Exclusive

Publication

Byline

State reschedules CET, drops Dec attempt

Mumbai, Oct. 9 -- Maharashtra has pushed back the first of its two Common Entrance Test (CET) attempts for engineering and pharmacy courses, deciding that both exams will now be held after the Class 1... Read More


State to review impact of school closures after protest

Mumbai, Oct. 9 -- More than two years after ordering the closure of schools with fewer than 20 students, the Maharashtra government has decided to conduct a three-month impact assessment to determine ... Read More


Both CET attempts now after 12th boards

Mumbai, Oct. 9 -- Maharashtra's higher and technical education department has decided to reschedule the two attempts of the state's Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET) for engineering and pharmacy courses,... Read More


IIT-B puts stricter exam misconduct rules on hold, reverts to 2015 process

India, Oct. 8 -- Weeks after a second-year student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) died by suicide following an alleged examination malpractice incident, the premier institute's s... Read More


No photos of accused students and no automatic semester suspension: IIT Bombay's revised exam-cheating rules

India, Oct. 8 -- The senate of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) on Wednesday put its stricter examination misconduct rules on hold and decided to return largely to the procedure the i... Read More


VJTI to get new boys', girls' hostels; faculty posts cleared

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), one of the country's oldest government engineering institutes, is set to get new hostels for boys and girls, while the Maharashtra go... Read More


IIT-B puts stricter exam misconduct rules on hold, reverts to 2015 process

Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- Weeks after a second-year student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) died by suicide following an alleged examination malpractice incident, the premier institute's ... Read More


IIT-B Justice Corner takes on wider campus concerns

India, Oct. 7 -- The Justice Corner, launched by students of IIT-Bombay (IIT-B) demanding action against a senior professor in the suicide of an undergraduate student on September 18, is evolving into... Read More


After student's death, IIT-B may put one-semester suspension rule for exam malpractice on hold

India, Oct. 7 -- IIT Bombay may put on hold its current rule of imposing a one-semester academic suspension on students found using unfair means in examinations, with the issue likely to come up for d... Read More


IIT Bombay may put one-semester suspension rule for exam malpractice on hold after student's death

India, Oct. 7 -- IIT Bombay may put on hold its current rule of imposing a one-semester academic suspension on students found using unfair means in examinations, with the issue likely to come up for d... Read More