Education News Updates

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In what could give hopes to lakhs of candidates awaiting a job in the railway sector, Indian Railways will fill up over one lakh vacant posts by March-April next year, Railway Board chairman Ashwani Lohani said on Tuesday. The railways has received around 2.27 crore applications for about 1.10 lakh vacancies it had […]

The CBSE evaluation criteria for the CBSE Class 12 is under consideration and it would take up to two weeks, says CBSE secretary.

Pokhriyal said this will be a positive step in increasing the employment opportunities for candidates aspiring to make a career in the teaching field.

The state had last month cancelled class 10 UP Board exam following which nearly 30 lakh candidates, who had registered for it, were promoted to class 11.

A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari asked Attorney General K K Venugopal and advocate J K Das, appearing for the CISCE, to place on record the parameters within two weeks.

The decision by Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) came on the lines of cancellation of the board exams by CBSE, which was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Union government on Tuesday cancelled CBSE Class 12 examinations in the Country.

During the high-level meeting, the Prime Minister will hold a discussion on various issues related to the matter with the concerned officials from different states.

Speaking on the fate of +2 students under CHSE Odisha and conducting their withheld exams, State Mass Education Minister Samir Dash on Monday said that a decision to this effect will be taken after the air is cleared on the CBSE Class 12 exams.

The government will take a final decision within the next two days on whether to conduct class 12 board exams amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court was informed on Monday.

The Odisha government on Saturday clarified that there will be no physical classroom teaching in any universities or colleges but only online classes will resume after the end of summer vacation next week.

All Public Universities and Degree Colleges will commence operation from June 1 following completion of summer vacation, informed the State Higher Education Department on Friday.

In a major announcement today, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to offer 83 Under Graduate (UG) and 40 Post Graduate (PG) Non-Engineering MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) in the July 2021 semester on its SWAYAM platform.

The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear on May 31 a plea seeking directions to cancel Class 12 examinations in the wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country.

The Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) on Monday announced postponement of its scheduled odd semester (Regular/Back) online examinations on account of the cyclone Yaas and its after effects.