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Alifiya Khan
Alifiya Khan is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, Pune. She writes on Higher and Technical Education, School Education, Communities and related stuff. She has worked with Hindustan Times, DNA, Midday before joining The Indian Express in 2014.
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Student calls out professor for ‘Kasab’ remark; Manipal institute bars teacherSubscriber Only
November 28, 2022 16:52 IST
It is learnt that the incident occurred days ago but the institute responded on Monday after a 45-second video clip that showed the student’s response went public. It announced an inquiry and said the teacher will remain “debarred” till the probe is completed.
Tue, Nov 29, 2022
SPPU Senate elections: Counting of votes for graduate constituency seats todaySubscriber Only
November 21, 2022 22:21 IST
This time, double the number of voters have cast their votes as compared to the previous years, raising the possibility of a delay in the declaration of results.
Tue, Nov 22, 2022
BJP panel vs Sena-NCP’s: Maharashtra politics plays out in a Pune university electionSubscriber Only
November 19, 2022 19:58 IST
For 10 seats in the SPPU Senate, parties have deployed everything from setting up war rooms, to technology to assist voters, QR codes, and door-to-door campaigns
Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Personal details made public; report not disclosed to me: Higher education directorSubscriber Only
November 09, 2022 23:52 IST
On Tuesday, the medical report of Mane was shared in the media and academic circles. The report, prepared by a team of doctors from Mumbai's Sir JJ Hospital, has declared Mane unfit to perform his duties.
Thu, Nov 10, 2022
Pune Campus Watch: Educators credit use of technology, threat-reward policy for improved school performanceSubscriber Only
November 07, 2022 12:48 IST
The UDISE+ report showed that Maharashtra leads the country in terms of the maximum number of schools with the use of technology for pedagogical purposes as well as coverage of schools with internet connection.
Tue, Nov 08, 2022
U-DISE report shows improvement in student enrolment in private, govt-aided schools in MaharashtraSubscriber Only
November 04, 2022 15:46 IST
The Unified District System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report, which was released Friday morning for all states, also showed that 2,25,86,695 students from pre-primary to Class XII were enrolled in 1.09 lakh schools.
Sat, Nov 05, 2022
Maharashtra student enrolments improved by 74,856; positive signs after a sharp decline during COVID school closure period: U-DISE reportSubscriber Only
November 04, 2022 14:03 IST
State leads the country in terms of schools with use of technology for pedagogical purpose, coverage of schools with Internet connection improves considerably
Sat, Nov 05, 2022
Months after Class 12 results, admission process of pharmacy colleges yet to startSubscriber Only
November 03, 2022 01:23 IST
The last date to fill forms was October 28 but yet another extension, till November 12, was recently announced. As of last year, there were approximately 35,000 DPharm and 15,000 BPharm seats in the state and over a 100 colleges, in Pune region alone, offering pharmacy courses.
Thu, Nov 03, 2022
Teachers, parents welcome NCF for kids, split over learning in mother-tongueSubscriber Only
October 31, 2022 13:35 IST
From welcoming ideas like limited use of textbooks and assessment through observation and analysing creativity to ‘questionable suggestions’ like the use of mother-tongue in classrooms, which experts feel can get problematic in a multi-cultural environment, there is much to talk about NCF
Tue, Nov 01, 2022
Ukraine-returned medical students: ‘It’s okay, not all dreams come true’Subscriber Only
October 30, 2022 04:17 IST
Scrubs and stethoscope, and the Dr prefix to their names — were the dreams as they left for Ukraine. With the war forcing Indian medical students to return home and the road ahead uncertain, some are considering dropping out of medicine and picking alternative courses and careers.
Tue, Nov 01, 2022
Despite MEA advisories, Indian students stay put in war-torn Ukraine: ‘We don’t have an option’Subscriber Only
October 27, 2022 04:10 IST
It was around seven months ago, in March, that the Russia-Ukraine war forced nearly 20,000 Indian students studying medicine in Ukraine to return home. Since September, an estimated 1,000 students who fled the war have returned to Ukraine to resume their education.
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
Pune: Citing lack of students, SPPU drops psychology diploma courseSubscriber Only
October 26, 2022 02:47 IST
The course in question is the post-graduate diploma in professional skills in clinical and counselling psychology which is being offered for the past few years.
