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Demand for core engineering courses on rise, shows AICTE data. Computer science, electronics remain favourites

Admission percentage in most core engineering branches hit 5-yr high in 2021-22. Placements too went up, paving way for opening of new engineering colleges after ban on same was lifted.

How DU is wooing big firms to help students snag plum placements

Placement cell aims to bring 100 recruiters to its upcoming 'Job Mela', which will take place thrice a year. Move comes months after DU slipped in NIRF rankings.

Revise Higher Education Financing Agency, says parliamentary panel as loan scheme misses target by over 50%

HEFA was supposed to fund projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore by 2022. However, as on 31 December 2022, projects worth Rs 46,700.03 crore had been approved, according to parliamentary panel.

10 lakh teaching positions vacant in govt schools. Parliamentary panel urges ‘time-bound’ recruitment

Panel asked education ministry to fill all vacant positions to attain 30:1 pupil-teacher ratio under new National Education Policy and flagged lack of transparency in recruitment process.

‘Blatant political messaging’ – staff & students miffed as walls & logo of DU’s IP college turn saffron

Claiming that they were not aware of the move, a group of professors calls it ‘blatant political messaging’. AISA also criticises decisions of college administration.

Govt shortlists 9,000 schools for ‘PM-SHRI’ — plan to set up model schools with smart classes

Institutions that made the shortlist were selected from over 2.5 lakh govt schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas & Navodaya Vidyalayas. Winners will be announced soon, says official.

New school textbooks from 2024-25 as govt set to release fresh curricular norms for all levels under NEP

National Curriculum Framework, a set of curricular guidelines, is key component of new NEP. Books will be printed in 22 languages apart from English.

CBSE issues guidelines for preschool, calls for child-friendly classrooms & annual health checks

CBSE releases guidelines to aid adoption of National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (Preschool to Class 2) in its schools for 2023-2024 academic session. 

No central university teaching text by Pakistani authors: Education minister replies to controversial RS query

Uttar Pradesh BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav’s question on texts by Pakistani authors, which mentioned AMU and Jamia Millia Islamia in particular, was criticised by academics.

As demand rises, tech education body AICTE lifts 3-yr-old ban on new engineering colleges

An expert panel that recommended the ban in 2019 because of low demand for seats has now suggested it should be lifted. The moratorium will be lifted next academic year.

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Israel-Iran conflict is bad news for Russia. Moscow is dependent on Tehran for drones

The US no longer enjoys the ‘rewards' of regime change in Iran brought about by the CIA, and at best, it could refrain from attempting another coup in Tehran.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Agniveer applicants in Army up nearly 10% compared to last year

This year, the Army has scheduled an online combined examination that will span 174 locations across the country. The examination window is from April 22 to May 7.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.