Topic: Higher Education

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted Rs 1.5 lakh compensation to an eight-year-old girl who, along with her father, were harassed by a police officer in a public road, casting accusations of theft on the duo.

“I got A Plus for all my subjects, I do not know nor understand why I couldn’t secure a seat.”, says Diya, a student who passed out with flying colors. 

A total of 47,157 candidates have qualified the UGC's National Eligibility Test (NET) exam, according to data by the exam conducting body, National Testing Agency.

The app has been designed by Imbesat Ahmad, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; who has been teaching higher secondary kids in the conflict-ridden Kashmir and has helped 1000 plus students to enter some of the most craved and desired colleges in India as well as abroad.

For graduate students, or those pursuing research, high speed internet is an essential tool, especially when access to physical libraries is restricted. Methods used earlier to circumvent the internet problem are also unusable now (travelling to other areas to access the syllabi and resources, ferrying in hard drives with necessary content).

The new National Education policy is out after a long wait. Here is a quick take on top ten recommendations in relation to school education in this policy. These are categorised into what is good, bad, and iffy – provisions that are high on rhetoric but may be difficult to realise.