New Delhi: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Rahul Gandhi have been engaged in a fierce public spat over the CBSE exam row, with Pradhan accusing Gandhi of politicising the issue and being frustrated and the Congress leader hitting back, asserting that attacking him would not...
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday chaired a review meeting at the CBSE headquarters here to assess the progress of the Class XII evaluation and post-result processes. The meeting comes at a time when the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is...
New Delhi: Amid the controversy over its On-Screen Marking System, the CBSE Thursday asserted that it was a secure and robust IT platform and that no compromise or vulnerability has been reported in the actual evaluation portal. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) also...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to examine a plea challenging a CBSE policy mandating the study of three languages, including at least two native Indian languages, for Class-IX students beginning July 1. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and...
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the CBSE examination results have been marred by "massive irregularities" and demanded an independent judicial inquiry and constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to unearth the truth behind the "entire scam". Gandhi posed questions to the...
Bhubaneswar: A total of 200 candidates, including 78 women, cleared the Odisha Civil Services Examination-2024, the result of which was declared Wednesday. According to a notice by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC), 50 tribal, 45 Scheduled Caste (SC), 35 Socially and Educationally Backward Class...
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tuesday held detailed discussions with senior officials of four public sector banks on overhauling the Central Board of Secondary Education's payment gateway system. The meeting was attended by representatives of State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Canara...
New Delhi: IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti Tuesday said a four-member team from the institute and IIT Kanpur has begun examining the recent glitches in the CBSE portal, including payment failures and allegations related to answer sheet uploads. In an exclusive interview with PTI, Kamakoti...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked all higher educational institutions to strengthen anti-ragging mechanisms and ensure mental health support for students, officials said. In a recent notification issued by the Higher Education Department, the institutions have been directed to reinforce anti-ragging committees, squads, and monitoring...
New Delhi: Amid growing complaints over glitches and discrepancies in the CBSE re-evaluation process, some Class 12 students have alleged that the scanned copies of their answer sheets uploaded by the board did not match their handwriting, raising concerns over possible answer-sheet mismatch in the...
In a disconcerting new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost every child in India is...
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By Aakar Patel Last week, on 17 June, it was reported that the ‘US has renamed the Indo-Pacific Command back...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent criticism of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was not merely an expression of frustration. It...
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India is being shown in such a poor light that it does not stand comparison on the question of a...
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