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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will meet ‘exam warriors’ at the ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ programme in New Delhi. Pariksha Pe Charcha is unique initiative started by PM Modi, wherein students, parents, and teachers across the nation and also from overseas interact with him to discuss and overcome the stress emerging out of examinations. Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023: PM Modi to interact with Exam Warriors today The 7th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha will start from 11 am onwards in a town hall format at Bharat Mandapam, ITPO, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Nearly 3000 participants will be interacting with the ... Read more

As per the system, NAAC will categorise HEIs either as “accredited” or “not accredited” instead of giving them grades based on their assessment.  After the NAAC executive council meeting, held on Saturday, it was decided that the new set of reforms will be implemented in two stages. The binary accreditation (accredited or not accredited) system will come into effect for the next four months, and Maturity-Based Graded Accreditation (levels 1 to 5) will be implemented by December. Under Maturity-Based Graded Accreditation, the accredited institutions will be further given levels between one and five to encourage them to achieve the highest ... Read more

ICAI CA exam 2024: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on 25 January announced the date sheet for the Chartered Accountant (CA) Foundation, Intermediate and Final exams on their official website i.e. icai.org. As per the official notification, the foundation course exams will be held in June i.e. on 20, 22, 24, and 25th June 2024.  The Intermediate course exams for Group 1 are scheduled to be held on 3, 5, and 7 May while the Group 2 exams will be held on 9th, 11 and 13th May 2024. The ICAI CA Final exams for Group 1 will ... Read more

Government guidelines on regulating the coaching industry will impact thousands of tutoring centres that have mushroomed across the country. What’s wrong with the system and why were these guidelines needed in the first place? Mint explains: What is the coaching fracas about? Last week, the government published guidelines for coaching centres scrapping enrolment of students below 16 years of age—enrolment should only be after secondary school (standard 10) examination. This rule caused worry since India’s coaching industry has become an alternative education channel. Students are enrolled as early as 10-12 years and prepared for engineering, medical and civil service exams. ... Read more

A government diktat barring coaching institutes from signing up students below 16 has ruffled the institutes, which begin training students as young as 10 for engineering and medical entrance examinations. In a meeting on Saturday with more than 200 coaching centres, the Coaching Federation of India (CFI), an industry body with more than 25,000 coaching institutes under its wings, decided to seek legal remedy. “Immediate legal advice sought to explore options and take necessary steps to halt the implementation of proposed guidelines. There was consensus to seek relaxation in regulations regarding coaching for students below 16 years, emphasizing the potential ... Read more

The upcoming ‘Pran Prathishtha’ ceremony for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, scheduled for January 22, has prompted several states to declare it a public holiday in honor of this significant Hindu event. On January 22, a grand ceremony will mark the culmination of rituals, presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by various VVIPs. The Trust overseeing the event has made extensive arrangements to welcome and honor attendees, offering special gifts, including ‘Ram Raj’. Also Read | Noida, Greater Noida schools shut till January 14 up to Class 8 due to cold wave The main rituals of the ... Read more

All schools in Patna will remain closed for students up to class 8 till Saturday i.e. January 20, in view of prevailing cold weather conditions in the capital city of Bihar, said an official order issued by the district magistrate. The school closure has been extended in response to the ongoing cold wave situation, which poses risks to the health and well-being of the students, an order issued by Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh said adding that the order included pre-schools and anganwadi centres. The classes for 9th to 12th standards will be conducted from 9 am to 3.30 pm ... Read more

All schools in Gautam Buddha Nagar will remain closed for students up to class 8 till Tuesday i.e. January 16, in view of prevailing dense fog and cold weather conditions in the district, said an official order issued by the district’s Basic Education Officer. District Basic Education Officer Rahul Panwar said the order stands applicable to all schools recognised by the state board, CBSE, ICSE, IB and others located in the district. The decision has been taken due to the cold day conditions and prevailing dense fog, the order said. As per the order, the said suspension of classes will ... Read more

The Delhi University has directed its colleges to install CCTV cameras outside women’s toilets and changing rooms during fests. The advisory has come following an incident in which some women were secretly filmed while changing in IIT-Delhi. Besides, the varsity has asked its colleges and departments to install CCTV cameras at all gates of the institutes and hostels to avoid any mishaps. DU College mandates course on Bhagavad Gita for staff, teachers dissent “After recommendations by the Delhi Police, we have made relevant additions to fest guidelines in view of the recent incident at IIT-Delhi. We have asked colleges to ... Read more

NEW DELHI : The Vishnu Deo Sai government in Chhattisgarh on Thursday declared a holiday for all educational institutions across the state on January 22, on the occasion of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of Shri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Declaring a holiday for all educational institutions, state minister Brijmohan Agrawal, who handles the religious trust and endowment, school and higher education as well as culture and tourism portfolios, said in a presser that a weekly free train travel scheme for Ayodhya has also been planned. “As per Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise, the people of Chhattisgarh will get to travel ... Read more