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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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Pune Campus Watch: Here’s why medical students take up other fields and why cracking FMGE is toughSubscriber Only
March 25, 2022 13:42 IST
The FMGE conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) is one of the mandatory requirements for an Indian citizen who has a medical degree from a foreign country to practise medicine in India.
Fri, Mar 25, 2022
Surge in pass percentage casts cheating cloud over online exams, MCQs a factorSubscriber Only
March 25, 2022 02:13 IST
From a pass percentage of 40.01% in 2018, Nagpur University's BA Final Year results went up to 94.17% and 87.96% in the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 respectively, when exams were held online.
Tue, Mar 29, 2022
Facing year loss, fresher students reached Ukraine day before war broke outSubscriber Only
March 21, 2022 15:03 IST
A sense of security instilled by agents, lack of response to requests for postponing admission procedures, the prospect of losing a year as well as money forced many to land in Kyiv on Feb 22, 23 only to be evacuated soon after.
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
Pune Campus Watch: How a well-oiled network of agents recruits candidates for Ukrainian medical universitiesSubscriber Only
March 18, 2022 11:54 IST
While the Ukraine crisis has brought to the fore the loopholes in the medical education in India and also the fact that several thousand Indian students go to Ukraine each year to study medicine, what is interesting is that most of these students come from Tier 2 or 3 cities or even rural areas and had never heard of Ukraine until they applied for admission.
Fri, Mar 18, 2022
In centenary year, Pune’s Indian Law Society aspires to higher status than autonomySubscriber Only
March 14, 2022 19:15 IST
Vaijayanti Joshi, former principal and current director, talks about the premier institute’s plans to start distance education programmes as well as about challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
Mon, Mar 14, 2022
Pune Campus: SPPU’s iconic building completes 151 years, rare paintings restored to add to opulenceSubscriber Only
March 11, 2022 13:01 IST
Once the residence of the Governor of Bombay during the British Raj, the main building was built in 1871.
Fri, Mar 11, 2022
Enrolment of students dipped substantially between 2019-2020 and 2020-21: Ministry dataSubscriber Only
March 10, 2022 23:50 IST
The report noted that drop in numbers at the pre-primary level may be an outcome of the postponement of school admission of the children during the pandemic.
Thu, Mar 10, 2022
Relax norms in medical education sector to open it up: Former MUHS vice-chancellorSubscriber Only
March 08, 2022 19:17 IST
Dr Karmalkar, who is currently the vice-chancellor of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), said it was during his tenure at MUHS that he realised that the state medical university's role had been reduced to that of an exam-conducting body.
Tue, Mar 08, 2022
Pune: SSPU likely to resume heritage tour to popular underground tunnel at varsitySubscriber Only
March 07, 2022 13:40 IST
The tunnel, believed to have been built in the 1860s, was discovered during restoration efforts in 2018 and has since attracted much interest.
Mon, Mar 07, 2022
Maharashtra HSC question paper error: Students to get 1 mark eachSubscriber Only
March 06, 2022 03:30 IST
By evening, the board received complaints from students that one of the questions in the exam paper was incorrect.
Sun, Mar 06, 2022
Back to normalcy after Covid break, parent orientation sessions shift focusSubscriber Only
March 05, 2022 05:29 IST
However, ahead of the new academic year in April for CBSE-board affiliated schools and later for other boards, school principals said that parent orientations this year have assumed a very important role.
Sat, Mar 05, 2022
Pune Campus Watch: Orientation sessions at schools shift focus from dos and don’ts to returning to normalcySubscriber Only
March 04, 2022 18:38 IST
The orientations are also important for schools to sort out their administrative concerns posed by the pandemic.
Fri, Mar 04, 2022
Moving beyond classroom, SPPU’s job-ready online courses gaining popularitySubscriber Only
March 01, 2022 03:44 IST
DegreePlus is an online platform started by SPPU to offer skill-based certificate courses to students of the university and some even for alumni, wherein the university has tied up with world-class institutes and leading ed-tech platforms.
Tue, Mar 01, 2022
Dr Bhushan Patwardhan appointed chairperson of NAAC executive committeeSubscriber Only
February 26, 2022 20:32 IST
Currently the chairman of the interdisciplinary AYUSH R&D task force on Covid-19, Dr Patwardhan has been a distinguished academician for nearly 40 years. He is also a former vice-chairman of the UGC.
Sun, Feb 27, 2022
Pune Campus Watch: Amid pandemic, students take their school library onlineSubscriber Only
February 25, 2022 12:44 IST
At Dr Kalmadi Shamarao High School, principal Pallavi Naik and a group of teenagers from Classes IX and X got together to create a library that moved.
Fri, Feb 25, 2022
March 5, 7 papers of HSC exams deferred after fire in truck carrying question papersSubscriber Only
February 24, 2022 17:01 IST
Since the papers’ confidentiality was compromised because of Wednesday’s accident, the higher secondary exams slated for March 5 and 7 have been postponed to April 5 and 7.
Thu, Feb 24, 2022
Maharashtra: 674 schools across state deemed unauthorised; 33 are from PuneSubscriber Only
February 23, 2022 03:22 IST
The list, which is prepared according to the Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) data available with the state government, shows that these schools have not obtained the requisite permission or recognition from the education department.
Wed, Feb 23, 2022
Campus Watch: RTE admissions begin in schools across state except PuneSubscriber Only
February 21, 2022 17:07 IST
Owing to the delay in receiving fee reimbursements from the government, several schools have resisted against registering for the process.
Mon, Feb 21, 2022
Pune Campus Watch: In 40 months, 40 startups have taken flight at SPPU’s innovation and incubation centreSubscriber Only
February 18, 2022 11:43 IST
The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Linkages at the Savitribai Phule Pune University that started in August 2018 has completed 40 months and has helped build and nurture 40 startups, an average of one new business a month, said Apoorva Palkar, director.
Sat, Feb 19, 2022
Campus Watch: What will Maharashtra’s first online university be like?Subscriber Only
February 14, 2022 16:06 IST
Even as the Centre chalks out a road map for setting up a digital university, the Maharashtra government is already working towards the same, following an announcement made recently.
Mon, Feb 14, 2022
Campus Watch: Why several top city schools switched from SSC boardSubscriber Only
February 11, 2022 12:53 IST
In the past, in some of the city schools which had proposed switching over to the CBSE board, there were widespread protests by parents over the anticipation that the fees might increase exponentially.
Fri, Feb 11, 2022
Expired visa, unable to return: Afghan students face tense futureSubscriber Only
February 11, 2022 03:33 IST
Akbar, who recently completed his Master's from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), is one of the many Afghan students in the country caught in a grey zone.
Thu, Feb 24, 2022
SPPU to video record exams to curb cheatingSubscriber Only
February 09, 2022 00:27 IST
The online examinations for the first semester of 2021-2022 batch of students, i.e. October-November 2021, will begin from February 15, said Mahesh Kakade,director, board of examinations and evaluation, SPPU.
Wed, Feb 09, 2022
Pune prof first woman vice chancellor of JNU; purported Twitter handle, tweets deletedSubscriber Only
February 08, 2022 04:23 IST
Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit succeeds M Jagadesh Kumar who recently became chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Her appointment order was issued on February 4 and is valid for a period of five years.
Wed, Feb 09, 2022
Pune campus watch: Full-fledged reopening from tomorrow but schools unsure of high attendanceSubscriber Only
February 07, 2022 13:17 IST
School authorities say the indecision from parents has left them with several logistical and manpower issues.
Mon, Feb 07, 2022Journalism of Courage
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