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Education Ministry Plans: PM SHRI in West Bengal, Kerala, TN; NIPUN Bharat till Class 5; mental health policy

While the Samagra Shikha undergoes reform, the ministry of education has extended its existing guidelines for 6 months. The West Bengal and Kerala elections results have made PM SHRI possible

Amravati University students can write exam on book dropped from BA syllabus for being ‘anti-govt’: Bombay HC

SGBAU Amravati dropped Marathi novel Te Pannas Divas from syllabus close to exams. Bombay HC verdict relief to current batch but doesn’t cancel syllabus change

‘No one wants to speak up’: IIT Ropar PhD student faces smear campaign after reporting assault by professor

IIT Ropar professor placed on forced leave, not suspended; PhD student asked to remove social media posts; ‘threats of academic consequences’ keep victims from speaking out

GCAS ‘complicated, causes delays’; students, colleges want reforms in Gujarat Common Admission Services

Gujarat’s centralised admissions for state universities, via GCAS portal, has brought more problems than solutions. With GSEB HSC results out, students as well as colleges want changes

CMRIT Bangalore principal: Civil, mechanical engineers migrating to IT – we are building the bridges back

CMRIT Bangalore programmes embed AI, robotics, analytics, data science into core BTech courses; its startup incubator, seed funding aim to reverse drift towards IT roles

VIT Vellore professor lectures in 7 languages at once to help BTech students with complex topics; here’s how

Vellore Institute of Technology professor uses Sarvam AI to translate BTech lessons into Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and others; VIT looking to dub full-length lectures across 220 courses

CISCE schools can continue to teach foreign languages as 3rd option: Board secretary

ICSE and ISC schools are compulsorily English-medium; the second and third languages are up to states and schools, said CISCE secretary Joseph Emmanuel

‘Fix schools, create jobs’: West Bengal voters cut through election noise with education, employment demands

West Bengal Elections: Teachers flag staff crunch and learning gaps in schools and universities, academicians warn of student exodus – voters ask all the tough questions

BBAU Lucknow student’s death sparks protests against hostel food, curfew; proctor denies link

Ambedkar University Lucknow women’s hostel residents allege complaints about food, sanitation, curfew ignored. BBAU proctor denies link between death and hostel conditions

Fees to social media-use: What NCAHP’s first ethics code for allied, healthcare professionals says

NCAHP draft mandates allied health professionals to disclose fees upfront, gives them rights to refuse non-paying patients; bans endorsements, buying social media followers