Education News Updates

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has reportedly extended the last date for students to submit both online and offline admission forms for all programmes for July, 2019 session. The extended deadline for the submission of forms is now August 14, 2019. The programmes for which the date has been extended are- Master and […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has sought suggestions from universities whether Hindi can be included as a compulsory subject at undergraduate (UG) level despite protests from some political parties of the southern parts of India after the Commission’s initial draft policy mentioned Hindi to make compulsory in UG courses. The Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh […]

Bhubaneswar: The School and Mass Education department today directed the District Collectors and Education Officers to take action against schools affiliated to CBSE and ICSE boards not adhering to the guidelines issued by the department as well as the MHRD, Govt. of India. In a letter, Additional Secretary Rernish Kerketta asked the Education officials and […]

Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday recommended Institutes of Eminence (IoE) tag for 20 educational institutes including IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur and the Delhi University. The University of Hyderabad and the Benaras Hindu University have also been recommended to be granted the IoE status. The list of 20 IoEs includes IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi and […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has instructed all its affiliated schools to complete the admission process for class 9 and class 11 by August 15. The CBSE has also issued a notification regarding the change in schedule for admission to classes 9 and 11. All cases of admissions to these two […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked the schools affiliated to it to not entertain any request for subject change in Class 10 and Class 12 on account of students or parents making their own arrangements to study. CBSE has framed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for schools to deal with the […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: CBSE Board Exams 2020: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has reportedly released all the important dates for the class 10 and class 12 board exams to be held in 2020. With this, the board has already begun its preparations for the CBSE Board Exams 2020. If reports are to believed, CBSE […]

New Delhi: To bring research in social sciences on par with science subjects, the University Grants Commission has recommended creation of a Humanities research board with special funding. Termed as Social Science/Humanities research board, the panel has recommended it to be autonomous and obtain special budgetary allocation for conducting research in humanities and social sciences. […]

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has formed a committee to prepare a draft law to make Marathi mandatory in schools affiliated to all boards, including ICSE and CBSE, in the state, officials said on Tuesday. The 14-member panel will have Marathi literary and education experts as well as state ministers as members. It will prepare the […]

With an aim to keep a tab on students skipping schools for long, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has reportedly released a circular making it mandatory for students to produce death certificates of their parents, in case of any such loss. The move will reportedly help the Board in getting fooled by students, […]

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has increased the fees of Class 10 and 12 board examinations for SC and ST students from Rs 50 to Rs 1,200, while the amount has been doubled for those from the general category, who will now have to pay Rs 1,500. The students appearing for […]

Bhubaneswar: The parents’ association in Odisha has strongly condemned the move of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to increase the fees of Class 10 and 12 board examinations for SC and ST students. The CBSE on Sunday announced hike in exam fee from Rs 50 to Rs 1,200 and from Rs 750 to […]

Bhubaneswar:  Amidst the ongoing resentment over the move of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to increase the fees of Class 10 and 12 board examinations for SC and ST students, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik today sought intervention of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). In a letter to Union HRD Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal […]

New Delhi: A deficit of over Rs 200 crore in conducting board examination for class 10 and 12 has forced the CBSE to hike fees, according to officials. Early board results, measures to make examination leak proof and error-free evaluation have imposed a financial burden on the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), they said. […]

CBSE Class 10 Exam 2020: At a time when the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has started preparations for Class 10 and Class 12 examinations, the Board has come up with a new change in the curriculum of Class 10 to ease the pressure on the students. As per the latest change brought in […]