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In a significant move, the Canadian government, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, announced on Monday a 35% reduction in international student admissions for 2024. This decision, a response to the country’s severe housing crisis, will see the number of approved study permits fall to 360,000, a sharp decrease from the 2023 levels. Canadian Immigration […]
Dismissing a bunch of petitions challenging the Gujarat government’s decision to implement a minimum age limit of six years for admission to Class 1 from the current academic year, the Gujarat High Court division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice NV Anjaria said forcing children to go to a pre-school below the age […]
On Tuesday, the Gujarat High Court issued a notice to IIM- Ahmedabad seeking implementation of reservation quota for SCs, STs, and OBCs in PhD admissions. The notice was issued in response to a petition filed by the Global IIM Alumni Network, which has demanded a stay on the admission process for the academic year 2023-24. […]
The National Medical Commission (NMC) on Monday, September 12, 2022 announced the schedule for the admissions to postgraduate medical courses. The NMC has also announced that the counselling session for the first round of admissions to all-India quota seats will be held from September 15 to 27. Students, who find their names on the merit […]
In second round of admissions under the Right To Education (RTE) Act, government of Gujarat said that 4,525 students have confirmed their admissions to Class 1. In fact, 6,334 students were given admissions, but more than 1,500 parents failed to confirm their admissions by Monday, which was the last date for the same. This news […]
Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) is currently busy preparing the rules for admissions, that the students of Class 12 are eagerly waiting for. This task is expected to be completed by next week and then pamphlets detailing these rules will be published for students. Admission process will kick-off only after this process completes. ACPC, […]
Despite Gujarat Board announcing Class 12 science stream results on Thursday, May 12, the admission procedure for Bsc courses affiliated to the Gujarat University will begin by the month of June as the university is yet to hire an agency to conduct the admission procedure. There are around 35 science colleges for Bsc courses affiliated […]
The first round of admissions under the Right To Education (RTE) Act was concluded on Thursday, May 5. Out of a total of 64,463 seats allotted in the first round till evening, the admissions are confirmed for 58,000 seats and about 6,000 are still vacant in Gujarat. A total of 25 per cent of seats […]
The Delhi High Court has received a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by a Delhi-based NGO urging to direct the government to allow and facilitate studies of the medical students, who have returned from war-torn Ukraine, in Indian colleges. Alleging the authorities of taking no action after the representations made by it, the petitioner has said […]
The Gujarat University (GU), Ahmedabad – the oldest and the largest public university in the state, will conduct winter admissions for the first time to help students aiming to pursue higher studies abroad. It is expected to start this month, and the university plans to align the academic courses abroad with these admissions and courses. […]
The admission process of first year PG in medical colleges in Surat observed a delay due to increased work load on other year resident doctors because of the Covid pandemic. The resident doctors of New Civil and Schmeier hospital have started agitation from next Monday and announced to boycott the operation of OPD. Earlier, Surat […]
No ST and OBC faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay were recruited in 2023. Sixteen departments at IIT Bombay did not take a single student belonging to the ST community during PhD admissions for 2023-24. No ST student was admitted in five departments at IIT Bombay in the last nine years. This […]
Community welfare concerns is an issue that appears alien to Parul University. Headquartered in Vadodara, Gujarat, the University was recently pulled up by Gujarat High Court for admitting ineligible students. After admitting them at high fees, the University was exposed. The University refused to re-imburse the fees to the students following which they approached Gujarat […]
The government schools in India, though, are generally considered deplorable and the urban elite hardly think of putting their children in these schools, the story is a bit different in Ahmedabad. Call it the skyrocketing fees of private schools or the improvement in the standard of the city’s government schools striving for excellence, or a […]
The National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) UK, an organisation representing Indian students in the UK, has launched a campaign titled ‘Fair Visa, Fair Chance’. The campaign, launched on Thursday, advocates for the continuation of the graduate route visa, which allows international graduates to work in the UK for two years after completing their […]
Vadodara-based Parul University has committed “grave illegality” by granting admission to 38 students who are ineligible, the Gujarat High Court stated on Thursday. The court has directed the university to refund the entire fee, along with interest and damages, amounting to Rs 10 lakh to each of the 38 students in two weeks. It observed […]
The Centre has notified three criminal laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam – which will come into effect from July 1, replacing the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, respectively. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita will replace the 163-year-old Indian Penal Code and effectuate major […]
African students on an international exchange programme had never imagined that they would face racial discrimination in Gujarat. Not only were they hurled and abused, but physically heckled and assaulted on the campus of Parul University in Vadodara, Gujarat. This incident of racial discrimination and assault has triggered concerns about students from particular countries coming […]
Visa rejection rates in Australia have spiked as some institutions withdraw admission offers under new migration settings. According to news reports, some universities have rescinded offers of enrolment while some others have narrowed down source countries. As many as 1 in 5 international students had their visa applications rejected in the last two quarters […]
Ahmedabad, February 6: The Gujarat government has taken strong action against a private school and a government primary school principal involved in the illegal admission of government school students. Cabinet Minister for Education, Kuber Dindor, informed the Gujarat Assembly today that a private school in Paldi-Kankaj village, Ahmedabad, has been fined Rs. 1 lakh and […]
