Education

Top universities took billions in unreported foreign funds, US finds

• Education Department crackdown yields disclosures by schools including Cornell

MBBS course: Number of seats increased to 4,000 in Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

• MBBS seats in medical colleges of West Bengal has now increased to 4000
• 'I am pleased to announce that we now have 4,000 MBBS seats for Bengal's vibrant medical students,' Mamata Banerjee said in a tweet

NTA says no change in NEET results, news about a ST 'topper' is fake

• There were news reports on how NTA erroneously declared a topper as failed in NEET 2020 result
• The NTA said some candidates and their parents started approaching it through Email and on media/social media on the OMR answer sheets being changed

NEET 2020: Failed candidate turns out to be all-India topper in ST category

Mridul told HT that 'as per my marks in the NTA results, I had virtually failed in NEET 2020 as i would not get any medical college with those mark'

DU admission second cut off: Over 9,700 students apply

The admissions under the second list will commence on Monday 10 am onwards and will end on October 21.

Harvard University opposes US plan to limit stay of foreign students

The plan is ‘an inappropriate intrusion into academic matters,’ Harvard President Lawrence Bacow says

Doctor aspirants prefer English

• 79.1% aspirants gave their entrance examination in English, NEET data shows

Academic session for freshers in engg colleges will begin from 1 Dec: AICTE

• The council has also extended the last date of admission to first year engineering courses till 30 November this year

Class 9-12 students back to schools in parts of Uttar Pradesh

• Following strict COVID-19 protocols, the schools reopened in parts of Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Lucknow, and Noida
• They require a consent letter from the parents before coming to school

Schools reopen in Punjab after many months

• School Education Minister said that detailed guidelines have been sent to district education officers and school authorities
• The staff and students belonging to containment zones shall not attend school and other educational institutions

Skilling, reskilling and upskilling are need of the day: PM at Mysore University

• PM Modi said that efforts are being made at all levels to make India a global hub for higher education
• The University of Mysore was established in 1916 and was the first university in Karnataka as well as the sixth university in the country

Delhi University admission process under second cut-off to commence from today

• Delhi University's first cut-off list was released on 10 October
• Students will also have the option of cancelling or withdrawing their admissions and migrating to another college if they meet the cut-off

How Covid-19 has changed the way people should save for college

• The pandemic and economic uncertainty is upending some of the old rules about building a college fund

NEET 2020: Highest number of qualifying candidates from Uttar Pradesh

• Over 7.7 lakh out of the over 13.66 lakh candidates have qualified the exam which is used for admission to MBBS courses across the country
• Maharashtra is at the second spot with 79,974 candidates qualifying the exam

DU releases second cut-off list for Arts, Commerce, and Science streams

• The Delhi University admission against the second cut-off list 2020 will begin on 19 October at 10 am and will close on 21 October at 5 pm

NEET tie-breaking policy explained: Why Akansha Singh lost top rank to Soyeb

• NTA used a tie-breaking formula to evaluate ranks of candidates in case two of them scored the same marks

DU: 58% students who applied for admission under first list paid their fees

34,814 aspirants have paid the fees out of 59,730 students who applied for admissions.

Never expected to bag the first rank, says NEET topper Soyeb Aftab

• Soyeb Aftab, 18, said his father extended all the financial support but it was his mother who spent her maximum time supporting him on his studies
• Soyeb Aftab, the son of homemaker Sultan Razia and Sheik Mohammad Abbas who owns a small business, said it was his mother who motivated him to aspire for becoming a doctor

Covid-19 fear: 230,000 NEET students dropped out, double than last year

• As per NTA data, while 1,597,435 students had registered for the NEET 2020 and 13,66,945 appeared
• NTA said two students, Akanshka Singh from Delhi and Soyeb Aftab from Odisha have scored the perfect 100% or 720 marks of 720

CM Kejriwal raises concerns on high cut-offs in DU, asks for more colleges

Kejriwal said that there is a need to open more colleges and universities in Delhi to provide higher education opportunities to students in Delhi.