DU 2024: The University of Delhi has released the academic calendar for the first-year undergraduate students for the academic session of 2024-2025. The semester 1 classes will begin from Thursday, August 29. DU will conduct a theory examination for these students from January 6 and after the conduction of the semester examination, the students will be given winter break. Candidates can view the full academic schedule from the official website – admission.uod.ac.in. The winter break will two days from January 25-26. DU students will start their second semester from Monday,…
Tag: Education
Delhi mulling law to regulate coaching centres in national capital, says Education Minister Atishi | Delhi News
Delhi Education Minister Atishi on Wednesday announced plans to bring in a law for regulating coaching centres in the capital following the deaths of three UPSC aspirants in a flooded basement of a coaching institute in Rajinder Nagar on July 27. “The Central Government has not brought any legislation to regulate the illegalities in coaching institutes. The Delhi government will not wait for the Centre. The Delhi Government will bring legislation which will regulate all types of coaching institutes in the city. As a long-term solution, the Coaching Institutes Regulation…
NEET UG 2024 Results: AIR 1 Mazin Mansoor’s counselling rank improves after revised result | Education News
Mazin Mansoor who scored 720/720 marks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024 had his ranks revised in the recently announced revised result. He now shares the all India rank with 16 others by obtaining 99.997129 percentile. His all-India rank for counselling in the June 4 result was 1.03, now his rank has improved to 1.03. It was the 17-year old’s first attempt at NEET UG this year. He comes from a family of doctors. His father, who is a paediatrician, is now working in a…
No plan to discontinue NEET UG, CBI probing alleged irregularities: Govt to Rajya Sabha | Education News
The Centre on Wednesday clarified that there is no plan to discontinue the National Eligibility Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) exam or the counselling and restore the state-wise entrance examinations. This was stated by the Minister of State for Education, Sukanta Majumdar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha amid controversies over the medical examination. The Ministry of Education also said that it has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged irregularities including conspiracy, breach, and cheating in NEET UG 2024 and formed a high-level…
Overseas education scholarship: Govt revises cut-off score to 60%, but students wary as no official order yet | Mumbai News
The Maharashtra government has decided to the restore the earlier eligibility criteria for overseas education scholarships provided to students from marginalised communities. But with no written orders yet, students fear losing out on their opportunity to study abroad due to the delayed process. Till last year, the cut-off score to avail the scholarship for post-graduation courses abroad was 60 per cent in the qualifying degree course. However, the state government, in June this year, issued an advertisement, inviting applications for the scholarship given to students from OBC and SC categories,…
Education Sector Expects GST Reduction and More Infrastructure
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present the Union Budget 2024 on July 23. Yesterday, Sitharaman participated in the Halwa ceremony, which marks the final stage of budget preparation and precedes the lock-in process for officials involved in the budget. The ed-tech sector has high expectations from the budget 2024, including hopes for reduced GST, improved digital infrastructure, and more favourable policies. Prateek Maheshwari, co-founder of PhysicsWallah and chair of the India EdTech Consortium (IEC), has advocated for a complete exemption of GST on all educational expenses for students…
NEET UG 2024: Supreme Court directs IIT-Delhi to provide correct answer of controversial Physics question | Education News
The Supreme Court Monday directed the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) to provide the top court with the correct answer of the Physics question. A three-member expert committee from IIT-Delhi will be tasked with stating which option of the Physics question is scientifically correct. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra passed this order on July 22 while hearing over 40 petitions related to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024, which has faced allegations relating to paper leak,…
CSIR NET 2024: Admit card released at csirnet.nta.ac.in | Education News
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued the revised admit cards for the Joint Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (CSIR UGC NET) 2024 for the June session. Students can download their admit cards from the official website — csirnet.nta.ac.in. The examination for the CSIR NET was cancelled amid news over paper leaks of NEET UG 2024 and UGC NET 2024. About 2 lakh candidates were expected to appear for CSIR-UGC NET from June 25 to 27. In its official notice posted in the public…
NEET UG 2024: NTA to release results of 23.8 lakh candidates at exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/ | Education News
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 18) directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to release the result of all candidates who appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024 on May 5. “We direct the NTA to publish the marks obtained by students at the UG-2024 NEET examination, while, at the same time, without disclosing the identity of the students. The result should be declared city and centre-wise by 12 noon on 20 July 2024 and shall be uploaded on the website of the NTA,” a…
ICSI CSEET 2024 Results: When and where to check | Education News
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) will declare the CS Executive Entrance Test (CSEET) result tomorrow (July 20) at 2 pm. The results will be made available at the official website — icsi.edu. The candidates require at least 40 per cent marks in every subject as well as an aggregate of 50 per cent marks overall to pass the CSEET. ICSI CSEET July 2024 Result: When and where to check score The students who appeared for this session of CSEET will be able to check and download their…