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UGC NET Answer Key 2026 LIVE Updates: The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the UGC NET provisional answer key 2026 today, 16 August. Candidates who appeared for the June session can check their answer key at the official website, ugcnet.nta.nic.in. In a post on X on 14 August, NTA had announced UGC NET provisional answer key release date. “The provisional answer keys for UGC-NET, CSIR-NET and ⁠ICAR AIEEA (PG) & AICE (PhD) 2026 will be published on 16 August 2026 on NTA’s website,” the post said. Candidates can access their UGC NET response sheet along with the question paper and ... Read more

The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has started the counselling process for admission to Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) and General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) courses for the 2026-27 academic session. Eligible candidates who appeared for ANM(R) & GNM-2026 and secured a valid General Merit Rank (GMR) can participate in the centralised online counselling process. Registration, fee payment and choice filling began on August 14 and will remain open until August 17, 2026. The counselling process will be conducted in three rounds and will include registration, choice filling and locking, seat allotment, seat acceptance and reporting for document verification ... Read more

The Central Board of Secondary Education has declared the Class 12 Supplementary Examination 2026 results. Students can check their results on the DigiLocker website at digilocker.gov.in. The overall pass percentage in the examination is 53.08%. A total of 2,91,576 candidates registered for the supplementary examination, of whom 2,75,287 appeared. Of those who took the exam, 1,11,056 appeared under the improvement category, while 1,64,231 appeared for the compartment examination. Students of CBSE-affiliated schools abroad will also be able to access their results and digital academic documents through DigiLocker. How to check Class 12 supplementary result 2026? Candidates can check their CBSE ... Read more

Experts, while finding merits in the argument, also cautioned that such measures may have also resulted in more students falling out of the system. When two or more schools are merged, the distance to schools increases for many students, leading them to drop out of the system, particularly for girls. “Merger of schools increases distance, which reduces students’ chances to gain access, especially for girls, where parents don’t feel safe,” said Anita Rampal, professor and former dean, Faculty of Education, Delhi University. Anil Swarup, former school education secretary, said school consolidation was needed in some cases. “There can be a ... Read more

What began as a PhD student’s frustration while watching Spanish films in the United States three decades ago has today evolved into a nationwide literacy movement that is shaping India’s broadcasting policy on subtitling. In an interview with Mint, Brij Kothari, who leads BIRD, or the Billion Readers initiative, traces the remarkable three-decade journey of Same Language Subtitling (SLS), the idea of displaying subtitles in the same language as the audio, such as Hindi subtitles on Hindi films or Tamil subtitles on Tamil programmes. Also Read | How to add subtitles to YouTube videos Today, after years of resistance, research ... Read more

Eligible candidates, aged between 20 and 28 years, can visit the official website at sbi.bank.in to fill out the SBI Clerk 2026 application form.

Health Ministry recently announced reforms in NEET-PG 2026 examination on the same day the exam date was announced. From expanding choice of test locations to allotment of centres closer to candidates’ residence, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a press release on 1 August underlining key changes in the upcoming National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG). The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), which conducts NEET-PG for admission to MD, MS, and PG Diploma courses across India, has revamped entrance examination procedure after scrutiny and public uproar over irregularities in the conduct of NEET UG by ... Read more

The Madhya Pradesh government has rolled out Sandipani Schools, an initiative aimed at combining elements of the traditional Gurukul system with modern education, including science, technology and digital learning. According to a government statement, the initiative under the leadership of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and seeks to integrate value-based education with contemporary subjects such as artificial intelligence, robotics and digital technology. In Madhya Pradesh, Sandipani Vidyalaya refers to the state government’s renamed high-tech CM Rise Schools, inspired by the ancient ashram of Acharya Sandipani. CM Mohan Yadav had in April this year announced that the CM Rise Schools in the ... Read more

The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell will release the MHT CET Final Merit List 2026 today on its official websites. Candidates seeking admission to BE and BTech programmes through the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) can check their merit rank before Round 1 choice filling begins.

These breaches disadvantage honest candidates, delay results, erode public trust and cost hundreds of crores in re-tests, besides adding to students’ stress and coaching expenses. The problem is magnified by India’s vast examination ecosystem, where millions compete for limited seats and jobs. It is not just logistical but systemic, exposing weaknesses in governance, accountability and exam security.