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Karnataka revises school uniform policy, permits religious symbols alongside uniforms
The state has revoked the BJP-era order banning hijabs in classrooms, allowing students to wear limited religious symbols including hijab, turban and sacred thread in educational institutions
More than 3.6 lakh students left the country till July 2024 to study abroad
In 2023, record 8.94 lakh students migrated to foreign destinations for higher studies
Ambedkar varsity ‘on brink of collapse’, 32 faculty members resign, 22 embroiled in legal battles
In a strongly worded statement, the Ambedkar University Delhi Faculty Association (AUDFA), even as insisting on the need to protect the top public institution, has said that the university "is now on the brink of collapse and fragmentation", accusing the administration for operating "with increasing impunity, subjecting faculty to harassment amid deteriorating working conditions."
TISS authorities ‘targeting’ Adivasis, Dalits: Eviction notice to PhD scholars
In a scathing letter to the Director, the Dean of Student Affairs, and the Associate Dean of Student Affairs of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, members* of the civil rights group All India Inquilabi Youth and Students Alliance (ALIYSA) have sought immediate withdrawal of the recent eviction notices to PhD scholars to vacate the campus in 24 hours. The letter disputes the claim by the TISS authorities that the scholars have taken beyond 5 years of time in completing their doctoral work.
NCERT drops Preamble of the Constitution from Class III and VI textbooks
The NCERT, which published textbooks between 2005 and 2008, is updating them in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) introduced by the NDA government in 2020
If malpractice is widespread, across most exam centres, localised analysis will fail to detect anomalies: NTA’s flawed defence
The authors, students of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and IIT-Mumbai critique NTA's data Interpretations on NEET 2024 Irregularities
TISS alumni write open letter against unjust termination
After the terminated of over a 100 of teaching and non-teaching staff from TISS, the alumni have written an open letter calling out the institute's actions, especially its unjust treatment to the faculty at the Centre for Women’s Studies.
Abolish ‘discriminatory and imbalanced’ NEET exam: Justice A.K. Rajan Committee 2021
Negative impact on students from rural background, less family income, studying from Tamil-medium; a High-Level Committee headed by the retired judge of Madras High Court and eight others, including central and state government bureaucrats had, in 2021 recommended for the scraping of the NEET exam. Crucially, the report flagged the steep drop in Tamil students from a rural background from 61.5% in 2010-11; metro students recorded an increase instead.
NTA Ki Chronology Samjhiye! Then attempt to answer my three non-MCQ questions
Many of us might think that the National Testing...
Dismantling caste in education: Tamil Nadu’s attempt at tackling discrimination
Report calls for administrative reforms, teacher training, and combating caste violence to ensure equal opportunity for all students.
SC asks NTA to ensure that even ‘0.001% negligence’ is investigated, while states of Bihar & Gujarat remain the epicentre of the NEET UG...
Supreme Court bench also urged the NTA to act proactively, admit if there is any mistake to re-instil the confidence of the public in the NEET examinations; AAP and Congress continue with protests
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