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TopicEntrance exams

Topic: Entrance exams

Faulty systems, poor infra to ‘mistreatment’—Protesting aspirants allege SSC ‘played with their future’

Students & teachers have broken into protests over alleged mismanagement of SSC exams, slamming the firm contracted to conduct them & demanding dialogue with MoS Personnel.

At Visitor’s Conference, Indian academicians make case against ‘high-staking’ of entrance exams

Two-day annual conference was chaired by President Murmu, who is Visitor to central universities & higher education institutions. Education Minister Pradhan was also in attendance.

Govt panel on exam reforms wants NTA to conduct only entrance exams, recommends restructuring

From 2025, NTA will not conduct recruitment exams, says Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The panel was formed following allegations of irregularities in the NEET-UG exam.

Exam panel govt set up after leak fiasco recommends multi-stage NEET-UG, all entrance tests online

Panel suggests multi-level NEET-UG along lines of JEE (Advanced). It also recommends 'hybrid mode' in areas where conduct of computer-based entrance exams is not possible.

Schools where you enrol just to bunk…and go to coaching class instead. Inside India’s ‘dummy schools’

Despite violating regulations of education boards, dummy schooling has become popular among entrance exam aspirants. Coaching industry stakeholders say schools don't meet students' needs.

NEET alternative from ex IAS officers, IIT director — 8 quarterly tests, internships, centralised exam

Former education secretary R. Subrahmanyan, along with 2 others, places proposal before central panel, suggests 40:40:20 weightage to academics, social-professional aptitude & finals.

‘Can’t put my anger into words’ — students anguished as Centre postpones NEET-PG night before exam

Last few weeks have seen NEET UG 2024 results embroiled in controversy following alleged paper leaks, cancellation of UGC NET, and the Friday announcement to postpone CSIR UGC NET.

Re-exams, random change of interview dates & more — NTA’s horror show in govt recruitment test

Around 89,600 candidates applied for 553 positions in Ministry of Commerce for 'Examiner of Patents and Designs'. Prelims took place 21 December 2023 & mains held 25 January 2024.

Byju’s, StudyIQ, UPSC Wallah made millions online. Now they are all in concrete classrooms

These online institutes now entering the offline space charge around Rs 1 lakh for GS course; established offline players such as Vision IAS and Drishti IAS charge Rs 2-2.5 lakh.

‘Want to be an intellectual’: Chinese millionaire fails to pass varsity entrance test for 27th time

Liang Shi first took the test in 1983 as a 16-year-old. Having failed in his first attempt, the university aspirant kept on taking the dreaded test.

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Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.