EDUCATION
UPSC, SSC and RRB selected 3,77,802 candidates in last 5 years
"Number of candidates selected by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) for appointment in the Central government during the last five years is 3,77,802," said Minister of State, Personnel, Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
JEE Mains 2023: Exam syllabus released | All you need to know
In JEE Mains 2023, Paper 1 will be for admission in undergraduate engineering programmes – BE (Bachelor of Engineering) and BTech (Bachelor of Technology) whereas Paper 2 will be for admission in BArch (Bachelor of Architecture) and BPlanning (Bachelor of Planning) course in the country; the examination will be conducted in 2 sessions through Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.
OP Jindal Global University signs agreement with Aresty Institute of Executive Education at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
These full-time JGU students will be selected on merit from the 12 schools of JGU to study at the Wharton School in summer 2023. The partnership between India's world-class private university (ranked number one in India in the QS World University Rankings 2022, three times in a row) and Wharton Executive Education augurs well for promoting excellence in management education.
UGC prepares ground for Bachelor's exams in 12 Indian languages
Students will be able to graduate in their mother tongue. In view of the same, preparations have begun to make the course books available in languages like Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil and Telugu among others. The University Grants Commission (UGC), under an initiative by the Union Ministry of Education, is engaging with publishers to translate English textbooks to various Indian languages.
NEET UG 2023 exam on May 7, CUET 2023 from May 21-31; check all details here
The NTA has also started the registration process for JEE Main 2023. NTA has also announced the reserve dates for both JEE Main and CUET. For JEE Main January session, the reserve dates are February 1, 2 and 3 and for 2nd Session, which will be conducted between April 6,8,10,11 and 12, the reserve dates are April 13 and 15.
Applications to be invited for CUET-UG 2023 in February first week
UGC believes that from the next session, more private, state-run and deemed to be universities will take part in Common University Entrance Test. All Central universities of the country have already adopted the CUET for the undergraduate admissions. UGC chairman professor M. Jagadesh Kumar said on Friday that the number of subjects and pattern of question papers will remain the same.
IGNOU January 2023 Session re-registration to close on Dec 31 : Check out how to apply
Applicants can apply for re-registration through official website of IGNOU— ignou.ac.in. Through this portal both Indian and International Students can submit their re-registration form for coming year or semester and the payment will be done online. IGNOU Re-registration January 2023 session: Steps to re-register for the courses
67% increase in medical colleges, 87% in MBBS seats: MoS Health
Pawar told the House that a total of 96,077 MBBS seats are available in the country out of which 51,712 in government medical colleges and 44,365 in private medical colleges. There are 49,790 PG seats of National Medical Commission (NMC) available in the country, of which 30,384 in Government Medical Colleges and 19,406 in Private Medical Colleges.
JNU to revert back to its own entrance exam from next year for admission to PhD programs
The students and teachers have been demanding that the university should resume its responsibility of organizing the entrance exam. “We will go back to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Entrance Exam for PhD admission as the majority opinion is that for the PhD critical analysis is important and the MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) doesn’t allow that," the Vice Chancellor told media persons.
DU executive council passes resolution to adopt CUET PG for postgraduate admissions
Academic Council of the university last month passed a proposal to change the admission pattern for postgraduate programmes. Under the existing system, 50 per cent of admissions are done directly from the candidates who did their bachelor’s degree from the university based on merit in their qualifying exams.
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