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Student can inspect evaluated answer sheet - Apex court
The Supreme Court Tuesday held that students have the right to inspect and photocopy their answer sheets after their evaluation under the Right To Information (RTI) Act.

The Supreme Court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik allowed the disclosure of the answer sheets of the examination conducted by boards, universities, institutions and public service more

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Court refuses to relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribals

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Supreme Court directs Central Govt. to hold a Single Common Entrance Test (CET) for all Medical Courses
The Supreme Court today directed the Central Government to hold a single eligibility- cum-entrance examination for MBBS and post-graduate medical courses in the country from this academic session.

AICTE not to approve more part-time MBA courses due to misuse by Institutes
AICTE not to approve more part-time MBA courses due to misuse by Institutesthere are many B-schools around which are misusing the facility and running other programmes on the pretext of a part-time MBA programme.

UGC NET E-certificate within 6 days from the Result Date
Students clearing the National eligibility test (UGC-NET) will now receive an e-certificate in just six days. Presently, it takes at least six to eight months for the University Grants Commission (UGC) to issue the certificate from the day the results are declared.

Half-hearted response from CBSE’s post-exam proficiency test
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is not only providing Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme in Class X,but also it is going to offer an optional all-India ‘proficiency test’ in all subjects for Class X students from this year.

Three persons arrested in Port Blair for leaking CBSE Question paper
Including school principal, other two persons were arrested on Friday from Car Nicobar Island as they were caught in leaking question papers of the CBSE examinations.

10 to 15 percent engineering seats increased in Maharashtra this year
GATE 2011, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering , Important Dates, GATE candidates are eligible for Master/Doctoral programmes in Engineering/ Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy as well as for Doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science.

India’s overall progress in Education
The major keys for the India’s overall progress are human resource development and education which is an evident from the 24 per cent increase in budgetary allocations.

Parents want changes in grading system for HSSC exam As the final examination for the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) started on March 7, the parents are asking for modifications of grading system for this academic year. They have suggested that final marks at the time of declaring the results should be higher of the two obtained by the candidate namely internal assessment (20 per cent) plus board performance (80 per cent) or board performance (100 per cent).

Students Opting for Board exams increase by 14.98% in 2011 As compared to 2010, CBSE has registered almost 15% increase in the number of students who are taking examination in 2011. For both classes 10th and 12th, the number of students have remarkably increased.

B-schools Files case in Supreme Court against AICTE guidelines
Business schools have moved to the Supreme Court by filing a writ petition against All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) regarding admissions.

IIM-Calcutta to boost research and upgrade lab The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) is planning to spend Rs.20 crore special budgetary grants to help students to do research in global finance markets and to upgrade its financial research and trading lab.

IGNOU launches programme to reach out the underprivileged The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has developed a new programme called Ability Development and Inclusive Programme in order to make education more accessible for the underprivileged.

IIM-Ahmedabad raises fees for post-graduate course
The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has raised the fees for the post-graduate programme in management

Private management Institutes allowed to conduct their own Entrance Exams
Private institutions which are conducting Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) courses are going to get a lot of relief for this academic year from the Bombay high court on Thursday. Now, they are allowed to conduct their own Common Entrance Tests (CET).

Over 1.13 Lakh Girls Taking IIT JEE in 2011
This year, the number of girl candidates is appearing more for the IIT Joint Entrance Examination (IIT JEE) exam which is going to be conducted by IIT- Kanpur in 2011.

More Commerce Students sitting for Maharashtra MAH MBA CET in 2011

Maharashtra has beaten the trend this year, It’s very much in the past news that the Common Entrance Test for MBA has always been taken by engineers, but this time more commerce graduates have signed to take the same test.

Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) data collects almost 25,000 commerce graduates who will be appearing for the MBA-CET on Sunday where as, 22,000 engineers are going to appear for the exam. The official said, our entrance test gives equal importance to all the sections, no undue weightage is given to mathematics.

AIEEE 2011 in Morning Session, AFMC 2011 in the afternoon Session on May 1
As most of aspirants (who are among the affected lot) are aware that both AIEEE and AFMC MBBS entrance exam scheduled for the same date, on May 1, across the country, the respective boards (CBSE and Armed Forces Medical Services) have decided to hold the tests at separate timings on that day, giving respite to candidates appearing for both.

National Engineering Common Entrance Test (CET) after consulting states, Says Sibal
Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said all the State Governments would be taken into confidence before deciding on the proposal for a Common Entrance Test (CET) for Engineering Courses.

MCI proposes All India Entrance Test for MBBS Admission
Medical Council of India (MCI) , the regulatory body for medical education, has proposed one entrance examination for all medical colleges in the country. This will cover 290 medical colleges, both private and government-run.