Education

GET AHEAD: A 'life hack' guide to building careers in a world of vanishing jobs

Muralee Thumarrukudy, the Head of Disaster Risk Reduction at the United Nations, writes for IBT's career series GET AHEAD.

Nov 28, 2017

Good news for ICSE, ISC students: Council reduces pass marks for 2019 examinees

The board will implement the rule from 2019 and schools will implement the new pass-mark system in their internal exams from 2018 itself. Read on to why this decision was taken,

Nov 28, 2017

IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore among top 10 BRICS varsities

The rankings for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa were published late on Wednesday night and figured four Chinese universities out of the top five.

Nov 23, 2017

CBSE scraps plans to conduct Class 10 and Class 12 exams from February in 2018; exams to begin from March

However, they are planning to reduce the span of examination, which goes on for more than 40 days.

Nov 22, 2017

123 Indian institutes to lose 'university' from their names

UGC asks 123 deemed-to-be varsities to drop 'university' from names [VIDEO]

The court has asked Deemed to be Universities to stop using the word within one month of the issue of the Court order.

Nov 15, 2017

Apple will create 4,000 jobs with new Maps development office in Hyderabad

Job alert! Apple to start hiring from Indian campuses

Apart from the US-based premium gadget maker, other big companies that have registered with IIITH for the hiring processes are Microsoft, Google and Philips.

Nov 5, 2017

Technical education can't be pursued via correspondence, rules Supreme Court

The verdict by the apex court can affect many correspondence education centres in India, which offer technical education from distance.

Nov 3, 2017

India is denying visa extensions since Doklam standoff, claim 'stranded' students from China

Chinese students have claimed that India has been denying them visa extensions, leaving them stranded in India. Read to know whether the claims hold ground.

Oct 26, 2017

5 unconventional things you should do in the last 30 days for CAT 2017

Here are some of the obvious things a lot of CAT aspirants miss out on.

Oct 26, 2017

SBI PO 2017 results online: State Bank of India publish list of successful candidates after they raise furore

Nearly 6,000 candidates are waiting for the final results to fill the 2,313 vacancies in the State Bank of India.

Oct 24, 2017

Engineering education losing sheen? 800 colleges to shut down over poor admissions

All India Council for Technical Education reached this decision after several consultations and examining data from colleges of different states.

Sep 2, 2017

Kohli gives out a hard-hitting message to society: Respect your child! [Video]

India cricket team captain Virat Kohli has vented his frustration over corporal punishment still being prevalent in schools and homes.

Aug 19, 2017

Uttar Pradesh madrasas to mandatorily register on government portal [VIDEO]

Under the new system, all the madrasas have to give details of teachers and other employees with their building and class details, as well as their photographs.

Aug 19, 2017