The RYA Book Bank Project provides free textbooks to college students pursuing arts, science, and engineering courses
The Centre has proposed a sweeping overhaul of India’s anti-paper leak law, seeking up to 10 years imprisonment, fines of up to ₹50 lakh for individuals and ₹10 crore for organised offenders, besides setting up fast-track courts and Special Task Forces
Naveen Patnaik's demand came a day after the Congress threatened an 'Odisha bandh' if the Minister did not step down in a week, holding him responsible for thousands of errors in textbooks for Classes I to VIII.
The Bill proposes to set up fast-track courts in every State for speedy trials of accused and enhances punishment
The University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) president and vice-chancellor Xiang Zhang has announced that he will be stepping down in 2028 after completing a second five-year term, according to an email seen by the South China Morning Post. In the email, sent to the university community in the early hours of Monday, Zhang described the past eight years spent working to elevate HKU’s academic standing as “a defining honour” of his life. He also reflected on the university’s future in “a complicated,...
While the Cockroach Janta Party withdraws agitation in Delhi, protestors at Balan Illam look to bigger venues to continue their agitation against NEET
The list of eligible associate professors would be included in the regular panel for promotion to the post of principal Grade II for the year 2026-27. However, this was subject to the outcome of ongoing court cases, a G.O. read
The education of millions of children is at risk because of the current global financial order. We need change
Maximum imprisonment sentences for individual and institutional offenders have been increased, alongside a steep hike in financial penalties, according to the proposed bill
The duplication effectively reduced the number of unique questions available to students
More than 1 lakh students have returned to government schools from private schools in the past two years, claims the Minister at the Fourth Mega Parent-Teacher Meeting in Polavaram district
Kurnool Collector claims that the Mega PTM initiative has helped create a strong bond among parents, teachers, and schools, leading to a more effective monitoring of students’ academic progress and development
Left-affiliated student organisations demand Union Education Minister’s resignation
Student outfits, civil society groups, and political parties hit the streets demanding resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan; protest marches turn confrontational in several districts of Kerala; police stop protesters in A.P.; security personnel resort to baton-charge in Bihar
Protesters refuse to back down until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.
The college to be set up at Vedullapalli in Bapatla district from 2026-27 academic year will initially admit 30 students and offer a B.Com (Computer Applications) along with a certificate course in Artificial Intelligence
By refusing to be intimidated, India’s students have turned a protest over education into a crisis for Narendra Modi.
The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. in all government schools, including KGBVs, residential and ashram schools
CUK V-C Prof. Battu Sathyanarayana urged research scholars to choose meaningful research topics, avoid plagiarism, deposit their theses in Shodhganga, publish in reputed journals, and uphold the highest standards of academic integrity
Indian police deployed water cannons in Raipur at student protests demanding the resignation of the education minister.
Hong Kong has retained its 17th place among the world’s top destinations for students, but British rankings firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has said that high living costs along with the steepest tuition fees in East Asia continue to deter international applicants. QS also identified limited international diversity and a persistent shortage of accommodation for students as key challenges for the city. In the QS Best Student Cities list for 2027, which provides an overview of the best places to...
Minority Welfare Minister urges students to set high goals and move forward with determination, says giving enough recognition and encouraging talent enables students to scale great heights
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Indian police beat ‘Cockroach’ march protesters
The initiative aims at providing selected students from India and abroad with immersive training in the design, assembly, integration and testing of satellite subsystems
Village leaders enrol nine students on Saturday
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, it confronts a new world order dominated by its relationship with China. In this wide-ranging series, we examine the pressure points and possibilities in those ties, from hard tech to soft power. Here, Meredith Chen looks at how tensions and shrinking academic exchange may be eroding America’s deep, experience-based understanding of China. Long before China could be studied through satellite images, social media, big data or...
According to the academy, five students from its regular coaching programme and one from its crash course have qualified for MBBS seats
Authorities in disputed region are auditing school, college and public libraries to look for ‘objectionable’ material.
The Chancellor also highlighted the transformative power of education in addressing inequality
The results for the Class 10 Second Board Exams can be accessed by students through their DigiLocker Results Portal on results.digilocker.gov.in
They discontinued studies either because they, along with their parents, had returned to their native States or their parents had shifted to another location for work, Minister for General Education N. Samsudheen said in a written reply in Assembly recently
As many as 307 students from BTech, MTech, MSc, MS, and PhD programmes will graduate this year
Some of the 45 such children who attended three 10-day motivational camps want to become teachers to impact lives around them
KEA allowed students who had obtained a B.Sc. (Agriculture) degree from Rai Technology University, a private university, and those with a B.E. degree in biotechnology to apply for posts of Agriculture Officer and Assistant AO
For Manaal Khan, the gruelling journey of taking Hong Kong’s university entrance examination was not just an academic challenge but also a linguistic trial. Born in Pakistan and raised in Hong Kong, Khan kept going through her difficult days at secondary school by holding on to her dream of becoming a modern-day Sherlock Holmes by joining the police force. “As a kid, I loved reading Sherlock Holmes and I aspired to be a detective like him,” said the graduate of Hong Kong Taoist Association The...
Several top scorers in Hong Kong’s university entrance examinations overcame personal adversity to achieve their exceptional grades, with an almost entirely blind student vowing to become a legal advocate for the vulnerable and four others driven to study medicine by the trauma of childhood illnesses and witnessing friends suffer. Sixth Form students across the city received their results for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams on Wednesday. Of the 24 top scorers, 20 planned to study...
