Higher education

State Educational Minister Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana, on October 29, decided that every higher education students will be dedicating 15 minutes in each hour of their regular class towards internal assessments. "Actions have been taken to upgrade quality of higher education," he said in a press meet. Moreover, "the government has entered in an agreement" with 'Unacademy' to facilitate and prepare students for all India competitive exams,… read-more

A study by the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) stated that of all students in higher education institutes, only 7.55% come from minority communities. Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the government would focus on state-sponsored scholarships and improve distance learning portals like SWAYAM to make education available to minorities. Reportedly, the government will issue the University Grants Commission (UGC)… read-more

Uttar Pradesh's Higher Education Institutes will be restarting their classes from November 23. The classes will be held following all the guidelines of UGC. The classes will also follow government rules like social distancing, using hand sanitisers and thermal scanning. The official spokesperson revealed that the students and teachers will have to wear compulsory identity cards, and only 50 per cent of students are allowed on the institute… read-more

In an unusual story, almost every household of the Patwatoli village in Gaya district of Bihar has either an IIT student or an IIT alumni. From the village, in which about all the families are involved in gamcha and bedsheet weaving businesses, a total of 250 students have cracked into the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs). Despite of the slim profit-margin, families even take loans to back their wards to take coaching-classes.