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02 Mar

On Friday the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examinations conducted got off to a smooth start

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Recently The Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examinations conducted by the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBoSE) got off to a smooth start on Friday with as many as 34,335 students writing their papers. Actually a total of 28,072 students are appearing in the HSSLC (Arts) examinations; 3,812 students are appearing in the Science stream while 2,440 students are appearing in the Commerce stream. In fact 11 students are also appearing in the vocational stream. With it flying squads visited several examination centres to ensure smooth conduct of the examinations. In reality there are 428 HSSLC institutions in Shillong…

22 Feb

Mokshada Choudhary: Multifaceted Prodigy Inspires Across Domains

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsEducation, India, North East, SportsINDIA

Mokshada Choudhary, a multifaceted 15-year-old dynamo, emerges as a beacon of inspiration, showcasing excellence in various domains. Hailing from a family with a strong military background, Mokshada is the daughter of a serving officer in the Indian Army. Currently, she is pursuing her studies in Class XI at DPS School. Her achievements span a diverse spectrum, highlighting her prowess in sports, literature, music, social work, and economic analysis: Fencing Prodigy:Mokshada has proven herself as a national-level fencing player for the past two years. She has achieved the prestigious rank of Reserve No. 1 for the Asian Games. Notably, she recently…

21 Feb

Lucknow student preparing for Board exams lands up on hospital bed due to ‘anti-sleep’ pill overdose

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A Class 10 student from Lucknow, Prajakta Swarup had gone under a major brain surgery due to a clot that led to damage of nerves, last week. The reason behind this was intake of excessive sleeping pills along with steaming cups of coffee. Prajakta had been staying up all night preparing for her board examinations. Prajakta collapsed one evening and was hospitalised. Her parents later found a bottleful of pills in her drawer and when they handed them over to the doctor, they were shocked to know that their daughter had been on anti-sleep pills. "Shocking though it may sound,…

09 Feb

Recently the Directorate of Education (S) has released the academic calendar for the 2024-25 session

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Recently The Directorate of Education (S) has released the academic calendar for the 2024-25 session and notified that classes will begin from February 12. According to the notification issued by L Nandakumar Singh, Director, Education (S), the academic calendar will apply to all Government/Government Aided/duly recognized unaided private schools in the State for all classes from I to X. Actually for Class XI and XII, the notification instructed the schools to follow the academic calendar issued by the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur.According to the schedule detailed in the academic calendar, periodic test-I will actually begin from second week…

08 Nov

Correction of GATE 2024 application begins

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The correction of GATE 2024 application begins as many candidate want to change their details due to some reason with a suitable charge. A fee of 500 rupees is required for making changes to name, date of birth, examination city, paper category, or gender. Changing gender from female to another category or switching between SC or ST and any other category will require a fee of 1,400 rupees. The correction window for GATE 2024 will be open until November 11. GATE 2024 exam is scheduled for February 3, 4, 10, and 11 mainly for M.Tech admission. GATE 2024 is mainly…

03 Nov

India, UAE sign MoU to strengthen ties in education sector

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Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Education Minister signed an MoU with his UAE counterpart Ahmad Al Falasi on November 1, 2023(Wednesday) in order to strengthen present educational cooperation between the two countries. The MoU aims at facilitating student and faculty mobility, designing courses, lectures, joint research programmes, symposia, organising and participation in conferences, scientific and educational exhibitions in areas of mutual interest held in both countries. ''One of the largest schools in Abu Dhabi catering to the Indian community, ADIS is nurturing Indian students and instilling in them the culture, values and ethos of both India and the UAE. These students are…

29 Oct

IIT Kanpur and Airbus to collaborate to boost aerospace talent base in India

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur partnered with Airbus by signing a Memorandum of Understanding on September 1, 2023. The memorandum was signed in order to promote research in advanced tech and establish educational programmes and activities to strengthen technical capabilities for aerospace students in India. As per the reports release by IITK, under the partnership, both the institutions will also explore collaboration opportunities with global organisation where students will get to work on projects relevant to the sector.

27 Oct

Mamata gives deadline to Visva-Bharati to put Rabindranath Tagore name on plaques

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsEducation, IndiaINDIA, west bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticized authorities for not inscribing the names of Rabindranath Tagore on the plaques at the Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan, a UNESCO 'World Heritage Site', and warned of mass protests there if they were not replaced by Friday morning. "It is only for Tagore that Santiniketan got the UNESCO tag and you removed his name from the plaque. We were silent because of the Durga Puja celebrations. If you don't remove the plaques and put up new ones with the Nobel laureate's name. Tomorrow at 10 am, our people will put Kabiguru's…

19 Sep

170 US Colleges Accepted 16-Year-Old And Awarded $9 Million In Scholarships

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Getting scholarship is very difficult after getting admission in a good college but many people manage to do it with their hard work. Dennis Maliq Barnes, a 16-year-old boy in the US, has made headlines for making history by receiving admission offers from 170 colleges and universities and securing $9 million in scholarship awards. Dennis Maliq Barnes started applying to colleges in August with confidence, not realising how remarkable of a candidate he would prove to be. In total, he had applied to 200 colleges. Barnes, a student at the International High School of New Orleans, skipped a couple of…

18 Sep

In Telangana Seven MBBS students complained for assaulting junior and ‘ragging’

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Ragging in educational institute have become a major problem. Actually ragging is heinous crime and it should be stopped at any cost. This is the second such incident in the state within a month after the authorities of Gandhi Medical College in Hyderabad suspended 10 students for ragging. Warangal (Telangana), Sep 18 (PTI) The city police have booked cases against seven MBBS students studying in government run Kakatiya Medical College here for allegedly ragging and thrashing a junior student. The seniors are in the third year of their course while the junior is in the second year, and the incident…