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New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has set up a nine-member panel to examine issues relating to coaching, the emergence of 'dummy schools', as well as the effectiveness and fairness of entrance examinations, according to officials. The panel, headed by Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi,...

New Delhi: The global out-of-school population is now estimated to be 272 million, over 21 million more than the last estimate, according to UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Team (GEM). The team, in its latest report, has pointed out that by 2025, countries will be off-track...

New Delhi: Rajasthan's Mahesh Kumar has topped the medical entrance exam NEET-UG, while Madhya Pradhesh's Utkarsh Awadhiya has bagged the second rank, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced Saturday. More than 12.36 lakh candidates out of 22.09 lakh test takers qualified the exam. The number...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to declare the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2025 for undergraduate medical courses results Saturday. The agency has also released the final answer keys for the NEET UG 2025. Candidates who appeared for the examination...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday approved 17 investment proposals worth Rs 3,878.86 crore which will generate 10,584 new employment opportunities in 11 districts of the state, an official said. The investment proposals were approved at the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting chaired by...

Bhubaneswar: Five people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly submitting fake documents to secure Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) jobs in Odisha's Bolangir district, an official said. The arrest was made by the Crime Branch after a complaint was lodged by Rajendra Kumar Pattnaik, the superintendent of...

Bhubaneswar: The results of the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) 2025 will reportedly be announced Tuesday between 5pm and 6pm on the official website ojee.nic.in. Notably, OJEE 2025 was held from May 2 to May 12 in multiple shifts. The examination serves as a common...

Bhubaneswar: In a step toward making higher education more inclusive and accessible, the Higher Education department Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Under the agreement, various academic programmes offered by IGNOU -- including undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, certificate,...

Rourkela: In a telling sign of Odisha’s growing employment crisis, thousands of highly educated youth — including BTech, MBA graduates, and diploma holders — turned up for a recruitment exam Monday for just 107 Home Guard posts in Rourkela police district, a job requiring only...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday allowed the National Board of Examination (NBE) to conduct August 3, the NEET-PG 2025 exam in one shift in line with the top court's directions. A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Augustine George Masih, which initially questioned...