AMRITSAR: Hon'ble Governor of Punjab and Chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University, Sh. Banwarilal Purohit said what India needs today is incorruptible young men and women who will dedicate themselves to the service of the larger society through individual pursuits.

NEW YORK: A survey released on Monday showed that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of foreign students studying at US higher education institutions has sharply declined for the school year starting this fall, according to a US broadcaster.

FEROZEPUR: Pargat Singh, Education Minister inaugurated Infrastructure Facilities At Government Girls Smart School Zira of Rs. 1 Crore 25 Lakh Padmasree Mr Pargat Singh, Cabinet Minister, inaugurated Infrastructure Facilities At Shaheed Gurdas Ram Memorial Government Girls Sr. Sec. Smart School Zira of Rs. 1 Crore 25 Lakh. On arrival at the school, he was first given a guard of honor by the Punjab Police contingent.

CHANDIGARH: The youth should dedicate themselves to achieve their life goals with hardwork, determination and devotion as Sky is the limit for them given their unbounded energy. How so ever difficult the target might be, it is not impossible to achieve.

MOHALI: Pargat Singh, Punjab Minister for Higher Education, Sports, Youth Affairs and NRI Affairs here today said that Punjab would soon set up an Education Regulatory Authority soon.

NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Bombay High Court's order to reconduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for two candidates, paving the way for the declaration of results of over 16 lakh students who took the exam.

NEW DELHI: The special admission process of Delhi University began from Tuesday after incorporating some stringent terms and conditions in the merit list.

NEW DELHI:  Delhi University has released a special cut-off list only for a few eligible students, an official said.

BENGALURU: With an aim to develop 'Super 30' engineering colleges by taking up one college in each district of Karnataka, a committee will be formed to work towards providing quality teaching in every district, and to meet industry requirements.

ALIGARH:  With the signing of an agreement with Google Asia Pacific Pvt Ltd., Aligarh Muslim University's Department of Computer Science has opened the pathway for sharing of IT enabled knowledge sharing resources that will go a long way in upgrading technological platforms and providing job opportunities to students.

JAIPUR:  The Rajasthan government will provide uniforms free-of-cost to students of classes 1 to 8 studying in government schools in the state.

KAPURTHALA: Established in the year 1961, Sainik School Kapurthala has become the epitome of educational excellence and pride. The school has carved a niche for itself in producing 700 plus alumni in the defence forces. Along with boys, admission is also open for girls in class VI now to this school.  The school has already admitted its first ever batch of 10 girl cadets of class VI in Academic Session 2021-22.

NEW DELHI:  The Delhi University (DU)'s admission process on the basis of third cut-off list will commence from Monday and will continue till October 21.

NEW DELHI: Delhi University released the third cut-off list on Saturday for admissions in different undergraduate courses.  After 100 per cent cut-off in the first and second lists, the third list has relaxed it slightly for most courses. Many colleges have shut the admission process for the most sought after courses.

NEW DELHI: Yogesh Singh is set assume charge as the new Vice Chancellor of the Delhi University (DU) on Friday.

NEW DELHI:  As many as 60,904 candidates have applied for admission to various colleges after Delhi University's (DU) first cut-off list. Of these, 46,054 are from CBSE Board and rest students are from other education boards across the country.

NEW DELHI:  After being pushed by the Supreme Court, the Centre on Wednesday told the top court that NEET-Super Speciality exam scheduled in November this year will be held as per the old question pattern

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Home Guards Services Officer, Commandant Swati Sharma has been selected for Chevening Scholarship to pursue her Masters in Risk, Disaster and Resilience from one of the world's leading Universities -- University College London, London.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Centre's plea to defer the first National Defence Academy (NDA) exam for women candidates, and directed that women should be allowed to sit for the upcoming exam on November 14.

NEW DELHI:  The O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has announced the launch of its first postgraduate degree in psychology -- M.A./M.Sc. in Applied Psychology.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Education Department will announce the results of the Common Entrance Test (CET) on Monday evening.

SHIMLA: The placement-linked skill training programme -- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana -- is proving to be a boon for the poor rural youth in Himachal Pradesh as it enabled to train 5,320 people and provide employment to 3,021 in various sectors, officials said on Monday.

JAIPUR:  Rajasthan has produced six toppers who ranked all India first in the coveted JEE Main exams after taking coaching from Kota.

BHUBANESWAR: Heavy rainfall continued in many parts of Odisha for the past 24 hours, breaking old records in capital city Bhubaneswar and pilgrim city Puri, the IMD said on Monday. The government closed schools in 12 districts for two days.

AMRITSAR: Guru Nanak Dev University has once again emerged as a top higher education institution in Punjab and its neighboring states in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021. It has up-scaled its ranking to 13th position in 2021 compared to 14th position in 2020 among the multi-speciality state universities of India.

LUCKNOW: Around 250 unaided private schools in Uttar Pradesh have decided not to admit students from the economically weaker sections (EWS) until the state government reimbursed the last three years' fees payable to private schools for admitting students under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

NEW DELHI:  After the court refused to interfere on dates of the NEET examination, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi came out openly in support of the aspirants.

BENAGLURU:  The Karnataka High Court has been informed that the police department is initiating disciplinary actions through departmental inquiry against policemen who questioned students in Bidar district for staging a play against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

CHNDIGARH: Punjab School Education Secretary Mr. Krishan Kumar has issued instructions to the school heads to give due respect to the Anganwadi workers and helpers.

CHANDIGARH: On the direction of Punjab School Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, the School Education Department has released a grant of around  Rs. 16.33 crore for the purchase of books during the academic session 2021-22. The aim is to raise the standard of school libraries and to provide better books for students to read

CHENNAI:  As announced, the schools for higher classes from IX to XII reopened on Wednesday in Tamil Nadu with strict Covid-19 protocol in place. Most of the schools in the state will function till 1 to 1.30 p.m. even though the state government has said that classes would be held till 3.30 p.m.

 LUCKNOW:  Primary schools in Uttar Pradesh reopened on Wednesday after a gap of almost six months, following Covid protocols.

NEW DELHI: Delhi University's most important decision making body 'Executive Council', during its meeting on Tuesday, gave its nod to the four-year undergraduate course. However, some members of the Council also registered their protest during the meeting. The 4-year undergraduate course has been approved by a majority.

BENGALURU:  The results of Karnataka CET-2021 state level entrance exams will be announced by September 20, C.N. Ashwath Narayan, the Higher Education minister, stated on Saturday.

BENGALURU:  Preparations have been made ensuring all the precautionary measures to conduct the Common Entrance Test (CET) at 530 examination centers across Karnataka, scheduled to be held on Aug 28 and 29, state Minister of Higher Education, C.N. Ashwath Narayan, said on Thursday.