Education News Updates

The UGC has decided to start 123 different online courses, out of this, 40 programmes for PG and 83 programmes for UG students.

Online applications for the Plus 2 offline examination will be invited from students from September 3. A decision in this effect has been taken during the examination committee meeting of CHSE today.

The last date for the submission of applications for admission and re-registration has been extended till September 15.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that by 2030, there is a target to achieve 100 per cent gross enrolment of children in schools across India

Physical classes in Technical Universities, Engineering and Professional Colleges, Polytechnics and Diploma Institutions and ITIs will commence across the State from September 6.

The last date for submission of online application forms for the Central Universities- Common Entrance Test (CU-CET) 2021 has been extended by the National Testing Agency (NTA). 

Senior officials said that recently a PIL has been filed in the Orissa High Court and the court has sought status report on the number of FIRs registered so far.

The late publication of provisional result/non issuance of marksheet is causing great suffering and jeopardizing the career prospects of our students as they are required to submit their final marksheet, or an attested provisional marksheet, for seeking postgraduate admission in various state and central universities outside Odisha.

The request of students for correction in the names, spelling, father’s name, guardian’s name, address printed in the statement of marks and certificates after competition of programme will also be entertained even though the degree certificate has already been issued.

NEET was earlier scheduled to be held on August 1. However, following the rise in the Coronavirus cases in the country, the exam was cancelled. Around 16 lakh students have registered for the exam this year.

The entrance examination will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode for all courses in three shifts on each day of the examination schedule.

The Ministry had launched the Yoga module for people at work place with a view to refresh, de-stress and refocus them with enhanced efficiency and productivity in January 2020. An android based application Y Break was made available recently on Google Play Store for access by all.

Maa Kichakeswari College in Khiching of Mayurbhanj district having hundreds of students is presently run by a single lecturer, Mukesh Behera.  

It may be noted that this year GATE 2022 will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and six other Indian Institutes of Technology at Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Chennai, Roorkee and Indian Institute of Science at Bengaluru

The NTA had conducted the entrance examination for GAT-B and BET-2021 on August 14 for admissions into the Department of Biotechnology supported Post Graduate Programme in Biotechnology and allied areas in participating Institutions (GAT-B) and for award of DBT – Junior Research Fellowship (DBT-JRF) for pursuing research in frontier areas of Biotechnology (BET).