once printed in textbooks, threatens to stay
JNU must withdraw order making the university out of bounds for Sucheta De: AICCTU
The trade union called the order an administrative attempt to continue unfair trade practices
AICCTU leader Sucheta De removed from JNU campus!
De accused the university administration of trying to separate workers union from trade unions
Rashtriya Shiksha Shredder: Rahul Gandhi on CBSE’s latest omissions
Latest exclusions are 'democracy and diversity', Mughal courts, Faiz Ahmed Faiz poems, 2 years ago chapter on “federalism, citizenship, nationalism, and secularism" were dropped, then restored
Five students died by suicide in central universities during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Centre cites only 24 student deaths in six years, but is that the whole picture?
Uttar Pradesh: Journalists who reported on leaked question papers arrested
Ballia edition of Amar Ujala had published the leaked paper in the morning of the day when examination was to be held from 2 P.M
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