1. SC dismisses plea against eligibility criterion of 75 per cent marks in Class 12 board exams for admission to IITs.
A vacation bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K V Vishwanathan said this prerequisite existed earlier as well and it was not inclined to intervene in the matter.
2. Proper action will be taken on textbooks’ revision Siddaramaiah.
On Monday, about 30 academicians and writers met the chief minister in Bengaluru and submitted a memorandum with various demands to reform the education sector, including the controversial revisions in textbooks and ban on hijab in educational institutions.
3. NExT
exam rules being finalised, to be placed before NMC next month.
NExT will be a combined exam, which besides being
the common qualifying final year undergraduate (MBBS) test, will act as the
licentiate exam to practice modern medicine.
4. CUET UG 2023 average attendance stands at 69.3% for first two phases, says UGC chairman.
On May 21, the National Testing Agency, NTA, began the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET UG 2023). The first phase of the examination was from May 21 to 24, and the second phase of CUET UG 2023 was from May 25 to 28, 2023.
5. Education minister Atishi inaugurates new building of Delhi government school.
Delhi government schools are now preferred over private schools, Education Minister Atishi said on Monday after inaugurating a new building of a school in Rithala on Monday.
6. Dharmendra Pradhan meets Singaporean ministers discusses opportunity in education skill development.
Union Education
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is on a three-day visit to Singapore to strengthen
existing ties and explore the possibility of widening the scope of bilateral
engagement in education and skill development.
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