NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to facilitate the start of the Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP) in universities.

NEW DELHI: Riding on higher enrolments, which allows for upward fee revisions, and students scouting for new course offerings, schools and colleges are expected to report 12-14 per cent revenue growth this fiscal, according to a report on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: Two colleges and eight schools in Tiruchi district of Tamil Nadu received bomb threats via phone call and email. Police are conducting inquiry into the threats and sniffer dogs and special bomb squads are pressed into action.

JAIPUR: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said education was the best mode of empowerment, and advised students to maintain a balance between their personal ambitions and social sensitivity.

NEW DELHI:IIT Delhi and Indian Air Force (IAF) have joined hands for AI-powered research on technical textiles. Group Captain Prashant Pathak said that this collaboration will work for the selection of raw material (fabric) for various parachutes and safety equipment.

GUWAHATI: The recruitment examination for grade III posts in the Assam government went well where eight lakh candidates took part in the exam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu School Education Department on Wednesday extended the quarterly vacation for schools till October 6, following teacher organisations' request that the teachers need time to complete the valuation of quarterly examination papers.

GUWAHATI: All schools in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district, which comprises Guwahati, have been ordered to remain closed for four days from September 24 to 27 due to prevailing excessive heat conditions.

NEW DELHI: “The right to dissent is the hallmark of democracy. A right for free expression is the mark of democracy and noted jurist and former Attorney General of India, Soli J. Sorabjee was a firm believer and upholder of this right,” said former Chief Justice of India, U.U. Lalit at the Soli J. Sorabjee Memorial lecture organised by the Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University recently.

OTTAWA: The Canadian federal government has announced a further reduction of international students to manage the volume of temporary resident arrivals.