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‘Beard like clergyman’: NEET SS aspirant moves NMC as hospital asks him to shave, quits seat fearing trouble

Muslim doctor from Jammu and Kashmir alleges lack of religious freedom at KMCH over beard policy; NBEMS orders joining but aspirant quits DrNB seat

Farm to Bakery: College of Agriculture Pune’s bakehouse a hit; leads to plans for baking technology courses

Phule Bakers, making a profit within two years of establishment, is set for expansion; encouraged, College of Agriculture Pune will add baking technology to the BSc Agriculture course

Study Abroad: Mere 38% Indian students in US are women; gender gap worse only in Bangladeshi, Saudi groups

Indians form the largest group of international students in the US but among the top 10 nationalities, it has one of the worst gender gaps, shows SEVIS data over 5 years

UP government again planning to close schools with low enrolment

Activists say that UP government has sent school closure orders to district education officers of 75 districts in a ‘confidential’ manner and that teacher recruitment would have helped more.

Set for scrapping, DBSE top performer in education ministry’s analysis of Classes 10, 12 results

The ministry of education has published its analysis of board exam results of Classes 10 and 12; shows best overall pass percentage in a decade

Haryana Agricultural University Protest: No end in sight as students reject stipend cuts, quota rule change

Protest at CCS HAU continues as students boycott classes, exams over cuts in merit scholarship, change in land donor village quota; demand VC ouster

NCTE gives 15,000 standalone B.Ed colleges 5 years to become multidisciplinary, launch ITEP

The council has given the teacher training colleges three pathways to launching BA.BEd, BSc.BEd and BCom.BEd degrees – merge or collaborate with another institution or upgrade

UGC’s foreign university nod could be India’s best bet to stop USD 80 billion study abroad brain drain

With study abroad numbers hitting 20 lakh last year, UGC move to allow foreign university campuses here could be the best shot to reverse brain drain, says JNU professor

Assam adds breakfast to mid-day meal scheme, aims to benefit 35 lakh school children

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announces Rs 25-crore centralised kitchen in Dibrugarh, plans four more; says breakfast will improve student enrolment, cut dropout rate

US cancels 4,700 F1 student visas in 5 months, Indians rush to sanitise online accounts to dodge scrutiny

Minor infractions now trigger US F1 visa cancellations; but Indian students adapt, work with study abroad consultants to build ‘clean’ social media profiles