Wednesday, Dec 07, 2022
Journalism of Courage
Pallavi Smart
Pallavi Smart is a Principal Correspondent with the Indian Express Mumbai Bureau. She writes on education from KG to PG, schools to colleges, issues and initiatives, teachers, parents and child rights. She tweets @Pallavi_Smart
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In 2021-22, BMC schools saw lowest drop-out rate in a decade
December 06,2022 21:44:49 PM
Praja Foundation, an NGO, released a white paper on the state of municipal education in Mumbai on Monday according to which, in 2021-22, only 3,977 students dropped out of BMC schools.
Wed, Dec 07, 2022
Campus Talk: E-Cell at IIT Bombay taking start-up culture to schools
December 06,2022 14:53:37 PM
The new National Education Policy (NEP) puts emphasis on setting up innovation and incubation centres in higher education institutions across the country.
Wed, Dec 07, 2022
Student enrollment in BMC-run schools saw 6 pc growth during pandemic: report
December 05,2022 23:48:02 PM
According to the report, while there is an overall increase in student enrollment at civic schools in Mumbai, the English-medium schools have seen the most gains with just 79,884 enrollments in 2018-19 that shot up to 1,01,110 in 2021-22 registering a 27 per cent increase.
Wed, Dec 07, 2022
Number of Indian students going to Australia for higher studies inching towards pre-Covid levels: Data
December 05,2022 01:46:30 AM
While the total number of Indian students in Australia is seen growing steadily to pre-pandemic times, the total number of Chinese students in Australia has been dropping for the past five years.
Wed, Dec 07, 2022
Existing search panels for SPPU, MU and KKSU V-Cs dissolved
December 04,2022 01:16:35 AM
Last month, the state Cabinet had decided to amend the Act, which also has provision for the formation of such search committees.
Mon, Dec 05, 2022
JEE Advanced 2023: IITs to bring back Class 12 performance criterion for admissions
December 03,2022 04:04:35 AM
JEE Advanced 2023: The IITs have collectively decided to do away with the relaxation of admission requirements regarding Class 12 board exam performance given the return to normalcy in academic life, sources said.
Tue, Dec 06, 2022
Maharashtra to launch centre to collate data on state schools taking inspiration from Gujarat’s Vidya Samiksha Kendra
December 03,2022 01:06:44 AM
The idea is to analyse the data and create a targeted roadmap to improve the standards of education imparted in these schools, said officials.
Sun, Dec 04, 2022
Children aged 9-13 years spending over 3 hours a day on social media, Internet
December 02,2022 05:48:26 AM
The survey was conducted by Local Circles, a community social media platform which conducted various studies to gauge public opinion during the pandemic.
Wed, Dec 07, 2022
NITIE changes eligibility criteria to encourage more girls on campus
December 02,2022 05:42:21 AM
The ongoing placement season has also been a factor, with NITIE witnessing companies wanting to hire girls in large numbers.
Fri, Dec 02, 2022
IIT-Madras launches online MTech course for working professionals; check details
November 30,2022 14:15:42 PM
The tailor-made online programme for qualified engineers from technology companies has already gained popularity with over 600 working professionals having already enrolled for the three-year course
Mon, Dec 05, 2022
Campus Talk: Mumbai University’s CEED studio on its way to produce digital content for courses
November 29,2022 14:38:49 PM
Apart from creating engaging audio-visual content, there are also plans to create audio books with an aim to help visually-challenged students. The focus is also on training faculty members who are interested in the production of digital content.
Wed, Dec 07, 2022
UGC draft norms on fixed term for Chancellor, mandatory corpus amount irks deemed-to-be universities
November 29,2022 05:45:48 AM
As per the draft regulations, any donation or capitation fee is strictly prohibited, and the fee structure should be in accordance with the guidelines by the relevant statutory body.
