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Most students are likely to make it to US on time, say overseas consultants

As the US Mission to India opens July and August student visa appointments, students rush in to book dates from Monday

CBSE panel yet to finalise evaluation criteria for class 12 students

The 13-member panel, set up by the board for the purpose, was supposed to submit its report by Monday. However, it is likely to take a few more days for finalising the criteria

Statsguru: 6 charts show how Indian universities fare in global rankings

A key issue has been the number of foreign students, which has a bearing on the ranking of universities globally

Andhra trying to conduct board exams, cancellation last resort: Edu Min

Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh on Friday said that the state government is trying to conduct examinations for Class 10 and intermediate keeping students' future in mind

QS ranking: IIT Kharagpur jumps 34 places to reach 280th spot globally

The London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has released the QS World University Ranking 2022 recently.

IIT-Kanpur improves ranking in world's best varsity list by 73 ranks

This year, IIT-K has been ranked as the 277th position in the list

SC says fixing June 16 for INI CET 2021 is arbitrary, postpones test

The test has been put off by a month

'India's gross enrolment in higher education rose marginally in 2019-20'

According to data, total enrolment improved on a year-on-year basis, but the pupil teacher ratio in universities and colleges fell from 29 in 2018-19 to 28 in 2019-20

Enrolment of female students lowest in institutes of national importance

This is according to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2019-20.

Efforts on to ensure more Indian institutions scale global excellence: PM

Modi congratulated those figuring in the top-200 positions in QS World University Rankings 2022.

Telangana govt cancels class 12 board examinations in view of Covid-19

This comes days after the Central government announced cancellation of the CBSE Class 12 board exams.

Promote class 11 students by July 15, Bengal HC council tells schools

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education Tuesday asked school authorities to complete the formalities relating to promotion of students from class 11 to the next class by July 15

IISc is world's top research university in QS rankings: Check details here

IIT Bombay, Delhi and IISc stay in the lead among Indian institutions

CET entrance examinations to be held on August 28, 29 in Karnataka

The Maths and Biology exams will be held on the first day while Physics and Chemistry on the second day.

Puducherry govt cancels Class 12 board exams due to Covid crisis

Puducherry has 8270 active cases presently

"NEET an injustice," Tamil Nadu Cong urges CM Stalin's intervention

Tamil Nadu has 5,550 MBBS seats, 3,600 in the government sector and 1,950 in the private sector

Delhi HC refuses to stay order allowing pvt schools to charge annual fees

HC seeks reply of association representing over 450 private schools on appeals of AAP government, students against single judge order

Ramesh Pokhriyal approves Performance Grading Index 2019-20 for States, UTs

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Sunday approved the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 which was introduced with a set of 70 parameters to bring about change in school education.

TN cancels 12th class board exams, CM Stalin asks PM Modi to cancel NEET

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced cancellation of class 12 state board examinations and said a committee would be set up to decide on awarding marks to students

Ladakh LG launches YounTab scheme for students, distributes 12,300 tablets

Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh RK Mathur on Friday launched the YounTab scheme for students and distributed 12,300 tablets among them virtually in Leh