The Week In Education: Rankings; New CBSE 2021 Dates; ICSE, ISC Exams

NEW DELHI: The Quacquarelli Symonds released its QS World University Rankings By Subject 2021 and three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) were in the top 100 in the engineering category.

The Central Board of Secondary Education revised the Class 10 and Class 12 date sheets to keep the period between May 13 to 16 clear of all exams. The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announced the Class 10 ICSE and Class 12 ISC board exam dates for 2021. Theory papers for both begin on May 5.

The University Grants Commission placed its draft regulations on Indian universities collaborating with foreign ones to jointly offer programmes and extended the deadline for commenting to March 15. Delhi Cabinet approves the Delhi Board of School Education.

These were the most significant developments in education last week.

UGC: Draft regulations for international collaborations

The University Grants Commission released its draft regulations joint, dual degree and twinning programmes between Indian and foreign institutions. They are in the public domain for comment till March 15.

In a meeting to review the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ asked officials to draw up a plan to increase the gross enrolment ratio in higher education to 50%.

QS World University Ranking

The QS World University Rankings By Subject were released on Thursday. Three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) were in the top 100 engineering schools in the world with IIT Bombay, at 49, attaining the highest rank among Indian institutions. Delhi University had the highest rank among Indian universities for social sciences and management. For arts and humanities, Jawaharlal Nehru University, at 159, had the highest rank and Indian Institute of Science for the natural sciences. IISc has ranked at 92.

Budget 2021

The UNICEF’s Global Education Monitoring Report said that 65% of low-income countries slashed their education budget after COVID-19.

Chhattisgarh government announced it will open 119 English-medium schools and seven universities.

JEE Main 2021

The National Testing Agency added three new exam centres for the March, April and May sessions of JEE Main 2021. These are in Kargil (Ladakh), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Abuja/Lagos in Nigeria. The result for the February session of JEE Main is expected on March 7.

Entrance exams

Dates were announced for the Telangana Integrated Common Entrance Test (TS ICET 2021) for which the application process will begin from April 7.

Universities, schools reopening

JNU has allowed final-year MPhil students to return to campus from March 8.

Schools in Kashmir reopened after a year; Manipur will reopen schools for Classes 6 to 8 from March 8. Kerala schools set up sanitizer booths for children returning to their classrooms.

CBSE 2021 dates revised

The CBSE made considerable changes to the Class 10 and Class 12 board exam date sheets without altering the start or end dates. Major exams, including mathematics, science and social science for Class 10 and maths and physics for Class 12 have been rescheduled.

ICSE, ISC exams 2021

The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announced the dates for the Class 10 ICSE exam and Class 12 ISC exam 2021. Both will begin on May 5 but Class 12 students who have opted for subjects with full practical papers will have their practical exams from April 8.

School education

Bihar’s elementary schools (Classes 1 to 8) will teach in regional languages. Earlier in the week, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari said primary education in Maharashtra must be in Marathi.

Jammu and Kashmir began tracking children’s health.

Ramesh Pokhriyal, while discussing Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, asked officials to find a way to achieve 100% gross enrolment ratio in secondary schools.

Delhi government approved the Delhi Board of School Education, a separate school board for nearly 2,700 schools in the city.

COVID-19 on campus

Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, was shut and its exams postponed after a surge in COVID-19 cases on campus. Eleven of its hostels were declared “micro-containment zones”. Reopening schools

Skills university in Delhi

Delhi Government announced it will merge 13 institutes to create Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University. The Delhi Cabinet also approved Rs 185 crore for child welfare schemes.

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