Latest Updates from Education

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to BPUT Act, 2002, in order to ensure smooth functioning and academic excellence in Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). “We had received a proposal seeking an amendment to BPUT Act, 2002, which has been approved. Earlier, there were several government engineering colleges functioning as constituent […]

Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned students not to fall prey to online fraudsters. In a circular, the Commission has said some people or groups are making fraudulent claims and charging verification fees of Rs. 100 from learners of the SWAYAM Portal(www.swavam.qov.in) of the Government of India. The matter has come to the […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has opened the correction window for IIFT MBA IB 2021. As per the official NTA notification, the MBA (IB) aspirants of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade will now be able to make necessary corrections in some fields in their online application form. The IIFT correction window will close on […]

Bhubaneswar: The British Council is now offering scholarships in partnership with UK Universities aimed at benefitting women from South Asian countries including India. A wide range of programs in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subjects are being offered by eight UK Universities to women from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Afghanistan. The scholarship […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday issued an important circular regarding the conduct of Class IX and XI examinations and commencement of new academic session 2021-22. As per the circular to all principals and heads of institutions affiliated to CBSE, the board said that a decision has been taken to reschedule […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday issued an important notice regarding the conduct of practical, project and internal assessment for Classes X, XII students. As per the scheme of examination, practical examination, project and internal assessment is compulsory activity which is completed by schools every year. Till last year, the window […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday released the admit card for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2021 for the February cycle. Candidates who have registered their names for the main exam can download their hall tickets from the website- jeemain.nta.nic.in. The National Testing Agency will be conducting the Joint Entrance Examination […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) its latest circular has extended the registration deadline for the upcoming Class 10, 12 Board examinations for the private candidates. The registration process has been extended by a period of three days. The registration process which was to end on February 22 will end on February 25, […]

Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has invited expression of interest from several higher education institutes and academicians to develop Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for the government’s e-learning platform, SWAYAM. SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is India’s own MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) platform, which offers free online courses […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released a standard operating procedure (SOP) which needs to be followed by schools during the conduct of practical examination for Class X, XII students. In a notice to all schools, the CBSE has said that the practical examinations have been rescheduled from March 1 to June […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Education is not going to make any relaxation in the UGC NET requirement for lecturership posts. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Friday ruled out any proposal to relax the requirement of UGC-NET exam for lecturership posts in government as well as private colleges. Nishank made the statement in response […]

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Brunei Darussalam is offering scholarship for Indian students to undertake Diploma, Undergraduate, Master’s Degree courses under Brunei Darussalam Scholarship for the academic session 2021-2022. As per a circular issued by University Grants Commission (UGC), interested applicants can submit application forms along with all required documents in soft […]

Bhubaneswar: As per the guidelines of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and concerned State governments, the Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across the country have reopened and resumed face-to-face teachings for various classes. KVs started opening from the month of October in a phased manner. According to the data compiled on February 11, 2021 from all the […]

Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to Universities inviting nominations in several categories for the National Awards for e-Governance (NAeG) 2020-21. The NAeG is presented by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances. The awards are presented to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of […]

Bhubaneswar: This is not the time to take the foot off the pedal rather students should give their best effort to increase the chances of success in the first milestone of their lives, advised Odisha school & mass education minister Samir Ranjan Dash to the students of Class 10 as annual high school certificate (HSC) […]

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the date of re-registration for January 2021 academic session till February 28. IGNOU had earlier extended the deadline from January 15 to 30 and later to February 15. Students can register online by visiting the official website, ignou.ac.in. Students who are registered/ enrolled in undergraduate/ postgraduate […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst reports regarding clash of some dates of JEE (Main) May 2021 with CBSE Class 12 board examinations, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has released a notification. In the notification, the NTA has come up with a solution keeping in view the concerns raised by the candidates. National Testing Agency (NTA) is conducting the […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Test Agency has postponed the upcoming Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2021 which were earlier scheduled to be held on February 22 and 27, 2021. As per the public notice issued by NTA, the CMAT-2021 Entrance Examination has been postponed, as AICTE has now proposed change in the examination pattern having an […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank recently informed that the government has not yet taken any decision on the recommendation that Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) should be exempted from reservations in faculty appointments. The government is yet to take any decision on the recommendation of the panel’s recommendations that the IITs should be […]

Bhubaneswar: After a hiatus of almost ten months, all students of Post-Graduate (PG), Under-Graduate (UG), Diploma and ITI programmes in the Technical Universities, Engineering and Professional Colleges, Polytechnics, Diploma Institutions and ITIs in Odisha will be attending physical classes on campus from Wednesday (Feb 17). Even as these educational institutions reopened last week, physical classroom […]