Tue, Nov 29, 2022
Over 8 per cent of 2.3 crore students enrolled across Maharashtra schools have no Aadhaar: data
November 28,2022 05:12:08 AM
The data revealed that 91 per cent of the students have Aadhaar enrolment, and 18 per cent of that is invalid.
Wed, Dec 07, 2022
No approval for 48 colleges, high cut-off marks leave many Ayush course aspirants without seats
November 25,2022 01:51:45 AM
The Ayush medical courses include Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS-Ayurveda), Bachelor of Homeopathic and Surgery (BHMS-Homeopathy) and Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS-Unani).
Fri, Nov 25, 2022
Mumbai University Senate elections: New student bodies jump in the ring, to fight it out with youth wings of big outfits
November 25,2022 01:18:57 AM
Complaining that real issues of students continue to remain unresolved, organisations such as Maharashtra Students’ Union (MASU), Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA) and Samyak Vidyarthi Aandolan are actively participating in the Mumbai University Senate elections for the first time.
Fri, Nov 25, 2022
With the female supernumerary seats push, number of women students inreases in IITs
November 23,2022 17:00:07 PM
As admissions for the academic year 2022-23 concluded, as many as 3310 girls, or 20 per cent of the total number of seats, have confirmed admissions across the 23 IITs with the allotment of 16635 seats
Thu, Dec 01, 2022
New lab at St Xavier’s Technical Institute to conduct gait analysis
November 22,2022 19:45:22 PM
To help sportsmen, athletes and those with limb and motor deficiencies.
Wed, Nov 23, 2022
Nashik education officer asks schools to take part in toilet selfie competition, draws ire
November 18,2022 02:18:59 AM
On November 14, the district education officer issued an order instructing schools to celebrate World Toilet Day on November 19, for which schools are expected to organise various activities.
Fri, Nov 18, 2022
Higher education director removed from post
November 17,2022 02:57:23 AM
A supernumerary post, which is equivalent to that of the director's, has been created for Mane in the same department following the guidelines of Persons with Disability Act, 2016. He will now be responsible for implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Thu, Nov 17, 2022
Panel seeks report from Mumbai University over ex-V-C disregarding GR on staff appointments
November 16,2022 03:48:19 AM
A letter addressed to the Registrar of the Mumbai University, a copy of which is with The Indian Express, refers to the complaint filed by the All-India Adiwasi Employees Federation against Dr Pednekar.
Wed, Nov 16, 2022
Mid-term transfer of two faculty members: GLC students urge Maharashtra Governor Koshyari to intervene
November 16,2022 03:20:56 AM
A letter, signed by nearly 100 students, was sent by the students to Koshyari, requesting intervention in his capacity of Chancellor to all state universities.
Wed, Nov 16, 2022
Campus Talk: This Mumbai college teaches students to deal with emotions, targets holistic personality development
November 15,2022 17:18:40 PM
Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College in Matunga offers logic-based therapy courses at graduation as well as post-graduation (PG) levels.
Wed, Nov 23, 2022
Maharashtra launches 20 first-year engineering textbooks in Marathi
November 15,2022 04:08:46 AM
All 20 textbooks are for the first year of engineering courses — 11 for diploma, and 9 for degree. The idea is to help students, especially those from Marathi medium schools, understand fundamental concepts better.
Tue, Nov 15, 2022
Maharashtra govt changes standardised way of writing two letters in Marathi Devanagari script
November 13,2022 01:42:25 AM
Marathi is currently written in the Balbodh version of Devanagari script, which consists of 36 consonants and 16 initial-vowels. Over the last few years, however, certain words in Marathi were being written using letters from the Hindi Devnagiri script.
Tue, Nov 15, 2022
Art Street: The 4-D Maratha Mawla sculpture at Mumbai’s Kandarpada metro station is more than just enchanting
November 12,2022 14:59:33 PM
What grabs one’s attention of the 12-feet-tall artwork is the varying appearance of the installation from different angles, along with a disappearing effect. It was inspired from a few international street artworks.
Mon, Nov 21, 2022