Education News Updates

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has debarred the Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Andhra Pradesh from offering courses in open and distance learning (ODL) and online learning mode for 2021-22 academic session.

The examination was conducted in 13 languages -- English, Hindi, Gujarati , Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

A total of 13043 have reportedly applied for the offline exam. Earlier, CHSE had invited online applications for the Plus 2 offline exam from September 3.

There will be Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) based Online Remote Proctored Examination (ORPE) for the Certificates and Diplomas (Online Programmes).

As per the latest notification released by DHSE, guardians/parents of shortlisted candidates can also be present for admittance at the institutions in cases where the candidates failed to arrive at the spot.

Odisha Higher Education department on Monday announced that students will be allowed to take admission into degree colleges without furnishing original certificates.

In a letter, the University Grants Commission said the officials and faculty members of higher education institutions should desist from any act of discrimination against SC/ST students on grounds of their social origin.

The Supreme Court agreed to examine pleas challenging the Centre's decision to implement 10 per cent quota for EWS category and 27 per cent quota for OBC in the NEET admissions.

The admission for the shortlisted candidates will be commenced between September 14 and 21. The second phase of the merit list will be out on September 27 while the selected students will get admission between September 29 and October 1.

In view of the pass percentage in the 2021 Matriculation examination, the State government has decided to increase seats in Plus II streams in various colleges across the State.

The CU-CET will be conducted for Undergraduate/ Integrated (UI) and Post Graduate (PG)Programmes for the Academic Session 2021-22. The entrance test will be held on September 15, 16, 23 and 24 September, 2021 in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.

The CBSE has teamed up with IIT Gandhinagar for the Eklavya Series which focuses on clarifying National Education Policy (NEP) and showcase how effectively it can be implemented across the schools.

The AICTE has further instructed its affiliated universities and institutions to obtain an ‘undertaking’ from such ‘provisionally admitted’ students that he/she shall submit their results within one week from the declaration of the results by the CBSE to their respective institution.

JEE Advanced 2021 registration will now begin from September 13, 2021. Candidates must go through the official site of JEE Advanced, jeeadv.ac.in.

The Central Universities – Common Entrance Test (CU-CET) 2021 for Academic Session 2021-22 will be conducted throughout the country on September 15, September 16, September 23 and September 24, 2021. The entrance examination will be held through Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.