Education News Updates

Bhubaneswar: The School and Mass Education department minister, Samir Dash, Monday denied coming across any order of the Orissa High Court in connection with waiver of school fees. Speaking to media, the minister stated, “The High Court notice hasn’t reached us yet. Whatever we have heard so far in this regard is from the media. […]

Bhubaneswar: Several Institutes of Eminence (IoEs) like the Indian Institutes Of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) can now set up their campuses outside the country. This is now possible as the University Grants Commission (UGC) has amended its regulation for IoEs. The Commission has also included a clause allowing offshore campuses for […]

The Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday directed by the Delhi High Court to treat as representation a PIL seeking dispensing with physical exams for class 10 and 12 board exams in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said […]

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday suggested to the Education Ministry that a “big question bank” should be given to students of classes 10 and 12 in advance, out of which selected ones will come in the board exams, in a move aimed at mitigating their learning gap in wake of COVID-19, sources said. […]

Bhubaneswar: Though the dates for the CBSE board exams 2021 have been announced by the Education Minister, many students want the class 10, 12 exams to be cancelled. A petition has been filed on change.org demanding cancellation of the CBSE board exams 2021, which is all set to be conducted from May 4 in online […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the nation-wide rollout of the much waited COVID-19 vaccine, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has sought support of universities and colleges to create awareness among people about the mega programme. The move comes after the Health Ministry requested the University Grants Commission (UGC) to work together on mass immunization against the ongoing […]

Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed universities across the country to set up an office for international affairs in their respective campuses. In a letter, UGC secretary Rajnish Jain has asked the vice-chancellors of universities to taken necessary steps for setting up the international affairs office and share information by February 15, 2021. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) has taken a decision to restructure its affiliation system for various schools across the country. The new reforms are in compliance with the National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020. The move aims at streamlining the entire affiliation process, facilitating convenience for schools wanting or preparing to apply under […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Testing Agency (NTA) was warned aspirants of Joint Entrance Main Exam (JEE Main) 2021 regarding a fake website. As per an official notification, NTA said that it received few complaints that some unscrupulous elements have created a fake website- – jeeguide.co.in the name of JEE Main 2021 through which an online applications […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has allowed opening of commerce stream at higher secondary level in 30 Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas (OAVs) from the new academic session 2021-22. In a letter to the State Project Director (SPD) of OAVs, Raghuram R. Iyer, Additional Secretary, School and Mass Education Department wrote, “I am directed to inform that Government […]

The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has said that the B.Tech degrees and Diploma in Engineering and Technology awarded by IGNOU up to 2011-2012 academic session will be treated as valid. The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was offering the two courses through distance learning, however, the courses were discontinued after the […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the growing demands for the postponement of CBSE Class 10, 12 board examinations in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Monday addressed several queries on various important issues concerning students. During a webinar with teachers and students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pokhriyal today said that already the syllabus of […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will introduce improvement examination from the year 2021. As per sources, the board will introduce English and Sanskrit in 2 levels from the session 2021-22 (already offers Mathematics and Hindi at two levels). Competency based questions have been […]

Bhubaneswar: The syllabus of JEE and NEET will remain unchanged for the year 2021. However, unlike previous years, this year the candidates will have options to answer the questions in JEE and NEET Examinations. As per an official release of PIB, The syllabus for JEE (Main 2021) to remain same as the previous year. But […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Tuesday made a big announcement for candidates who will appear the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) in the next academic year (2021-2022). In a tweet, Pokhriyal said that it has been decided to waive off the 75% marks (in class 12 exam) eligibility criteria under Joint Entrance Examination (Main) […]