Education
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has cancelled NEET UG exam 2026 over allegations of paper leak.The Rajasthan SOG has arrested NEET paper leak masterminds Manish Yadav and Rakesh Mandavriya. Over 22 lakh students appeared for NEET held on May 3.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday announced the results of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026, with 26 candidates achieving a perfect 100 percentile, marking an increase from last year’s tally of 24 toppers.Among the high achievers, Aarush Singhal secured the coveted All India Rank (AIR) 1, emerging as the top performer in one of India’s most competitive entrance examinations. The exam serves as the primary gateway for admission into premier engineering institutes, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs).
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has set the educational landscape abuzz with a pivotal shift in its language curriculum. In a move that balances global aspirations with cultural preservation, the board has clarified the positioning of foreign languages like French and German within the three-language formula, sparking a renewed conversation on what it means to be a “global citizen” in an Indian classroom.
The newly appointed Vice-Chancellors (VCs) of six state universities in West Bengal by Governor C. V. Ananda Bose signify a significant change in the management of higher education in the state and the long-running stalemate on the appointment of the important leadership roles.
The highly awaited School Innovation and Reform (SIR) The project, which was supposed to be launched in West Bengal this October, has suddenly taken a stunted start. Despite initial enthusiasm on the part of teachers and students, the Education Department has now officially denied that the program would commence this month as scheduled, owing to “administrative and logistical reasons.
The director of the Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Ram Kumar Kakani resigned in July 2025 which is raising questions about the autonomy of the institute.
While the United States is about to accept approximately six lakh (600,000) Chinese students for postgraduate studies, it still signifies the two nations’ educational friendship and global diplomacy.
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has urged the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and the Union government to retain the Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed) programme, warning against replacing it with the new Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to introduce open-book assessments (OBAs) for Class 9 students starting in the 2026-27 academic session. The board’s Governing Body approved this decision in June after a pilot study examined the feasibility and acceptance of this format in schools.
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