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Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas retain only 50% higher-class students despite improved enrolment: Govt data

Retention rate a healthier 84.2% in middle school while dropout rates improve across levels, but 370 KGBVs still non-functional, government tells Rajya Sabha

3.5 lakh lack uniforms, books a year late in Odisha schools as half of Samagra Shiksha funds lie idle: CAG

GER in Odisha schools declining, 89% higher secondary ones have adverse teacher-pupil ratios, transition rate from secondary to higher secondary dips; here’s what CAG suggests

Tezpur University Protest: VC behind research setback, financial and hiring ‘irregularities’, allege teachers

Computer sciences’ Dhruba Kumar Bhattacharrya has reluctantly taken charge of Tezpur University to ‘manage crisis’ but awaits education ministry’s nod

Education Loan: PM Vidyalaxmi approvals at 54%; panel says ditch income, choose ration card for eligibility

Student loan accounts fell from 23 lakh to 21 lakh while outstanding amounts tripled, 15% approved PM Vidyalakshmi amount disbursed; Digvijaya Singh-led panel seeks 2-year moratorium

Parliament panel flags large-scale vacancies in research bodies, low stipends; suggests fellowship hikes

Multiple ICSSR institutes are headless. ICHR, ICPR, IIAS stipends are far below UGC NET JRF’s. The committee also suggests making Auroville an Institute of National Importance

Panel wants NTA CUET results on time, pen-paper tests; UGC recognition for Sonam Wangchuk’s HIAL

Digvijaya Singh-led panel has also asked UGC to allow HEIs with NAAC grades below A+ to launch online, distance courses and NAAC to launch binary accreditation

As IIM Guwahati takes shape, Assam Institute of Management retools itself for Northeast’s MBA mission

AIM Guwahati plans BSc data science and five-year integrated BCA-MCA courses, shifts focus to tech programmes and entrepreneurship as Assam prepares to get its first IIM

IIM Ahmedabad, Kozhikode, others see enrolment in PhD courses rise as students eye more faculty roles

Newer IIMs such as IIM Kashipur, Ranchi and Udaipur see the most expansion with significant growth in part-time ‘practice-track’ PhD courses, reveal NIRF data over 5 years

Assam Agricultural University Jorhat enrolled excess students for 5 yrs despite 41% vacant faculty posts: CAG

AAU Jorhat wrongfully excluded 44 teaching candidates, has only 12% functional equipment, spent Rs 2.8 crore on abandoned fisheries college, finds CAG

AICTE Approval Process Handbook: From 2026-27, more foreign-student seats, minor specialisation in diploma

AICTE has added an “addendum/corrigendum” to its 2024-2027 policy for technical institutions, including engineering colleges, business schools