Wed, Oct 26, 2022
One hour digital blackout — kids read, mobile phones are silenced, an entire village is quiet & pleasedSubscriber Only
October 23, 2022 04:15 IST
Anis Naikawdi, block education officer of Kadegaon Taluka, told The Indian Express that five villages have adopted the “siren” project: Kheradewangi, Hinganrao Budruk, Mohityachi Wadgaon, Devrashtra and Hinganrao Khurd.
Thu, Nov 03, 2022
Pune | Waterlogging, power cut and broken compound walls: Housing societies in NIBM-Mohammedwadi in disarraySubscriber Only
October 19, 2022 05:12 IST
Lonkar said that until late Tuesday evening, several housing societies had no power or water supply due to power cuts and short circuits. In a couple of societies, the compound walls had broken down.
Wed, Oct 19, 2022
Pune Campus Watch: SPPU hikes fees, students ask for concessionsSubscriber Only
October 10, 2022 13:14 IST
As the education sector got back on track after the pandemic, the SPPU stopped giving discounts and approved the new fee structure.
Tue, Oct 11, 2022
Most CUET toppers scored above 95% in Class 12 but for a few, a second chanceSubscriber Only
October 09, 2022 04:04 IST
On September 16, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced names of 114 CUET toppers who scored 100th percentile scores in at least four or more papers.
Mon, Oct 10, 2022
Maharashtra: IAS officer’s initiative scales up students’ learning level in Sangli schoolsSubscriber Only
October 06, 2022 02:03 IST
Reaching over 1-lakh children, more than 5,500 teachers and 90 block-level and district-level cadre, the LIP has now completed over six months. Its success is a case study in teaching-learning innovation.
Fri, Oct 07, 2022
Pune Campus Watch: Meet a National Award-winning student filmmaker from Talegaon who wanted to make films since he was 12Subscriber Only
October 03, 2022 13:55 IST
Vishesh Iyer’s ‘Pariah’, a film made during his graduation year at MIT ADT University in 2019, got him the National Award for most promising debut director at the 68th National Film Awards.
Tue, Oct 04, 2022
CoEP Admissions 2022: 25% extra seats for admissions in BTech to be allotted through JEESubscriber Only
September 26, 2022 20:19 IST
For the first time, the university will allot these additional seats in each of the BTech programmes to the All India Candidates, on the basis of their merit/score in the national level JEE Mains examination 2022.
Wed, Sep 28, 2022
Tamil Nadu opposes NEET, its students perform better: share in 95 percentile doubles in 4 yearsSubscriber Only
September 25, 2022 03:55 IST
In four years, records show, the number of students from Tamil Nadu who were in the top 95 percentile of students qualifying NEET has doubled.
Mon, Sep 26, 2022
How a municipal school from Pune made it to list of World Top 10 schools?Subscriber Only
September 23, 2022 12:26 IST
The school was started in 2016 with a total strength of 70 students mostly first-generation learners coming from the low-income families.
Sat, Sep 24, 2022
NAAC dismisses bribe charge against MSU Baroda officials, releases ratingsSubscriber Only
September 17, 2022 04:31 IST
It was reported that the NAAC had received an anonymous complaint that the university had unduly tried to influence members of the peer review team visiting the facility with gold, cash and other favours.
Sun, Sep 18, 2022
NAAC withholds rating results of MSU Baroda over anonymous tip-offSubscriber Only
September 16, 2022 02:19 IST
Following procedure, NAAC has asked both the university and members of the peer review team to respond to the allegations, after which further action will be decided.
Fri, Sep 16, 2022
‘Unnatural spike’ in pass percentage at SPPU, combined passing formula likely reasonSubscriber Only
September 15, 2022 04:09 IST
While the difficulty level of the question paper remained the same, it is the Combined Passing decision of the university, taken only for these semester exams, which are being pointed out as the reason for the inflation in numbers.
Thu, Sep 15, 2022
JEE Advanced Result 2022: Meet the PwD topper who made history by securing all-India rank 26 in common listSubscriber Only
September 11, 2022 11:37 IST
JEE Advanced 2022: Ojas has never asked for any special facilities and he doesn't like to be put into a special category. We were confident that his ranking in the PwD category will be in top rankers but we were more keen about his general ranking, said his mother, Pooja.
Tue, Sep 13, 2022Journalism of Courage
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