Educational Qualification
Driving licences: Govt to remove educational qualification requirement
The removal of the educational qualification requirement will open up employment opportunities for a large number of unemployed personsThe govt has initiated process to amend Rule 8 of Central Motor Vehicles 1989 and a draft notification in this regard will be issued soon
2 min read18 Jun 2019Opinion | New Rajasthan govt's move is a welcome one
Getting rid of the minimum education criteria for contesting panchayat polls is a welcome decision, especially in India which is home to 35% of the world's illiterate population
2 min read2 Jan 2019Railways scrap educational qualification norm for jobs on compassionate grounds
The railways has scraped the provision of minimum educational qualification for giving jobs on compassionate grounds to the wives or widows of its employees, who died in service or retired for medical reasons
1 min read18 Apr 2018Degree row: Delhi court rejects plea to summon Smriti Irani
The court says the complaint was filed to 'needlessly harass' Smriti Irani as she was a Union minister
1 min read18 Oct 2016BJP releases Narendra Modi's degrees, AAP remains unconvinced
AAP has been demanding that Modi put his degrees in the public domain
2 min read9 May 2016When a law becomes the barrier to equality of opportunity
Many activists in Rajasthan argue that minimum educational criteria for contesting elections are unfair to grassroots leaders
9 min read30 Mar 2016Smriti Irani in the dock again over fake degree case
Metropolitan magistrate took cognizance of the complaint and fixed the matter for recording of pre-summoning evidence on 28 August
2 min read25 Jun 2015Smriti Irani claims she has degree from Yale University
Irani was part of group of Indian MPs which underwent crash course at Yale
2 min read10 Aug 2014