Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) Shiv Sena-UBT MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre, a day after the Chairman and Secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) were transferred. Thackeray claimed the transfers of the officials to the Agriculture Ministry is a “reward” and they should have instead been taken to a “criminal court”.Former CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and ex-Secretary Himanshu Gupta were transferred to the Depa…
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New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Congress MP Kiran Kumar Chamala said on Wednesday that the Malviya Nagar blaze in the national capital, which claimed 21 lives, was a “big lesson” for the authorities. Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Delhi government for the incident, he alleged that the party does not understand the “fundamental basics of the country’s infrastructure”.During an interaction with IANS, the Congress MP asserted that municipal officials, who are giving permissions for the buildings …
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday has opened the online facility for Class 12 students seeking verification of marks and re-evaluation of their board examination results.The board announced the launch of the process through its official social media channels, informing students that applications can now be submitted online through the designated portal.Students who wish to have their marks reviewed can access the portal and complete the required …
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Union Education Ministry on Thursday announced that its School Management Committee (SMC) Guidelines 2026 for constitution of parent-headed panels to govern the institutions will not be binding on private, and unaided schools.The guidelines, described by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan as an initiative to hand over education and school management to society, were issued earlier this month.The Ministry, in a statement issued on Thursday, said that in a communica…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Union Ministers on Monday praised the Centre’s push to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into India’s education system and highlighted the government’s broader vision of reforms inspired by Indian philosophy and national priorities.Speaking to media in the national capital, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that India’s education system is steadily moving towards the use of AI in different areas.He noted that a teachers’ app was developed in…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) When a regulation vests wide discretionary power in authorities without clear guardrails, it stops being reformist and begins to look coercive. That is precisely how the University Grants Commission’s latest equity regulations have been perceived across campuses and beyond. The backlash they triggered was not against the principle of equality or social justice, but against the architecture of the rules themselves — marked by vague definitions, sweeping mandates and an en…