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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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Amravati Students show black flags to Education minister Vinod Tawde

AISF blocked vehicles. Struggling students organisations raised slogans against...

Assam HC Re-Instates Teacher Sacked Due to ABVP Leader’s Complaint

The university’s decision to fire the associate professor led...

How Dyal Singh College Became Vande Mataram College!

All hell was let loose on the evening of November...

Exposed: The Great Research Admission Hoax at JNU

The statistics presented to the 144th Academic Council expose...

The McCarthy Era in Indian Education

The Sudden termination of student from IIST“My research career...

Suspensions are an answer to everything for UoH!

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) suspended 3 students for 2...

Missionary school in UP bans Hijab, asks Muslim student to go to madrasa

The principal of a missionary school in Barabanki district...

Muslims Must Seize Every Opportunity to Reform Their Madrasas

Yogi Adityanath may be doing this for political reasons,...

Nightmarish Visions: Indian government plan for ‘Institutions of Eminence’

Statement by JNU Teachers’ AssociationIn early November, the JNU...

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