Secondary Six students across Hong Kong are getting their results on Wednesday for the city’s university entrance examinations. They are returning to their schools to collect result slips for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), which grades most subjects on a seven-level scale from 1 to 5**. A total of 24 top scorers from 15 schools were recorded this year. Fourteen male and 10 female students achieved a perfect score of 5** in six subjects, along with an “attained” result in citizenship...
Third free mock test for competitive examinations organised at the City Central Library
Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs is drafting educational material aimed at discouraging what officials call the spread of “LGBT culture”, after a presidential regulation listed the issue among the country’s non-military security threats. Officials said the content, which was still under discussion, could be included in religious education in regular and Islamic schools, as well as Friday prayer sermons, family development programmes and other religious events. The government has said...
Artificial intelligence boosts homework scores but cuts exam results by 20 per cent, and this “brain drain” effect takes two years to fully emerge, a new study has found. Generative AI is rapidly transforming classrooms as much as workplaces, with students increasingly turning to chatbots to draft essays and solve problem sets. But is the technology a personalised tutor or a slow-acting cognitive poison? Research by scholars from Stockholm University and the University of Hong Kong, who tracked...
Hong Kong’s robust tutoring and exam drilling culture contributed to the exceptional performance of local students in the International Baccalaureate (IB) exams, principals have said, after the city surpassed the average global score by nearly 20 per cent. At least 73 students from 17 Hong Kong schools achieved perfect scores in the latest IB Diploma Programme this year, with official data showing the city’s overall average score and its proportion of top-tier achievers significantly surpassed...
Generations of alumni returned to the stage on Saturday to mark the 45th anniversary of the Student of the Year Awards, celebrating a decades-long history of recognising high-achieving Hong Kong pupils who have gone on to become distinguished professionals, from medical experts and acclaimed musicians to Olympic athletes. Among the returning alumni was Dr Chan Mui-tong, a general surgeon in Hong Kong, who received the grand prize in 1985 while studying at Ying Wa College. He noted that the...
Zhang Qi, a ride-hailing driver based in Guangzhou, has turned to artificial intelligence this year to help his son make one of the most important decisions of his young life: choosing a university degree programme. Like millions of 18-year-olds across China, Zhang’s son recently received his university entrance exam results and had to navigate the country’s labyrinthine admissions system – choosing from thousands of programmes at hundreds of schools. Many middle-class families hire expensive...
A Ying Wa College pupil who took home the Student of the Year Awards’ grand prize was among 40 outstanding peers who received top honours on Saturday, as the event organiser announced a major expansion to mark its 45th anniversary. Starting next year, the awards scheme will feature a new category for artificial intelligence (AI) literacy to underscore the responsible use of the technology by students. The initiative will also extend its reach to recognise student excellence in places beyond Hong...
Taking the incident seriously, the Chief Minister has asked the Director of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) to file an FIR with the Crime Branch SP, a statement issued by the CMO said
Years of conflict have left thousands of Sudanese students struggling to continue their education in exile.
A young woman from southeastern China who once posed with her father outside Tsinghua University as a child has fulfilled a long-held dream by graduating from the elite Beijing institution. Wu Han, from Guangdong province, recently drew widespread attention on mainland social media after sharing two photos taken 17 years apart. In June, she received a master’s degree from Tsinghua University’s Academy of Arts and Design. Widely regarded as one of mainland China’s most prestigious universities,...
They were enrolled into the JEE coaching programme organised by the Social Justice Department
Institutes want guarantees on autonomy, clarity on applicability of statutory provisions governing them; “differential and unintended” consequences of penalty system also flagged
He was addressing students from 20 schools in Thiruvananthapuram who donned the role of parliamentarians as part of a mock parliament organised by Young Indians Trivandrum
Students in government schools have fallen from 43 lakh to 30 lakh, reflecting rising dropout rate and the government’s failure to strengthen public education, alleges Adimulapu Suresh
Gaza's young graduates face sky-high unemployment as Israel's war devastates job market.
China’s new development narrative places science and education at the centre of long-term competitiveness. This is a systemic project powered by technology, grounded in education and driven by talent as the country’s foremost resource. Hong Kong’s traditional identity as an international financial centre is no longer sufficient to sustain the city’s competitiveness. To remain relevant, Hong Kong must articulate a platform that structurally aligns with China’s national strategy while retaining...
Hong Kong’s Primary Six students received their secondary school results on Tuesday after years of hard work, with many elated and some already deciding what subject to major in at university or considering pathways to studying overseas. Tears of joy and relief filled the school hall at Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) as students and parents received their long-awaited secondary school allocation results. Among them was 12-year-old Carmen Leung Ka-man, who collapsed into her...
As Hong Kong marks the 29th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule on July 1, the South China Morning Post talks to the city’s senior officials about the administration’s achievements so far and what may lie ahead. Hong Kong students should not be barred from using technology and electronic devices simply because they do not know how to use them responsibly, the city’s education minister has said, arguing that the next generation must learn to navigate the digital era. Secretary for Education...
An Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow and a solid state material scientist, he has served as a senior professor and Dean of Faculty of Technology and Applied Sciences
The children wrote postcards to convey their message to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as part of an awareness campaign organised by a tribal rights organisation, said officials of the organisation
As migrant workers build Hyderabad’s skyline, a classroom inside a Narsingi labour camp is ensuring their children are not left unattended or left out of school, with two more such schools set to open soon.
Nellore MP stresses that ten years from now, students of tier-II cities should not be compelled to leave their homeland for the sake of their careers