Exams around the world: From flexible formats in the US & UK to high-stakes, single-window exams in China & South KoreaAmid the NEET controversy, ET explores global post-school entrance exams. The US & UK favor flexible SAT-style tests, while China & South K...
05 Jul, 2024, 02.36 PM IST
Debate ensues over offline vs. digital exams amid NEET-UG and UGC-NET controversiesControversies over NEET-UG and UGC-NET, with question paper leaks on the darknet, spark debate on offline vs. digital exams. Ministry of Ed...
24 Jun, 2024, 12.55 PM IST
ETS leads latest funding round in global study abroad company Leverage EduThis is a 25% bump in its previous valuation back in March 2022, when Leverage Edu raised $22 million from a consortium of funds, family of...
03 Jul, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
PRAGATII 2022 exam announced by NTA under Education Ministry's Study in India programme; check scheduleThe Education Ministry intended to showcase India as a leading education centre for students from abroad through the Study in India initiat...
12 Jul, 2022, 11.47 AM IST
SAT drops subject tests, essaysThe subject tests were 20 multiple-choice standardised tests offered by the Board for individual subjects, taken typically to improve a can...
21 Jan, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
Private coaching centres in J&K want govt to reconsider banThe state government has effected a ban for the next 90 days or even more, depriving the students taking entrance exams such as JEE Advance...
27 Apr, 2018, 08.45 AM IST
HRD Ministry proposes common test for IIT, NIT; plans to check influence of coaching centresThe report suggested that a regulatory body be set up for coaching centres that help prepare students for the IIT Joint Entrance Exam.
10 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
UPSC and CSAT are not for castaways, civil services must pick the bestCSAT is meant to test logical reasoning, problem solving skills, analytical abilities, basic numeracy and English skills of 10th class leve...
29 Jul, 2014, 12.03 PM IST
Mahindra Engineering college enters higher education phase, to start pilot batch next monthEcole Centrale is a 200-year-old engineering institution in France that prides itself on its multidisciplinary approach.
24 Jun, 2014, 04.20 AM IST
Record no of Chinese enter US PG courses, Indians far behindChinese students entering post graduate schools in the US have outnumbered Indians by a heavy margin.
13 Apr, 2012, 02.38 PM IST
- IIT Faculty Federation & Senates of IIT K and Delhi question HRD move to replace IIT-JEE
They have decided to ask the human resources development ministry to hold on and further debate the issue of examination reforms.
26 Mar, 2012, 02.11 AM IST
- Need to improve quality of higher education
The gross enrolment ratio (GER), an indicator of the level of participation in higher education, is over 45% in advanced countries.
31 Dec, 2011, 03.14 AM IST
- Kolkata La Martiniere boy scores full marks in Scholastic Aptitude Test
Rachit Parasrampuria of Kolkata's La Martiniere for Boys school scored the highest-ever in Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) - 2400 out of 240...
29 Nov, 2011, 09.11 AM IST
- IITs seek fee hike and common test with NITs
25% of students who can afford the Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh hike would pay the amount to the institutions in installments
15 Sep, 2011, 09.14 AM IST
- Education woes
When nursery and college admissions turn into epic battles, it is time to act.
20 Jun, 2011, 05.13 AM IST
- Making melting pots: NITs asked to draw foreign students
HRD ministry officials feel there might be something, after all, to the ‘melting pot’ - the metaphor used by colleges in the US to describe...
30 Jun, 2010, 02.53 AM IST
- Serial entrance tests a social waste
Students scrambling for admissions to prestigious colleges make for big news these days.
19 Jun, 2007, 03.50 AM IST