Abhinaya Harigovind is a senior correspondent with the national bureau of The Indian Express, covering education as a beat. Working with The Indian Express since July 2021, she was a reporter with the Delhi city team of the paper, covering environment and climate change. She has also worked with The Hindu in Kerala. She tweets @abhi__naya

August 13, 2024 05:36 IST
This year, institutions were ranked in 16 categories, three more than last year. The new categories were: open universities, state public universities and skill universities.
Tue, Aug 13, 2024
July 30, 2024 12:40 IST
In line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, PARAKH, a standard-setting body under the NCERT, has submitted to the Ministry of Education an ‘equivalence’ report.
Wed, Jul 31, 2024
July 29, 2024 04:10 IST
In line with the National Education Policy, PARAKH’s mandate included capacity development, achievement surveys, equivalence of school boards a common assessment standards.
Wed, Jul 31, 2024
July 24, 2024 04:16 IST
Provision of Rs 1.48 lakh cr in Budget for education, employment, and skilling
Wed, Jul 24, 2024
July 23, 2024 20:24 IST
In the results announced on June 4, there were a record 67 candidates who had scored a perfect 720 marks and tied for the top spot.
Wed, Jul 24, 2024
July 21, 2024 04:11 IST
‘Exploring Society: India and Beyond’ is the first Social Science textbook released by the NDA government in alignment with the National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023. It is intended for use in schools starting from the current academic session.
Mon, Jul 22, 2024
July 19, 2024 11:47 IST
Speaking to The Indian Express, the 28-year-old woman, whose social media profile describes her as the co-chair of the India Conference at Harvard, said she is in the process of filing a formal complaint with the Kolkata police.
Sat, Jul 20, 2024
July 17, 2024 09:42 IST
A senior official told The Indian Express that states cannot receive Samagra Shiksha funds without implementing PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India), which is part of the program.
Wed, Jul 17, 2024
July 17, 2024 04:05 IST
Students who have not cleared their papers and whose results have been declared as “compartment” can also sit for the “supplementary exams”. This year, for instance, “supplementary exams” for Class 12 were held on July 15.
Thu, Jul 18, 2024
July 16, 2024 03:59 IST
Five states — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Punjab and West Bengal — are yet to sign the MoU.
Thu, Jul 18, 2024
July 11, 2024 04:10 IST
The student, Aryan Anand, would have gotten away with it too, had it not been for an anonymous post by him on Reddit, and another 19-year-old from Faridabad who pieced together the alleged fraud.
Sun, Jul 14, 2024
July 05, 2024 12:03 IST
The resignations have come at a time when Jio Institute continues to wait for its formal recognition by the Centre as an ‘Institution of Eminence’.
Sat, Jul 06, 2024
July 04, 2024 03:55 IST
In contrast, the old book had eight poems, seven of which were by non-Indian authors; and eight prose pieces, five of which were by non-Indian authors and set outside India.
Fri, Jul 05, 2024
July 01, 2024 04:12 IST
These elements are part of a new ‘Holistic Progress Card (HPC)’, a report card that PARAKH — a standard-setting body under the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) — recently released for secondary school students (Classes 9 to 12).
Tue, Jul 02, 2024
June 24, 2024 02:40 IST
Of total 1,563 candidates, only 52% turn up for retest
Mon, Jun 24, 2024
June 23, 2024 17:26 IST
Amid sudden postponement of the NEET-PG exam, following irregularities in this year's NEET-UG exam, we look at why in 2015, the Supreme Court cancelled the existing medical entrance exam and directed that the re-test be conducted within four weeks.
Mon, Jun 24, 2024
June 23, 2024 04:05 IST
Latest: NEET-PG on June 23 put on hold, affecting 2 lakh students
Mon, Jun 24, 2024
June 21, 2024 08:31 IST
The cancellation has hit more than 9 lakh candidates who sat for the exam this year, and has prompted protests by student organisations. Candidates will now have to take the examination all over again.
Fri, Jun 21, 2024
June 21, 2024 03:58 IST
Around 24 lakh students appeared for the NEET examination this year.
Sat, Jun 22, 2024
June 20, 2024 04:12 IST
With this decision, UGC-NET becomes the first centrally-conducted public examination to be scrapped after the Centre introduced a new anti-paper leak law.
Sat, Jun 22, 2024
June 17, 2024 08:11 IST
According to the NCERT, the rationale behind the revision is that the section in the older version “only intends to justify vote bank politics”, and that the revision makes the section a “relevant criticism of Indian secularism”.
Tue, Jun 18, 2024
June 15, 2024 06:10 IST
Minister Atishi had said then that Kumar had halted the lab’s operations by not paying a pending amount of Rs 2 crore.
Sat, Jun 15, 2024
June 13, 2024 13:36 IST
Pradhan, MP from Sambalpur in Odisha, took charge as minister on Thursday. In the previous government, he served as Education Minister from 2021 onwards.
Sat, Jun 15, 2024
June 13, 2024 04:22 IST
In 2019, the Delhi government constituted a committee to take a decision on the no-detention policy.
Thu, Jul 11, 2024
June 11, 2024 14:13 IST
University Grants Commission has said that biannual admissions are not mandatory, but the decision now provides “flexibility” to institutions; biannual admission system can apply to PhD, postgraduate and undergraduate programmes.
Thu, Jun 13, 2024





